Myth-ter Scott's Projects Roll On...(with Example!)

Work continued in the Athena Middle School Library yesterday, on the Unit 2 Library Project. Students completed their review of authentic Native American Myths, and in doing so, worked on the skills of identifying the authors' purpose, as well as, determining whether or not they felt the author accomplished their intended purpose.

By looking at existing Native American myths and folktales, students gained some insight into 1) successfully selecting and working within a defined purpose (entertainment, persuasion or informing) when writing and 2) assessing what elements are necessary in a myth/folktale to successfully meet that intended purpose. Students should arrive to class today (Thursday and Friday) with their myths to review.

With the first of their "products" completed, students will then move on to working on developing a visual aide for use in sharing their myth/folktale. The visual aide expectation fro this activity can be met a number of different ways. Some suggestions inlcude: a brief (2-3) series of Power Point slides, puppets, a storyboard, comic strip or a poster, which can used by the student in sharing their myth or folktale with the class. A PowerPoint model based on "The Legend of the Red Fern," from our novel, will be shared with students in class and they will then have the opportunity to work independently with the time remaining in class.

Here's the example that I shared with the class today in school:
The Legend of the Red Fern

Read Up and Write On!