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Interpreting Perspectives: Greek Myths

Lesson 4

ELA

Unit 3

4th Grade

Lesson 4 of 20

Lesson Map

Summarize what happens in "Pandora’s Box."

McElderry... pp. 6 – 12 — "Pandora's Box"

Standards

RL.4.2

Analyze how the speaker’s point of view in "Pandora" influences how events are described.

I am Arachne pp. 6 – 10

Standards

RL.4.3RL.4.6

Explain how the speaker’s perspective of Pandora changes from one poem to the next.

Echo Echo — "Pandora and the Box"

Standards

RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7

Describe how the author uses structural elements of drama to retell what happens in "Pandora’s Box."

Myth Plays pp. 23 – 27

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.7

Discussion & Writing

Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and its major themes. Analyze which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.

I am Arachne pp. 6 – 10
Myth Plays pp. 23 – 27
McElderry...
Echo Echo

Standards

RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7RL.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.1.dW.4.1

Narrative Writing

Rewrite the myth from Epimetheus's point of view.

Grade 4 Narrative Writing Rubric

Standards

L.4.1.dL.4.3.aW.4.3.d

Summarize what happened in "Arachne."

McElderry... pp. 30 – 35

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.3RL.4.6

Compare the lesson that Arachne learns and how she learns it in two different versions of the myth.

I am Arachne pp. 2 – 5
Echo Echo — "Arachne and Athena"

Standards

RL.4.2

Explain how the author uses the structural elements of drama to retell the story of Arachne.

Myth Plays pp. 48 – 51

Standards

RL.4.5RL.4.7

Discussion & Writing

Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.

I am Arachne pp. 2 – 5
Myth Plays pp. 48 – 51
McElderry...
Echo Echo

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.7RL.4.9W.4.1

Narrative Writing

Rewrite the myth Arachne from Athena’s point of view.

Grade 4 Narrative Writing Rubric

Standards

RL.4.6W.4.3.aW.4.3.b

Summarize "Echo and Narcissus."

McElderry... pp. 22 – 29

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.3

Defend if Narcissus learns his lesson.

I am Arachne pp. 36 – 42
Echo Echo — "Narcissus and Echo"

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.3

Identify and explain which parts of the story are highlighted in the drama.

Myth Plays pp. 28 – 33

Standards

RL.4.3RL.4.5RL.4.7

Discussion & Writing

Explain how comparing different forms of a literary text helps build a deeper understanding of the text and which author’s craft decisions or structures have the greatest influence on how events are described.

I am Arachne pp. 37 – 44
Myth Plays pp. 28 – 33
Echo Echo
McElderry...

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.5RL.4.6RL.4.9SL.4.1W.4.1

Narrative Writing

Rewrite the myth Echo and Narcissus from Narcissus’s point of view.

Grade 4 Narrative Writing Rubric

Standards

L.4.1.dL.4.3.aW.4.3.d

Analyze how a theme or topic is treated in each of the myths from the unit by comparing and contrasting the treatment of similar themes and topics.

All unit texts

Standards

RL.4.2RL.4.9SL.4.1SL.4.1.cSL.4.1.dSL.4.3W.4.1

Opinion Writing

4 days

Defend how the theme from one of the Greek Myths is still relevant today using examples from students’ lives and the world around them.

All unit texts
Grade 4 Literary Analysis and Opinion Writing Rubric
Boxes and Bullets Graphic Organizer
Two-Paragraph Outline

Standards

L.4.2SL.4.1W.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.bW.4.5

Gauge student understanding of unit content and skills with one of Fishtank's unit assessments.

Narrative Writing

3 days

Revise and edit a narrative from earlier in the unit.

Grade 4 Narrative Writing Rubric

Standards

L.4.3.aW.4.3.aW.4.3.bW.4.3.dW.4.3.e

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