Grade 2 - Greek Myths

Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide PP | Pausing Point 127

Somebody Wanted But So Then

Materials: Instructional Master PP-2

Explain to students that they are going to retell the stories of

Prometheus and Pandora, fi rst individually, and then together as

a class. Divide the class in half; one half will complete a chart for

Prometheus, and the other will complete a chart for Pandora using

Instructional Master PP-2, a Somebody Wanted But So Then

worksheet. Students who participated in the Core Knowledge

Language Arts program in Kindergarten and Grade 1 should be very

familiar with this chart and will have seen their Kindergarten and

Grade 1 teachers model the exercise. Have these students work in

pairs to orally fi ll in the chart together while one person acts as the

scribe. If you have any students who are new to the Core Knowledge

Language Arts program, you may wish to work with them individually

or in a small group, guiding them through the exercise.

If time allows, have students share their charts with the class.

As they recount the myths, you may wish to refer back to the

Flip Book images for this read-aloud. As students retell the read-

aloud, make sure to use complete sentences and domain-related

vocabulary to expand upon their responses. For your reference,

completed charts should be similar to the following:

Somebody Prometheus

Wanted Wanted to give his human creations fi re

But But fi re was only for the gods.

So So he stole some fi re and took it down to the earth for the

humans.

Then Then Zeus, the king of the gods, found out and punished

him.

Somebody Pandora

Wanted Wanted to know what was inside the box

But But she was told not to ever open it.

So So, for a long time, she didn’t.

Then Then her curiosity got the better of her, and she opened it,

releasing pain and suffering into the world.