Transcript Short Story Review and Brief Mythology Intro

Today’s Checklist
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*Student cards*
Refresher reading (“Stones”)
Take up homework on “Stones”
Short story unit review
Brief Greek Mythology Intro
Hangman short story terms review
Warm-up
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Write at least one sentence related to your
weekend, using a LITERARY DEVICE you have
learned
Example: The football players charged onto
the field like warriors entering fiercely into
battle.
Review with “Stones”
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point of view (4 kinds)
climax
the protagonist and antagonist
literary devices used (3)
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one with a quotation
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find 2
Short story unit review
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Complete the table to review your
short story elements
Introduction to Greek Mythology
The people of ancient Greece shared stories called myths
about the gods, goddesses, and heroes in which they
believed.
Each god or goddess was worshipped as a deity and ruled
over certain areas of the Greeks’ lives.
These exciting stories explained natural phenomena that
could not be explained by science in the ancient world.
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Where in the world
is…Greece?
Why study Greek Mythology?
The Ancient Greek culture has been kept alive
by the oral and later written stories handed
down through thousands of years.
Modern plays, novels, television programs,
movies and even advertisements refer to
Greek gods, goddesses, heroes and their
stories.
Adventurous and exciting stories delight and
entertain us.
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Nike, winged
goddess of victory,
who can run and
fly at great speeds
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Established by Bill
Bauerman at the
University of
Oregon, home of
running champion
Steve Prefontaine
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Echo, the beautiful
nymph who fell in
love with Narcissus,
but he ignored her
until she pined
away and only an
echo of her voice
remained
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Newspapers all over
the world
Aurora, Goddess of
the Dawn
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Luxury car
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The Odyssey: the
10-year sea
voyage endured
by the Trojan War
hero, Odysseus,
as he sought to
return home to
Ithica
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Odyssey Travel
agency
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Mars, Roman
name for the God
of war
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Mars chocolate bar
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Medusa, terrible
monster whose
glance would petrify
you, killed by the
hero Perseus
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Medusa headphones
Midas, King with the
golden touch, who
transformed all he
touched to gold
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a famous muffler
and brake chain of
service stations.
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Pandora, the first
woman in Greek
mythology, whose
name means “allgifted”
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Pandora jewelry
Trident, the threepronged spear of
Poseidon, god of
the seas;
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Trident Gum
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warrior state, devoted to
discipline and martial arts
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Spartan Nutritional Products is a maker
and distributor of health
supplements. Spartan
Scientific, Spartan Stores and Spartan
Motors use the name.
Your homework
 Find
and bring to class a modern reference to
mythology in your surroundings
 Bring by FRIDAY
 If you have any difficulty…Google!
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This could be a movie that seems to follow the
pattern of a myth