Grade 2 - Greek Myths

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Note: Extensions may have activity options that exceed the time

allocated for this part of the lesson. To remain within the time

periods allocated for this portion of the lesson, you will need to

make conscious choices about which activities to include based

on the needs of your students.

Extensions 20 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity^5 minutes

Word in Context: Lean

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one or two fi ngers to

indicate which image shows the meaning being described or have a

student walk up to the poster and point to the image being described.

1. [Show Poster 2M (Lean).] In the read-aloud you heard that when
   Athena changed herself into an old women, “[G]one was the young
   woman, replaced by a woman so old and bent with age that she had
   to lean on a walking stick to get around.” Here lean means to rest on
   or against something for support. Which picture shows this?


2. Lean also means thin, strong, and healthy. Which picture shows this?


3. Now with your partner, make a sentence for each meaning of lean.
   Remember to use complete sentences. [Call on a few students to
   share their sentences.]

 Syntactic Awareness Activity^15 minutes

Adjectives That Describe Appearance

Adjective Reference Chart for Teachers

Adjectives That Describe Appearance

beautiful ugly

big small

clean dirty

fat skinny

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