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Myth Tradition – 12/1 to 12/5/14

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Monday, 12/1

In Class:

  • Class will divide into THREE groups. Each group will…
    • re-read and/or discuss the story/movie assigned to the group.
    • answer the questions on the compare/contrast grid that related to the group’s story
  • Class will share out info from all the 3 stories

At Home:

  • STUDY Gilgamesh Movie Notes, Flood Crosswords (Genesis and Ovid; Gilgamesh and Noah Movie), and today’s compare/contrast grid for Jeopardy tomorrow and test on Wednesday.

Tuesday, 12/2

In Class:

  • Class will divide into groups of 3 or 4 (minimum 5 groups; maximum 8 groups).
    • Each group will receive a mini whiteboard and a dry erase marker.
    • To start, I will randomly select a student (using ClassDojo) to choose the category and point amount.
    • We look at the “answer”, and each team then has to quietly discuss, agree upon, and write the “question” on their whiteboard.
    • After 15-30 seconds, you will hold the whiteboards up in the air. Every team with the correct answer gets the points. Every team with an incorrect answer loses points.
    • Extra credit points for tomorrow’s test will be added as follows:
      • 2000 points and up = 5 points
      • 1000 to 1990 = 4 points
      • 410 points to 990 = 3 points
      • 210 points to 400 points = 2 points
      • 50 to 200 points = 1 point

At Home:

  • STUDY Gilgamesh Movie Notes, Flood Crosswords (Genesis and Ovid; Gilgamesh and Noah Movie), Noah Movie Notes, and today’s compare/contrast grid for Test tomorrow.

Wednesday, 12/3

In Class:

  • Flood Unit Test

At Home

  • TBD

Myth Tradition – 11/17 to 11/21/14

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Monday, 11/17

  • In Class: Crossword Puzzle Friday on a Monday
  • At Home: Part 1 of Noah Movie Handout; 1st column of Part 2

Tuesday, 11/18 through Thursday, 11/20

  • Watch “Noah” Movie
    • Consider what events in the movie might qualify as the different stages in the story arc.

Friday, 11/21

  • Finish “Noah” Movie
    • Finish Part 2 and Part 3 of Noah Movie handout

 

Myth Tradition – 11/10 to 11/14/14

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Monday, 11/10

7-10 minutes – looking at the art (time elapsed: 7-12 mins)

  • Show students Castiglione’s Deucalion and Pyrrha. (SEE APPENDIX A for printable)

3-5 minutes – notes on ovid (time elapsed: 10-17 mins)

15-20 minutes – READING and discussing ovid (time elapsed: 25-37 mins)

7-10 minutes – EXIT SLIP for ovid (time elapsed: 32-47 mins)

Wednesday, 11/12

3-5 minutes – notes on RENAISSANCE (time elapsed: 3-5 mins)

7-10 minutes – looking at the art again (time elapsed: 10-15 mins)

  • QUESTION: How did Castiglione arrange the painting to emphasize certain parts of the story?

15-20 minutes – READING and discussing genesis (time elapsed: 25-35 mins)

  • As we read, ask students to…
    • UNDERLINE similarities between this story and Ovid’s story
    • HIGHLIGHT each reference to social values, customs or cultural details (for example Good versus Evil).

12-22 minutes – DISTRIBUTE and BEGIN HOMEWORK (time elapsed: 37-47 mins)

Thursday, 11/13

10-15 minutes – Research images (time elapsed: 10-15 mins)

  • Have students research other artworks that involve flood imagery in art history books and museum websites. If computers with Internet access are available, students could:
  • Students must choose an artwork depicting a flood story that has a title and artist credit

Remainder of class – Write a story (time elapsed: 32-37 mins)

  • Students will:
  • Create a Google Doc and share it with teacher
  • Copy and Paste the image they chose into their Google Doc
    • Make sure to include title of artwork and artist information
  • Write a story about the flood based on a piece of art.
    • Compose a story, myth, or narration describing what happened before, during, and after the flood scene in the image.
    • Should be an account of what is happening in the artwork and should include descriptive details.

FINISH story at home…

Friday, 11/14

  • Invite students to share their stories with the class, explaining why they included certain details, how they came up with the ideas for their stories, which visual clues helped them in writing their story, etc.
  • Crossword Puzzle Friday – Flood Stories (Ovid, Genesis)

(This lesson was adapted from a “Flood Stories” Lesson Plan from creativity.denverartmuseum.org