AIDE-AGS Exploring Literature Assignment Guide and Key Points
Unit 2 "Myths"
Lesson 1 "Greek Myths & Introduction to Myths"
Look at the picture on Page 32, What do you think that has to do with Myths?
On Page 33 Read the short introduction to Myths
Read the Introduction to Unit 2 on pages 33-34. Remember that Myths tried to explain things before science.
Look at the objectives on the bottom of page 36, this is what you will strive to learn this unit.
Read Pages 36-37; focus on the white boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms in green, learn the meanings of the words.
Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Vocabulary below for help)
Take the quiz on 02-01 Greek Myths (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.
Lesson 1 Key Points
Vocabulary Terms
Myth - an important story, often part of a culture's religion, that explains how the world came to be or why natural events happen, usually including gods, goddesses, or unusually powerful human beings.
hero - the leading character in a story, novel, lay, or film.
plot - the series of events in a story.
genre - a specific type, or kind, of literature.
simile - a figure of speech in which two things are compared using a phrase that includes the word like or as.
Key Points about literature from this section
The objectives of the unit:
Lesson 2 "Prometheus"
Prepare to read Prometheus, read the text in the small boxes in the margins on Pages 38-39
Prepare for the selection by becoming familiar with the vocabulary at the bottom of page 38-39.
Enjoy the Myth of "Prometheus", Pages 38-39.
Take the quiz on 02-02 Prometheus (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 2 Key Points
lavished - given a great deal of
survive - to go on living
chariot - a two-wheeled cart
extinguished - put out
immortal - living forever; free from death
mere - nothing more than
eternity - forever
lobes - rounded parts that stick out or down
embedded - fixed or enclosed in something.
Lesson 3 "Demeter and Persephone"
Prepare to read "Demeter and Persephone", read the text in the small boxes in the margins on Pages 40-41
Prepare for the selection by becoming familiar with the vocabulary at the bottom of page 40-41.
Enjoy the Myth of "Demeter and Persephone", Read Pages 40-41.
Can you identify the importance of the Margin Paragraphs? (See Margin Paragraphs below for help)
Take the quiz on 02-03 Demeter and Persephone (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 3 Vocabulary / Questions to think about.
Vocabulary:
captivating - charming
chasm - a large opening
melancholy - sad
pomegranate - a reddish-gold fruit with many seeds
scoured - searched thoroughly
reluctantly - without wanting to
jubilant - joyful
compromise - an agreement that tries to satisfy both sides
resignation - accepting with grace.
Margin Paragraphs: margin paragraphs
A. You may suggest that the Greeks wanted to explain why winter existed and why plants died in winter.
B. The color of the horses is compared to the darkness of night.
C. This is a simile, "horses that were as blck as night" It suggests darkness, which people associtate with night and with death.
D. Good writing makes scenes which can describe characters feelings quite well. The trees weep.
E. Why does Zeus force Hades to return Persephone to Demeter? (He wants Demeter to lift her curse and care for the harvest again.)
F. Persephone ate pomegranate seeds, the food of the dead, giving Hades a claim to her.
G. Demeter lifts the curse because he gets to have Persephone with her for three-fourths of the year.
H. This is your own oppinon
Lesson 4 "Perseus and Medusa"
Prepare to read "Perseus and Medusa", read the text in the small boxes in the margins on Pages 42-43
Prepare for the selection by becoming familiar with the vocabulary at the bottom of pages 42-43.
Enjoy the Myth of "Perseus and Medusa", Read Pages 42-43.
Take the quiz on 02-04 "Perseus and Medusa"(You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 4 Questions to think about/ Vocabulary.
writhing - wiggling
quest - a search for something
ordeal - a terrible experience
A. In mythology, heroes take on difficult and dangerous tasks. In this myth, Perseus confronts the deadly Gorgons to carry out the task of bringing the head of Medusa to Polydectes.
B. Your own opinion.
C. Letting readers know what motivates the actions of a character is important. Perseus wants to give the king a good present and since he can not get the king a splendid gift so he takes Medusa's head for the king.
D. Each of these characters offer gifts that suit their special realms of expertise.
E. The simile is "a world as grey and murky as fog". the home of the Grey Women is compared to a fog through which one cannot see.
F. This is your own opinion.
Lesson 5 "The Beginning and the End of the World"
Before moving on, look through pages 44-45, If any of the questions give you trouble contact your instructor for help. (Mr. Joseph Marley)
Go through the Summary of Greek myths on page 46 complete any activities that interest you.
The next section has three new objectives read them in the margin of Page 47.
Prepare to read " The Beginning and the End of the World", read the introduction on Pages 47-48
Do you know the vocabulary words in the introduction? (See Vocabulary below for help)
Prepare to read " The Beginning and the End of the World", read the text in the small boxes in the margins on Pages 49-50
Enjoy the Myth of "The Beginning and the End of the World", Read Pages 49-50.
Before taking the quiz see if any of the questions / activities on Page 51-52 trouble you. If they do contact your instructor for help. (Mr. Joseph Marley)
Take the quiz on 02-05"The Beginning and the End of the World"(You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 5 Key Points
creation myth - a mth that tells the story of the beginning of the world.
oral literature - storis that were first told, rather than being written down.
character - a person or animal in a story, poem, or play.
setting - a story's time and place.
anthology - a collection of stories, plays, or poems by different authors collected in one book.
A. The myth explains how the Okanogan people came to be, how conflict amoung people is punished and diligence and cooperation rewarded, and how the world as they knew it was formed and will be destroyed.
