In this language arts activity, students will choose a Greek or Roman
mythological god/goddess to research. Since the Greeks made their
gods/goddesses in their own image, thus these characters usually had very human
flaws and imperfections as well. This combination often made for interesting
challenges and conflicts in their lives.
WHAT
YOU WILL DO
·
Choose one of the Greek or Roman gods/goddesses
that most represents you. Find out:
- Where the character
comes from?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What symbol is your
god/goddess known for? How does
this symbol represent your personality and how would you use
it?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What are the
superhuman qualities, strengths or talents? How are they like
yours?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What are the
personality quirks or flaws? How
are they like yours?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What is the area of domain
or influence? How does this place most represent you?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Once you have finished your research, you will word process a one page (at
least three(3) “Three Tree” paragraphs) on how your
god or goddess most represents you.
- Double space the document
before you start.
- Your name, my name and the
date should be in the left corner of the essay.
- The title should be in a 14
point font, centered, underlined, and in bold. The body should be in a plain (NO ITALICS OR FANCY FONT) 12 point font.
- Once again, your essay should
include at least 3 paragraphs, written in “3 tree paragraph” format.
- Insert one clip art or image
of your god/goddess in document. I
provide help here where needed.
USEFUL
WEBSITES
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
http://www.thanasis.com/store/olympian.htm
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/names.html
http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/
http://www.ancientgreece.com/html/mythology_frame.htm
http://www.greekmythology.com/