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Greek Mythology
„ Focus students on the phrase Painted Essay®. Explain that they’ll be learning what this is and how it will support them to write their essays in this lesson and throughout the remaining lessons in this unit.
„ Turn and Talk:
“What do you think you will be doing in this lesson based on this learning target?” (We will be using a model essay to guide our writing as we prepare to write a compare and contrast essay of our own.)
Work Time
A. Read a Model Painted Essay® – W.6.2 (5 minutes)
„ Distribute and display the Compare and Contrast Model Essay.
„ Readthemodelaloudasstudentsfollowalong,readingsilently.Notethatthestructureand organization of a traditional four- or five-paragraph essay may be new for some students, including ELLs. Provide opportunities for students to reflect on any essay conventions or expectations that di er from what they have seen before.
„ Turn and Talk:
“What is this text about?” (This paper compares and contrasts the Medusa scene from
the book with the same scene from the film version.)
„ Focus students on the first paragraph.
„ Turn and Talk:
“What is the gist of this paragraph?” (It provides brief background information on The Lightning Thief and clearly states a focus for the rest of the essay.)
„ Cold call students to share out. As students share, capture their response next to the first paragraph on the displayed model. Refer to the Annotated Compare and Contrast Model Essay (for teacher reference) as necessary.
„ Continue this process for each of the remaining paragraphs. Work Time
B. View Clip from Film Version of The Lightning Thief – RL.6.7 (10 minutes)
„ Tell students they will view the scene from chapter 11, when Percy, Grover, and Annabeth
visit Auntie Em’s (pages 172–187).
„ ShowtheclipofthefilmPercyJacksonandtheOlympians:TheLightningThief(Scenes 13–14, 46:45–56:48).
„ As they watch, ask them to make note of what they see and what they hear, as well as any di erences or similarities between the book and the film.
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