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Greek Mythology
Research to Create a New Character and Write a Narrative
In Unit 3, students reimagine a scene from The Lightning Thief, writing themselves into the action as a di erent demigod from Camp Half-Blood. They research a Greek god of their choosing (or another traditional figure for those who don’t feel comfortable imagining
themselves as a child of a Greek god), and use their research to create a new character, the child of that figure. Students develop the attributes of that character and strategically insert the character into a scene from the novel, editing carefully so as not to change the outcome of the story. At the end of the module, students create a presentation outlining their choices and the reasons for their choices for the performance task.
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TOPIC
TASK
Greek Mythology
Read another Greek myth to determine a central idea and to write a summary of the text; determine the meaning
of unfamiliar vocabulary (mid-unit assessment).
Write a narrative inserting a newly created demigod character into a
scene from The Lightning Thief; revise narratives for sentence patterns and consistency in style and tone (end of unit assessment).
TARGETS
TEXTS
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.4, W.6.3, W.6.4, W.6.5, W.6.6, W.6.10, L.6.3, L.6.4, L.6.6
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Greek Myths: “Prometheus” and “Helios”
CCS Standards
Below are the standards that are formally assessed in this unit.
Reading—Literature
RL.6.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
RL.6.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
RL.6.3: Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
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Unit 3: Overview
