Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Announcements and Reminders for Tuesday, January 22, 2019: Pick up your composition book. Hand in your disclosure document if you haven't yet done that.  Don't forget to contribute to Penny Wars this week!                This there will be Talent Shows for each class during CaveTime.                 On Wednesdays, Mock Trial meets in our classroom during Cavetime, so there is no intervention Cavetime.      Thursdays are Request Day, so on some Thursdays we will have open intervention, on others, not.

Targets for Today: I understand the Greek Creation Myth. I am becoming an expert on the topic I chose in Greek Mythology.

Today’s  Agenda for Tuesday, January 22, 2019: Pick up your composition book. If you do not yet have a grade for it on Skyward, please show it to the teacher. Hand in your disclosure document if you haven't yet.  Attendance Question:    Of the groups of ladies we will learn about today, the ones you might want to invite to a party would be the Graces.  If you could invite a famous person to your party, and that person would come, who would you invite?   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  *  Secret Message:  This is not exact for our key, but close enough that you can figure it out. By the way, your work in your composition book will receive points that will be part of your grade.  Οφ τἑ θρεε Φατες, ιτ ις Ατροπος ωὁ κυτς  τἑ θρεαδ οφ λιφε δετερμινινγ α περσον'ς μομεντ οφ δεαθ.      Working Time   Reminder of what you are working on:  First Priority -- Chromebooks -- Time to work on increasing your expertise on the topic you chose last time. We will have some time to prepare in class, then the students who have chosen the minor gods will present today.  I will provide a couple of slides with pictures for each of them.  You need to be able to tell some important information about your minor god.  Share your notes with me on Google Classroom!  The rest will be preparing your own slides -- 2 or 3 and share them with me on Google Classroom.  Or you may use Prezi or another way to teach about your topic.  You will present to the class with slides and information you share.   Be ready to present by this Thursday the 24th.   Where did they come from?  What relationships do they have with other gods, creatures, heroes? What are they known for?  Creation Mural Assignment:   Last time you read about the Greek Creation myth.  King Minos of Crete was a mean dude. He once defeated the city of Athens in battle. As tribute for his victory, he required Athens to send seven young men and seven young women to him each year. Each year he would lock these 14 young people in the labyrinth where they would be eaten by the Minotaur, a monster that was half man half bull. King Minos desires new murals to grace his palace walls and he has commissioned you all as artists. If you displease him, he will throw you to the minotaur. So you want to create a good mural. You will have this time and the next two times to work on this.   You are also welcome to take it home to work on.  Creation Myth Murals Receive a legal-sized paper.  Divide it into four sections.   Create a mural for King Minos by drawing and coloring four scenes from the creation myth. You may use stick figures as long as they are clothed and clearly portraying the scene. Use color. We will post the best ones!   Possible Scenes: Family tree showing the three generations of gods Uranos imprisons the cyclopes and the hecatoncheires Uranos shoves the Titans back into Gaia The Titans overthrow Uranos Cronos swallows his children Rhea gives Cronos a rock in place of Zeus Zeus makes Cronos vomit up his siblings A Titanomachy battle Zeus frees his uncles, the cyclopes and hecatonchires Cyclopes craft the three items of power The Olympians imprison Titans in Tartarus Creation of humans and giving gifts to the animals Prometheus steals fire Punishment of Prometheus Pandora opens her jar/box and releases all the evils of the world Your Choice Grading: Greek Creation Mural for King Minos -- Four scenes are included. Each clearly represents one of the possible scenes. Each is neatly drawn. Figures clearly represent the characters from the myth and are clothed. The mural is colored. Present Minor Gods Take notes in your composition book.  Remember that you may use your own composition book on the test!   Next time:  Finish presenting Minor Gods.  Present Heros, Courage, etc.  Finish your mural by the end of class.

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  YA Retellings of Myths Perseus and the Graeae by Edward Burne-Jones  Themis,  goddess of divine law, order and customs     The Poet and his Muse in Utah Shakespeare Festival's An Iliad -- 2018  Of the three Fates, it is Atropos who cuts the thread of life determining a person's moment of death. https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/greek_ancient.htm