204 Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 10B | Atalanta and the Golden Apples
in conjunction with the complex text presented in the read-alouds.
There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.
Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that
they are grammatical.
Directions: We have learned that we use adjectives when we
speak and write to give more information about a noun. Adjectives
help what we say and write come to life. We have learned about
adjectives that show feeling and describe the way someone or
something looks.
[Refer to the Syntactic Awareness Activity in Lessons 3 and 4 for
lists of adjectives that show feeling and describe appearance. You
may wish to review opposites at this time.]- Pass out Instructional Master 10B-1. Tell students that fi rst they
will draw a picture of one of the characters from a myth they
heard. - Then they will write a descriptive sentence using adjectives
about their character. You may wish to write the following
sentence frame on the board for students to use: “My character
is and. He/She/It is feeling .” - Next, students should separate their picture from their sentence.
- You may wish to split students up into small groups to match
their pictures and descriptions. Alternatively, you may wish to
place a few picture/description sets on the board and have the
class match the description to the picture.
Vocabulary Instructional Activity^5 minutes
Word Work: Skilled- In the read-aloud you heard, “[Atalanta] was a skilled huntress.
She also happened to be the fastest runner in the world.” - Say the word skilled with me three times.
- When you are skilled at something that means you are really
good at it. - Manuel is a skilled violinist, he learned how to the play the
violin when he was fi ve.