Grade 2 - Greek Myths

Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 10B| Atalanta and the Golden Apples 203

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

Multiple Choice: Palm

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 5M (Palm).] In the read-aloud you heard, “This
   [apple Atalanta] held in the palm of her hand as she returned
   to the race.” Which picture shows this kind of palm?


2. A palm is also a type of tree that grows in tropical—or hot and
   humid—areas of the world. Which picture shows this type of
   tree?


3. Now that we have gone over the different meanings for palm,
   quiz your partner on these different meanings. Try to use
   complete sentences. For example, you could say, “I held the
   snowball in the palm of my hand.” And your partner should
   respond, “That’s ‘1’.”

 Syntactic Awareness Activity (Instructional Master 10B-1) 15 minutes

Draw and Describe

Note: The purpose of these syntactic activities is to help students

understand the direct connection between grammatical structures

and the meaning of text. These syntactic activities should be used

AAtalanta and the talanta and the

GGolden Applesolden Apples^10 B