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5.

Introduction to Mythology

(Inference, Theme Analysis, Allusion, Symbolism) |3-4 weeks

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* The past influences the present.

|1. What are the criteria of a myth?

2. What patterns exist in myths?

3. What patterns do myths use to explain our world?

4. How do myths reflect cultural beliefs and values? |

ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING

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INFORMATIVE WRITING

|W 9-10.1

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

W 9-10.4

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3.)

W.9.9 – Draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis.

|* Argumentative essay

*Informative/ Explanatory paragraphs/ Essay: Throughout the unit, students write routinely to explain aspects of Greek mythology.

Research project & Presentation: Students write an explanatory report on a Greek/ Roman god or goddess, and prepare a presentation for the class. |*Myths representing various cultures.

* Various Greek & Roman Myths.

(Echo, Narcissus, Prometheus, Pandora, Arachne the Spinner, Theseus & the Minotaur, etc…)

* Various Informational texts regarding Greek & Roman gods and goddesses.

* “The Cyclops” from “The Odyssey, Book 9.” Pages 660-670 | |6.

Epic and Myth: The

Odyssey

|3 weeks |

*Exploration challenges you to explore the “unknown.” |1. What is the hero’s journey and what does it symbolize?

2. How does the hero’s journey reveal universal anxieties of the unknown?

3. How does the hero’s journey address the importance of change? |

ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING

&

INFORMATIVE WRITING |W 9-10.1

Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

W 9-10.4

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3.)

W.9.9 – Draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis.

|* Argumentative essay.

* Informative/ explanatory paragraphs and/or essay. |* Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald). “The Odyssey.”

* Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone | |7.

Shakespeare |4-5 weeks | | | | | |“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

“Romeo & Juliet” | |

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