Grade 2 - Greek Myths

Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 5B |Theseus and the Minotaur 103

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

Greek Myths Journal (Instructional Master 5B-1) 15 minutes

• Tell students that they will be continuing their journal to help
  them remember important information they learn in this domain
  about the Greek myths they hear.


• Tell students that this page of their journal will be about the
  Greek myth “Theseus and the Minotaur.”


• Show students Instructional Master 5B-1. Have students
  describe what they see in the illustration. Have students share
  about the characters in this myth.


• Read the title line together “Theseus and the Minotaur.” Then
  have students write two or three sentences about this myth.


• 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.

Which Happened First? (Instructional Master 5B-2) 15 minutes

• Tell students that you are going to play a game called “Which
  Happened First?” You will read a pair of sentences that you
  have written on chart paper or sentence strips. Each sentence
  begins with a blank. One volunteer will choose which sentence
  happened fi rst in the story and write the word First on the blank
  before that sentence. Then another volunteer will write the word

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