BUILDING VOCABULARY: WORKING
WITH WORDS ABOUT THE KEY
ELEMENTS OF MYTHOLOGY
UNIT 2 LESSON 5
LEARNING TARGETS
• I can collaborate with my peers to
create word models for key vocabulary
in mythology.
• I can explain the meaning of key
vocabulary in mythology to my peers.
DO NOW: CLARIFYING QUESTIONS VS.
PROBING QUESTIONS
• A clarifying question simply asks for
more information, the answers to
these are typically short and factual
• A probing question digs for a deeper
response, the answer to these are
typically longer and may have more
than one answer- they may be
opinion questions!
EXAMPLES OF CLARIFYING AND
PROBING QUESTIONS
• Clarifying question: What kind of dance do
you do?
• Probing question: What is your favorite kind
of dance and why?
• Clarifying question: What kind of sport do
you play?
• Probing question: What is your favorite kind
of sport and why?
DO NOW: TODAYSMEET.COM
• On the online forum give one
example of a clarifying question
and one example of a probing
question
WHAT IS A GLOSSARY?
• A short dictionary that includes
an alphabetical list of words
that relate to a particular
subject
• Example: textbooks have
glossaries!
VOCABULARY WORDS FOR WORD
MODELS
• Archetype
• Supernatural
• Origins
• Separation
• Duality
• Fate
• Prophecy
• Struggle for power
CRITERIA FOR WORD MODELS
• We will want to use them and look at them.
• They’ll need to be a size we can carry with us.
• The information will need to be clear so that we can
use them in our reading, writing, and discussions.
• They will need to be organized and clear.
• They will need to present the meaning of the key
word in different ways—a synonym and antonym, a
sentence, a symbol, and a definition.
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN WORD MODELS
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The word or concept
Synonym: What it is
Antonym: What it isn’t
Symbol: non-linguistic representation
A sentence containing the word or concept
EXAMPLE OF WORD MODEL
EXIT TICKET
• Think-pair-type
• How has your understanding of this
element of mythology been changed or
clarified after working with the vocabulary
words?”
HOMEWORK
Read Chapter 14 of The Lightning Thief.
Purpose: What is the role of the supernatural
in Chapter 14?
• Write 2 paragraphs using our paragraph writing
format
QUESTION BASKET
• Each group will be assigned a question
• Groups will be given 5 minutes to discuss the
question and find the evidence to back up their
response
• The group leader will choose one person to submit
the response online on todaysmeet.com
QUESTIONS
• All scholars should have out The Lightning Thief and open to
Chapter 14
Chapter 14 begins: “I’d love to tell you I had some deep revelation
on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality,
laughed in the face of death, et cetera.” In this context, what does
the word revelation mean?
2. If
the word mortal means able to die, what does Percy mean
when he says, “I came to terms with my own mortality?” on page
212?
3. On
page 213, Percy says, “I could see where the fire on my
clothes had been quenched. But when I touched my own shirt, it
felt perfectly dry.” What is the meaning of the word quenched
here? How is it the same or different from your thirst being
quenched?
4. How
does Percy’s fall from the Arch and descent to the bottom of
the Mississippi River help to move the plot of the story forward?
VOCABULARY
• Mortality: the condition of being
mortal
• Mortuary, mortician
• Revelation: a realization of
something previously unknown
• Quenched: to put out
CAROUSEL OF QUOTES
• Each group will be given a set of quotes, either from
Chart 1, 2, 3 or 4.
• In their notes, the groups must write down 2
similarities and one different between the 2 quotes
they are assigned
• After 8 mins, groups will share out
CAROUSEL OF QUOTES
• Chart 1:
Cronus: “But Rhea mourned. Her five sisters, who had married the
five other Titans, were surrounded by their Titan children, while she
was all alone.”
“The Key Elements of Mythology”: “Some of the characters in myths
are often non-human even though they possess human qualities
and emotions. These characters might include gods, goddesses,
and supernatural beings.”
• Chart 2:
Cronus: “But Cronus did not set his monstrous brothers free, and
Mother Earth was angry with him and plotted his downfall.”
“The Key Elements of Mythology”: “The struggle for power in a myth
occurs between two opposing forces. This struggle for power may
be between two supernatural forces, a supernatural force and a
mortal, or two members of a single family and may be as a result of
jealousy, for example.”
CAROUSEL OF QUOTES (CON.)
• Chart 3:
Cronus: “Cronus was now the lord of the universe. He sat on the highest
mountain and ruled over heaven and earth with a firm hand.”
“The Key Elements of Mythology”: “These non-human characters often
possess super-human powers and use them to interact with our human
world by, for example, controlling the weather. Gods and goddesses may
also visit our world by disguising themselves in different forms.”
• Chart 4:
Cronus: “But she knew that one of his sons would be stronger than he, just
as Cronus had been stronger than his father. Cronus knew it too, so every
time his Titaness-wife Rhea gave birth, he took the newborn god and
swallowed it. With all of his offspring securely inside him, he had nothing to
fear.”
“The Key Elements of Mythology”: “The idea of fate, and its overwhelming
power, is a central theme in many myths. Neither gods nor man seem able
to escape fate, despite many attempts to do so. Making this theme even
more prominent, many myths begin with a prophecy. This prophecy then
shapes the actions and interactions of the various characters of the myth.”