Welcome to The
SkyView Sentinel
Reporting Team!
Investigative
Journalism
Western Literature
December 2, 2014
HONORS STUDENTS:
Turn in your response assignment if you have not yet done so.

• Students will be able to investigate a Greek or
Roman myth by evaluating their sources to determine the central idea or theme of the story.
• Students will be able to effectively write an investigative exposé using the discipline of newswriting.
HOW?
• Investigative Reporting : Greek Mythology Edition

•REVIEW: What are the four key components of effective news-writing?
•What is investigative reporting?
•Why is investigative reporting important to society?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adr2-
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• Each team will receive one copy of the case files for the myth. Each case file contains:
– SOURCE #1: Page numbers to refer to Edith
Hamilton’s Mythology
– SOURCE #2: An original version of the myth from
Ovid in his famous poem Metamorphoses
– SOURCE #3: A famous painting featuring some of the characters of the myth
– SOURCE #4: You may have additional files.

• Metamorphoses is a long narrative poem written in Latin by the famous
Roman poet, Ovid around 8 A.D.
• You will read excerpts from a translation by Charles Martin. He stays true to the verse form of the poem.
• This is a challenging text. Collaborate and ask questions to understand the poem.

• In your case files, you will have a painting that you must “read.”
– Analyze what is in the foreground (the front of the painting) and what is in the background (the back of the painting).
– Analyze the use of color and symbolism.
– How are the characters portrayed in the paintings? Is it how you imagined the myth?
What artistic interpretations exist in the painting?

• You may collaborate with a partner of your choice as long as you both are on task. Be selective.
• You may work at a collaborative academic noise level.

• Prepare for your vocabulary quiz on the featured
Word Wednesday vocabulary words from the past month. The words are posted on my website:
– WEEK ONE: Misanthropy, Misogyny, Misandry
– WEEK TWO: Abhor, Enrapture
– WEEK THREE: Amazon, Ambrosia, Muse, Narcissism,
Oracle
• Bring your work for the Investigative Report to class!