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Analyze how a theme or topic is treated in each of the myths from the unit by comparing and contrasting the treatment of similar themes and topics.
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Pick one of the following themes or topics. Analyze how the theme or topic is treated in each of the myths from the unit.
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RL.4.2 — Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
RL.4.9 — Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
SL.4.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.4.1.c — Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
SL.4.1.d — Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
SL.4.3 — Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
W.4.1 — Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.4.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.4.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
W.4.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.4.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Defend how the theme from one of the Greek Myths is still relevant today using examples from students’ lives and the world around them.
Summarize what happens in "Pandora’s Box."
Standards
RL.4.2
Analyze how the speaker’s point of view in "Pandora" influences how events are described.
RL.4.3RL.4.6
Explain how the speaker’s perspective of Pandora changes from one poem to the next.
RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7
Describe how the author uses structural elements of drama to retell what happens in "Pandora’s Box."
RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.7
Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and its major themes. Analyze which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.
RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7RL.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.1.dW.4.1
Rewrite the myth from Epimetheus's point of view.
L.4.1.dL.4.3.aW.4.3.d
Summarize what happened in "Arachne."
RL.4.2RL.4.3RL.4.6
Compare the lesson that Arachne learns and how she learns it in two different versions of the myth.
Explain how the author uses the structural elements of drama to retell the story of Arachne.
RL.4.5RL.4.7
Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.
RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7RL.4.9W.4.1
Rewrite the myth Arachne from Athena’s point of view.
RL.4.6W.4.3.aW.4.3.b
Summarize "Echo and Narcissus."
RL.4.2RL.4.3
Defend if Narcissus learns his lesson.
Identify and explain which parts of the story are highlighted in the drama.
RL.4.3RL.4.5RL.4.7
RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.9SL.4.1W.4.1
Rewrite the myth Echo and Narcissus from Narcissus’s point of view.
RL.4.2RL.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.1.dSL.4.3W.4.1
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L.4.2SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.5
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Revise and edit a narrative from earlier in the unit.
L.4.3.aW.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.dW.4.3.e
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