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Copy of The Flight of Icarus
Copy of Zeus
MYTH
Overview
This is a great final project for a unit on mythology. It can be used after reading a myth or after learning about Greek Gods and Goddesses. It can be used as a formative or summative.
Some suggested tools to help create a brochure include: Google, PowerPoint, Google, Canva, or complete on paper.
Directions: Myth Brochure
Attached in the additional content are some variations on the assignment students have created.
This is a great activity to complete after your students have learned about Greek mythology, or are learning about myths. It can be used a formative or summative.
Directions: You will create a brochure for a Greek God/Goddess of your choosing. You can select to do this digitally or on paper.
The goal of this activity is to continue practicing citing textual evidence (RI 5.1), find and use relevant information from print and other multimedia sources (W1.1B), and practice organizing and categorizing important information (I3.4). Other priority standards are also assessed throughout the unit.
Things you need to include are:
- Select a myth to research on your god/goddess
- Write a 5-8 sentence summary of your tale, highlighting important facts about your god/goddess
- List 3 friends or family members of your mythical figure
- List 3 enemies of your mythical figure
- List 5 character traits of your mythical figure
- Describe 3 physical characteristics of your mythical figure
- Describe your mythical figure’s special powers and/or talents
- Indicate if your chosen character is mortal or immortal and explain what the difference is and why it matters.
- Reference 2-3 websites where you found your information
- Indicate the Roman name for your mythical character
- Based on what you’ve learned, describe a typical day in the life of your mythical character
- Include 3 images
- Make sure your name is on your brochure
- Make sure your brochure is neat, attractive, and free of spelling errors 😀
The rubric is attached. The project needs to remain neat and include proper capitalization and punctuation.
| Awesome | Good | Average | Needs Improvement | |
| Attractiveness and organization The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information. | The brochure hasexceptionallyattractive formattingand well-organizedinformation. | The brochure hasattractive formattingand well-organizedinformation. | The brochure haswell-organizedinformation. | The brochure’sformatting andorganization ofmaterial isconfusing to thereader. |
| Content AccuracyAll facts in the brochure are accurate. | All facts in thebrochure areaccurate. | 99-90% of the factsin the brochure areaccurate. | 89-80% of the factsin the brochure areaccurate. | Fewer than 80% ofthe facts in thebrochure areaccurate. |
| Graphics/PicturesGraphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics. | Graphics go wellwith the text andthere is a good mixof text and graphics. | Graphics go wellwith the text, butthere are so manythat they distractfrom the text. | Graphics go wellwith the text, butthere are too fewand the brochureseems \"text-heavy\". | Graphics do not gowith theaccompanying textor appear to berandomly chosen. |
| SourcesCareful and accurate records are kept todocument the source of the facts and graphics in the brochure. | Careful andaccurate recordsare kept todocument thesource of the facts andgraphics in thebrochure. | There are records kept to document the source of the facts. May or may not include where the pictures come from. | There is at least one record of where information or graphics come from. | No sources were provided. |