Mythology - Pop Quiz Newsletter

Today a pop quiz on Mythology: the Quest for the Golden Fleece, Phaethon, Pegasus & Bellerophon, Otus & Ephialtes, Daedalus.

You may use your books and notes (journal) for this test. You may also work with a partner if you'd like.

Open a template for a newsletter. I'd suggest using Pages, but if you are comfortable with InDesign, feel free to use that.

You will be responsible for completing this assignment by the end of class today. Keep watch of time so that you are able to complete the assignment. Yes, this means that if you didn't read or complete the homework your assignment may not be as perfect as it would have been had you done your work. This is part of life.

You (and your partner) will create a newsletter (2 sided) where you complete the following:

1. Take any one of the adventure/quest stories (the Quest for the Golden Fleece, Phaethon, Pegasus & Bellerophon, Otus & Ephialtes, Daedalus) and REPORT (as if you were a journalist) the NEWS in short articles concerning the story.

2. Create headlines and then report on the story. Use quotes and details from your reading. Examples of headlines might be:
Rain of Harpies Attack the Argo!
Golden Fleece Found!
Jason & Medea Marry Despite Cadmian Opposition!
Mother Murders Two Sons!

Then write the body of the article explaining the details. Most newspaper articles interview or have short quotes from participants. Newspaper articles answer: who, what, where, when, how, and why? about the event.

Write enough articles to fill 2 pages (a front and back). You may add up to 4 photos to go along with your articles, but these should be appropriate for the story and include a caption underneath explaining the photo/picture.

The Newsletter is a test. It is due at the end of class. Please send it to the drop box with you and your partner's name on the file.

HOMEWORK: You are off next week. However, there is some reading that needs to be completed. Please complete Cat's Cradle. You should know the major characters, plot, and pay attention to the tone and style of the novel. You will be tested on this novel, so please read and take notes on the book to help you. Refer back to the earlier blog ?'s from your discussion or about Sci-fi. This may help you.

Finally, please read pages 141-201 in your mythology books. In your journal take notes of the following: who are: Perseus? Medusa? Theseus? the Minotaur? Hippolytus & Phaedra? Hercules? The Labors of Hercules (list them)? Atalanta? Helen? Castor & Pollux? Paris? Achilles? Patroclus? Menelaus? Agamemnon? Odysseus? The Trojan Horse? Diomedes? Hector? Priam? Cassandra? Hecuba? Andromache? Aeneas?