English Levels Challenge
Learning Objective: Students will use their background knowledge of standards learned
and apply it to justify their steps prove their answers correctly with appropriate sources
learned in class. They will also use analytical language and vocabulary to communicate to
one another.
Challenge Expectations:
1) Every group starts with level 1 (MORTAL) and everyone in the group must
understand the problem otherwise your grade will drop.
(If you are stuck then ask each other for help, use your notes, books, handouts or any
other resources before checking with Ms. Peraza).
2)
When you are done with your challenge, one person from your group will quietly
raise your hand and wait for me to go over and check your answer. (On occasion I
may tell you to get the next level before I have a chance to come over, but you must
wait for me to give you the okay).
3) When Ms. Peraza has checked your group’s response and it’s correct, a different
person will pick up the next level.
4) Continue this process until you become an OLYMPIAN! Good luck becoming an
English GOD or GODDESS and preparing for next week’s midterm. 
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Midterm Level 1: Mortal
1. What is “persuasion?” Write down the definition of the term:
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Name the persuasion technique for each visual example below AND explain:
2. Visual Example
2a. Technique:
2b. Explanation:
3. Visual Example
3a. Technique:
3b. Explanation:
4. Visual Example
4a. Technique:
4b: Explanation:
5. What is the difference between “tone” and “mood?”
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Once correctly completed, Ms. Peraza will give you the next level: Hero!
Midterm Level 2: Hero
Complete each section by matching the Greek heroes & monsters they killed:
Hero
Monster(s) or Labours
6. Bellerophon
7. Theseus
8. Heracles
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9. Perseus
10. Give two purposes or reasons for telling myths?
a. __________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________
Describe the type of myth and provide an example below:
11. Creation myths: __________________________________________
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Example: _________________________________________________
12. Ritual myths: ___________________________________________
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Example: _________________________________________________
13. Nature myths: ___________________________________________
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Example: _________________________________________________
14. Disaster myths: __________________________________________
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Example: _________________________________________________
15. Hero myths: ____________________________________________
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Example: _________________________________________________
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Hades’ Challenge! Answer this correctly & you can take points away from another
team or gain extra points –but, if you answer this incorrectly, you’ll lose double points!
 What is a “motif?” _____________________________________
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Once correctly completed, Ms. Peraza will give you the next level: Nymph!
Midterm Level 3: Nymph
Use the word bank to pair items with the correct god or goddess
below:
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Demeter
Hestia
Athena
Artemis
Apollo
Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Ares
Hermes
Dionysus
16a.
17a.
18a.
19a.
20a.
21a.
22a.
23a.
24a.
25a.
26a.
27a.
28a.
16b.
17b.
18b.
19b.
20b.
21b.
22b.
23b.
24b.
25b.
26b.
27b.
28b.
Word Bank
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Harvest
Moon
Wine
Blacksmith
Love
Wisdom
Sea
Trade
War
Sky
Crafts
Home
Sun
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Marriage
Beauty
Thieves
Grain
Hearth
Fire
Women
Hunt
Medicine
Theatre
Thunder
Storms/earthquakes
Rage (anger)
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Once correctly completed, Ms. Peraza will give you the next level: DemiGod!
Midterm Level 4: Demi-God
Match the correct event from the Greek myth listed below:
29. ______ A hero used a ball of string to find his way out of a maze.
30. ______ The first echo was created.
31. ______ A barber buried his secret.
32. ______ An inventor’s son flew too close to the sun.
33. ______ Pegasus was tamed.
34. ______ Mankind was “reborn” from Mother Earth in the form of stones.
Greek Myths:
35. ______ The seasons are explained.
A. Demeter’s Lost
E. The Titans
I. Theseus
36. Daughter
______ Zeus overthrew F.
hisOrpheus
father & became
king of the Olympians.
J. Perseus
37. The
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Hades, onlyK.
to The
giveEnd
intoofhis
doubts.
B.
BirthAofmusician
Hermes charmed
G. Daedalus
the
38. Deucalion’s
______ A hero
tasks, including Olympians
killing a hydra.
C.
Floodfaced many
H. Bellerophon
D.
Labours
of was beheaded.
39. The
______
Medusa
L. King Mida’s Ears
40.Heracles
______ The lyre was invented.
Once correctly completed, Ms. Peraza will give you the next level: God & Goddess!
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Midterm Level 5: God & Goddess
Rewrite the information below using MLA format:
In-Text Citations
I=Information
Q=Quote
S=Source
I: Eros is similar to today’s version of Cupid.
Q: “Aphrodite’s wicked little son Eros, God of
Love…enjoyed shooting arrows at people to make them fall
ridiculously in love”
S: Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves, page 12
41. ________________________________________________________________
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I: Quarrels are fights or arguments.
Q: “Ares hateful sister Eris, Goddess of Quarrels”
S: Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves, page 12
42. ________________________________________________________________
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I: Nemesis means retribution or vengeance
Q: “The Goddess Nemesis, who kept a list for the Olympians
of proud mortals due to be punished”
S: Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves, page 12
43. ________________________________________________________________
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Hades’ Challenge! Cite your book using MLA style:
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Once correctly completed, Ms. Peraza
will give you the bonus level: Olympian!
Midterm Bonus Level:
Olympian
Hades’ Challenge!
 How did Daedalus avenge his son AND how is it ironic?
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Once correctly completed, Ms. Peraza will give you a bonus prize –
Congratulations on the completion of your journey!
Make sure to keep ALL these papers
as a study guide for your midterm!
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