Greek Monsters on Parade
Create your own Fabulous Creature or Monster (150 points) http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2008/11/13/hydrajpgrzd46641_1.jpg You may draw, collage, 3-­D, or ?. (50 points) A quick sketch, and quick coloring that takes only a few minutes will not suffice. Spend some time thinking about your creature: size, shape, texture, and unique features. This artistic creation should consume more than a couple of hours as you put it together. Drawing…poster sized picture Collage…poster sized pictorial 3-­‐D…volleyball (?) or larger Creative, imaginative, and done well! You will describe your creature in a humorous or serious manner. (50 points) This involves the art of story telling. Use your imagination and your descriptive abilities when writing about your creature. Background to the story. Beginning, middle and conclusion. Closing comments reflect on a moral lesson. Include two to four gods, characters, or creatures from the textbook. Participants in your story. Allusions in your story. Overall length: a minimum of one page (possible grade of a “B”), a maximum of two pages (possible grade of an “A”). The quality of your writing (description, narration, and grammatical accuracy) also factors into your grade. First page formatting. Double spaced. Your creation and description will be shared in class. (50 points) Speech = Story telling; entertainment. You may use notes, but not written text. Zobel/Greek Monsters on Parade/Mythology/Monsters 13-­‐14 The fabulous creatures found in Greek mythology. Cyclopes—children of Gaea and Uranus; they have one enormous eye in the middle of the forehead. Hecatonchires—Greek and Latin names for the hundred-­‐handed children of Gaea and Uranus. Centaurs—half man, half horse; most are savage creatures. Sileni—like centaurs, they are part man and part horse, but they walk on two legs not four. Satyrs—part man and part goat, like Pan. Sirens—They lure sailors to their deaths with their enchanting voices. They are sometimes pictured as part women, part bird. They appear later in the story of Odysseus/Ulysses. Gorgons—Dragonlike creatures with wings, they will appear later in the story of Perseus. They could turn to stone those who gazed on them. Graiae Women—sisters to the Grogons; three gray women share one eye. They, too, will appear in the Perseus story. Furies—creatures with writhing snakes for hair and eyes that weep tears of blood. Their duty is to pursue sinners. Argus—creature with a hundred eyes assigned to guard Io. His eyes are in the peacock’s tail. Scylla—beautiful woman transformed into a monster with serpents and dogs’ heads growing from her body. These creatures appear in later tales. Minotaur—half man, half bull in the Theseus story. Sphinx—part woman, part lion in the Oedipus story. Chimaera—part lion, part serpent, part goat in the Pegasus and Bellerophon story. Harpies—birds with serpent tails who snatch the food from Phineus in the Jason story and who appear in Aeneas’s journey. Clashing Rocks—rocks in constant motion which threaten Jason’s ship. Scylla and Charybdis—whirlpool and monster rock in stories of Jason, Odysseus/Ulysses, and Aeneas. Hydra—a nine-­‐headed creature defeated by Hercules. Cerberus—three-­‐headed guard dog of Hades. Zobel/Greek Monsters on Parade/Mythology/Monsters 13-­‐14 The Story of Bow Bubble.
A mischievous little boy who loved to say four-­letter words, Bow Bub was overheard by Zeus one day. The profane language caused Zeus, in his anger, to change Bow Bub into 1/3 soap sud, 1/3 brush, and 1/3 dragon. Unable to speak, much less say any bad words, Bow Bubble (as he is now called) spends his time looking for playmates. He does not have far to look either, since there are numerous little boys who have this same bad habit and Zeus is kept very busy converting these mischievous boys into an army of Bow Bubbles. -­-­A. Barretto and S. Anthony Copyright, The Center for Learning. Used with permission. (The above story is provided as illustrative in nature. Its length is not intended to imply that it fulfills the requirement of at least one page.) Create Your own Fabulous Creature or Monster. (100 points)
o CREATE: You may draw, collage, 3-D, or ?.
50 points.
o WRITE: You will describe your creature in a humorous or
serious manner. (Reference “Bow Bubble” for imagination)
50 points.
o SPEAK: Your creation and description will be shared in class.
50 points.
Zobel/Greek Monsters on Parade/Mythology/Monsters 13-­‐14