TEC Lesson Plan
Contributor Information
Name: Onia P. Puckett
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School: Dunedin High School, Pinellas County Schools, Largo, Florida
Modified by: Barbara Alexander, TEC Writer
Standards
Sunshine
State Standards
Standard(s) and Benchmark(s):
Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.
LA.B.1.4.1. selects and uses appropriate prewriting strategies, such as brainstorming,
graphic organizers, and outlines.
LA.B.1.4.2. drafts and revises writing that is focused, purposeful, and reflects
insight into the writing situation; has an organizational pattern that provides
for a logical progression of ideas; has effective use of transitional devises
that contribute to a sense of completeness; has support that is substantial,
specific, relevant, and concrete; demonstrates a commitment to and involvement
with the subject; uses creative writing strategies as appropriate to the purposes
of the paper; demonstrates a mature command of language with freshness of expression;
has varied sentence, structure; has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics,
usage, punctuation, and spelling.
LA.B.1.4.3. produces final documents that have been edited for correct spelling;
correct punctuation, including commas, colons, and common use of semicolons;
correct capitalization, correct sentence formation; correct instances of possessives,
subject/verb agreement, instances of noun/pronoun agreement, and the intentional
use of fragments for effect; and corre formatting that appeals to readers, including
appropriate use of a variety of graphics, tables, charts, and illustrations
in both standard and innovative forms.
Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.
LA.B.2.4.1. organizes information using appropriate systems.
LA.B.2.4.2. writes fluently for a variety of occasions, audiences, and purposes,
making appropriate choices regarding style, tone, level of detail, and organization.
LA.B.2.4.3. selects and uses a variety of electronic media, such as the Internet,
information serves, and desktop publishing software programs, to create, revise,
retrieve, and verify information.
NET Standards
Gr 9-12 T.4.4.10
Standard 4. Technology communications tools
Benchmark 10. Collaborate with peers, experts, and others to contribute to a
content-related knowledge base by using technology to compile, synthesize, produce,
and disseminate information, models, and other creative works.
Gr 9-12 T.5.4.10
Standard 5. Technology research tools
Benchmark 10. Collaborate with peers, experts, and others to contribute to a
content-related knowledge base by using technology to compile, synthesize, produce,
and disseminate information, models, and other creative works.
Lesson Plan
Title: GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND THE ODYSSEY
Technology Resource Requirements:
Subject Area(s): Greek Mythology/ Language Arts
Grade Level: 9-12
Short Description:
Objectives:
Introduction:
This lesson cannot be completed until the students have read The
Odyssey. When they have understood the
epic and have a thorough understanding of Odysseus, they can complete this lesson.
Approximate Time Required:
In addition to the appropriate time for the reading of The Odyssey,
this lesson can be completed in 2 to 3 class periods.
Gain Attention:
Tasks:
1. At the very beginning of this lesson, you will want to share the
hyperstudio program (Greek
Mythology Intro HS)to allow students to see the relevance of
Greek life on today’s culture.
To use the HyperStudio presentation you must have the HyperStudio Viewer installed on your computer. Click here to download the the viewer online.
2. Next, students must first become aware of the different gods and aspects
of Greek Mythology, a concept introduced by having students create posters,
using photos from the internet.
3. Students need to read The Odyssey from their literature books (if
you can’t cover the entire epic , read books 8-12) in order to write the
character analysis paper.
4. Students need supervision, therefore, lesson plans need to be dual focused
so that those students at their desks can be working while teacher is assisting
students at the computer.
Interactions/Instructional Strategies:
Tools:
Greek God Vocabulary Worksheet
Power Point Presentation:
Teaching the Character Analysis
Paper
Internet Websites - Using the web as a source of ancient art
http://www.cybercomm.net/~grandpa/chapter8.html
http://muttley.ucdavis.edu/Curriculums/Mythology/myth_links.ht
ml#LANGUAGE_ARTS
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html
http://jcccnet.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/oly.html
Assessments:
A rubric for assessment (the five paragraph paper)
Other Activities:
