Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Examining Greek and Roman Mythology

As Ms. Porzio continues teaching the folklore unit, students will take a look at some Greek and Roman myths. We will be reading the story, "Echo and Narcissus," and will also turn ourselves into our own mythical heroes with special powers and talents. Students can watch a myth we won't be studying in class by clicking on the video below. For a few extra credit points, students can submit an explanation as to the story's theme. Be sure that all submissions explain the theme and contain the student's name.


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

i think the theme is that you can't trust everyone!!! like how
hurcules went to get the golden apples for that old lady (or so he thought she was an old lady)but in the end she was the bad guy(well women) thats what i think the theme is ?!

Anonymous said...

i think the theme for this story is don't trick other or they will trick you.like in the video the lady try to trick the little boy.

Anonymous said...

Hi miss Short it's me Alex Nguyen I was just wondering how old is this Hercules? Could you show the class?

Anonymous said...

I think the theme is if you want to do good you can over power anything.
Hercules and the horse/boy new that no one ever came out of the forest alive,but they still desided to go for it to help the old lady.Hercules over powerd the tree and got the golden apples.He did a good deed even though the old lady was a fake.

Anonymous said...

I think the theme is make sure you know what exactly who your working for before you work for them

Anonymous said...

hi its me donovan I think the lesson is don't work for someone who you think is up to mistchef