Teaching our classmates about myths!

Today, we finished working in the myth groups that we worked in yesterday. We finished up our posters to teach the class about our specific Oceanic myth and then we presented these to the class. As a class, we took notes on each others' myths using this sheet. We revealed the 7 characteristics of myths which are:

1. Myths are early man's desire to explain the universe. (Ex.: Apollo, the son of Zeus, drove the chariot of the sun across the sky.)
2. Many gods and goddesses are present in myths.
3. The gods, goddesses, and heroes are super human in nature. (Ex.: Atlas bore the weight of the world and heavens on his shoulders.)
4. Human emotions are experienced by the gods. (Ex.: Hera was jealous. Demeter mourned the loss of her daughter when her daughter was abducted.)
5. Magic is often present in myths. (Ex.: Athena came full-grown out of the forehead of Zeus.)
6. Gods sometimes appear in disguised form. (Ex.: Zeus came to Hera as a poor bird caught in a storm. Athena appeared as an old woman and challenged Arachne to a weaving contest.)
7. A metamorphosis may occur. (Ex.: Smyrna is turned into a myrrh tree.)

Then, Miss Devine gave out the Writing a Myth project packet. Here is the choice sheet. Students are to use this to rank their top choices for what they would like to write their myth about. Students will be able to choose their myth topics on Monday.

Homework: Rank your myth topics using Myth Project packet.