BOnly two survivors of the sea journey are most likely included because the deaths of the others punish their wickedness, or the survival of man and a woman allows for the beginning of a new race of people.
C. The main characters are Scomalt, the man and the woman.
A. The continent is North America. The setting is the Pacific Northwest, which is mountainous and wooded.
B. Because the people are heading toward the sunrise they are moving East. So the people came from the west.
C. The simplicity of the sentences and vocabulary and dignified cadence of the sentences are good for oral storytelling.
Lesson 6 "Loki and the Master Builder"
The next section has three new objectives read them in the margin of Page 53.
Prepare to read "Loki and the Master Builder," read the introduction on Pages 53-54
Prepare to read " Loki and the Master Builder," read the text in the small boxes in the margins on Pages 55-57
Prepare for the selection by becoming familiar with the vocabulary at the bottom of page 55-57.
Enjoy the Myth of "Loki and the Master Builder", Read Pages 55-57.
Before taking the quiz see if any of the questions / activities on Page 58-59 trouble you. If they do contact your instructor for help. (Mr. Joseph Marley)
Take the quiz on 02-06"Loki and the Master Builder"(You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 6 Key Points
problem - the focus, or main concern, of the plot of a story.
trickster - a character who uses his cleverness and quick thinking to outsmart enemies, sometimes by playing tricks on them.
stronghold - a protected place, safe from enemies.
ogres - monsters
stipulated - demanded as a condition of agreement
confirmed - made certain
recalled - remembered
devise - to think up; to invent
whinnied - the sound a horse makes.
disregarded - paid no attention to
aloft - up in the air
fragments - small pieces
A. Loki knew that the horse was magic and would make it possible for the giant to complete his task. Loki wanted to complicate the situation and increase the conflict between the gods and giants.
A2 Page 56; The gods could lose a goddess and the sun and moon; the giant could lose his life.
B. The gods never believed they would have to pay up, or that they fear the losses would put them at the mercy of the giants. They made the bargain because they thought it was impossible for the builder to accomplish the task.
C. Loki advised them to allow the builder to use his hourse, making it possible for the giant to complete the task. Now the gods must somehow slow the builder down or else brek their word. They are in their own land and have Thor as a threat.
D. Loki knew a mare would distract the stallion and then the builder would be unable to finish his task.
Lesson 7 "The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman"
The next section has three new objectives read them in the margin of Page 60.
Prepare to read "The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman," read the introduction on Pages 60-61
Prepare to read "The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman," read the text in the small boxes in the margins on Pages 62-74
Prepare for the selection by becoming familiar with the vocabulary at the bottom of pages 62-74.
Enjoy the Myth of "The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman", Read Pages 62-74.
Before taking the quiz see if any of the questions / activities on Pages 75-77 trouble you. If they do contact your instructor for help. (Mr. Joseph Marley)
Take the quiz on 02-07"The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman"(You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 7 Vocabulary and the importance of red letters.
story-within-a-story - a second story told within another story.
narrator - one who tells a story.
expectantly - as if looking forward to something
discarded - thrown away or cast off
barnacles - small sea animals that attach themselves to rocks or floating objects.
contemplation - study; deep thought.
pang - a sharp pain.
prolific - producing many young
wistful - sad
likeness - acopy or picture
dispersed - scattered
squabbles - arguments or quarrels
accessible - reachable
eerie - spooky
illusion - an unreal vision
acknowledged - admitted; recognized
radiance - glowing light
entranced - filled with joy or delight
refreshing - giving back strength or life
bristling - standing up or out from the body.
bated - kept low and shallow
version - a form or type
affinity - a liking for something
heaved - lifed up and out
adviser - people who give advice
contemplate - to study or think about
rarity - something not usually seen
miscalculated - judged or figured out wrongly
swerved - turned sharply
lethal - deadly
pitifully - causing sorrow
ebb - to flow away
disconsolately - impossible to comfort
apparition - a vision or appearance
relentlessly - without softening or letting up
Pages: 62-63
A. His feeling and thoughts are described in detail.
B. no comment on second paragraph
C. It is a remote, wild, rocky seashore.
D. no comment on fourth paragraph
E. no comment on fifth paragraph
F. He feels a mixture of aloneness, awe, and enjoyment. He enjoys the beauty of the sights and sounds and the magesty of the sea.
Pages 64-65 (margin Paragraphs)
A. He tells the story to the moon.
B. no comments
C. The isoloation and quiet and rhythmic sounds of the seashore prepare for the magical, long-ago setting of the myth. the stick Tanais found creates the images in the sand.
D. He uses the stick he found on the beach to draw in the sand.
Pages 66-67 (margin paragraphs)
1. no comment
2. Medicine Cove is rocky, inaccessible, and protected; it is also private and beautiful, just as Tanais's cove.
3. no comment
Pages 68-69 none.
Pages 70-71
1. this question is just for you to think about.
2. no comment
Pages 72-73
1. You may suggest that the hunters wanted to honor Moon Coyote or to test his worthiness.
2. She knows it has magic; since it first gave him form, she hopes it will restore Moon Coyote to life.
3. They are howling to express sorrow over the loss of a mate.
Page 74
1. It explains the appearance of an unusually bright star near the moon, one which looks like two stars connected.
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Preparing for Unit 2Test
Turn to Pages 78-79 and read the Unit 2 summary
Turn to Pages 80-811 and answer the questions and activities for the review.
Contact Mr. Marley for extra help if you did not understand any of the questions or answers: jmarley@yksd.com.
Take the Unit 2 Test "Myths"
Review the answers then print the results for your records.
Congratulations, if you completed all the items above, you finished Unit 2 and the first quarter!!