Grade 2 - Greek Myths

Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 9 | Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx 173

Exercise Materials Details

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word
Activity: Cane

Poster 4M (Cane)

Greek Myths Journal Instructional Master 9B-1; drawing
tools

This will be the page for the myth

“Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx.”

Writing a Greek Myth: Edit Instructional Masters 8B-2 (draft)
and 9B-2; clean Instructional
Master 8B-2 or lined paper

Advance Preparation

Make a copy of Instructional Master 9A-1 for each student. Refer

to it as Response Card 8 for the Greek myth “Oedipus and the

Riddle of the Sphinx.” Students can use this Response Card to

preview, review, and answer questions about this myth.

Prepare/fi nd examples of age-appropriate riddles for your students

to solve. For example:

Question: There is a one-story house. The walls are purple, the

doors are purple, the fl oors are purple, and the bathroom is purple.

What color are the stairs?

Answer: There are not any stairs because it is a one-story

house.

Question: What can you break without touching it?

Answer: A promise.

Question: What has a head and a tail and is brown all over?

Answer: A penny.

Make a copy of Instructional Master 9B-1 for each student. This

will be the page for “Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx” in their

Greek Myths journal.

Create a Character Chart for today’s read-aloud. (See sample

chart in the lesson.)

Continue the class Gods, Mortals, and Creatures Chart. You may

wish to use the character cut-outs on Instructional Master 9A-2.

You will add to this chart as students meet the different types of

characters in the read-alouds.