84 Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 4B | Arachne the Weaver
- Students may draw a picture about their sentences on the back
of the page. - Allow time for students to share their journal entries with a
partner or with their home-language peers.
Spin a Story 20 minutes
Note: Before this extension, prepare fi ve sheets of plain paper. Four
of the fi ve sheets should be of equal length and width, with the
width of the fi fth sheet being the combined width of two sheets. Tell
students that the “tapestry” they will make is different from a real
tapestry because real tapestry is made from woven cloth.Remind students that Arachne was a weaver. Ask students to
share what Arachne wove. (tapestries) Then have students share
what a tapestry is. (a woven image that can be hung on walls) Tell
students that as a class, they are going to make some drawings
like a tapestry that retell the myth of Arachne the Weaver. Divide
the class into fi ve groups. Tell the class that there will be fi ve
parts to this “tapestry” and that each of the fi ve groups will be
responsible for drawing one part.
Tell students that Group One will draw the beginning scene of the
myth, Groups Two through Four will draw scenes from the middle
of the myth, and that Group Five will draw the ending scene of the
myth.
Ask students what events Group One should include. (Arachne
weaving beautiful tapestries on a loom while many visitors fl atter
her by saying she weaves like the goddess Athena)