Grade 2 - Greek Myths

70 Greek Myths: Supplemental Guide 4 | Arachne the Weaver

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have

activity options that exceed the time allocated for that part of

the lesson. To remain within the time periods allocated for each

portion of the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices

about which activities to include based on the needs of your

students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

Where Are We? world map or globe

What Have We Already

Learned?

You may wish to have students focus

on retelling the previous myth using

the Image Cards or their completed

Sequencing the Read-Aloud page.

Greek Gods Posters 1 (Zeus) and

3 (Demeter); Songs and Chants

for The Twelve Gods of Mount

Olympus

Review Zeus and Demeter, the two gods

from the previous read-aloud. You may

wish to sing the song and chant for these

two gods.

Essential Background

Information and Terms

Greek God Poster 7 (Athena);

Songs and Chants for The Twelve

Gods of Mount Olympus

Introduce the Greek goddess, Athena, to

students.

Character Chart for current read-

aloud

You may wish to create separate

Character Charts for each read-aloud.

Vocabular y Preview:

Arachnids, Weave/Weaver

images of arachnids: spiders,

scorpions, mites, ticks, daddy-

longlegs

examples of tapestries and woven

cloth

Purpose for Listening Instructional Master 4A-1

(Response Card 4)

Students may wish to look at the

Response Card to identify the characters

and setting, and predict what may

happen in the myth.

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Arachne the Weaver Gods, Mortals, and Creatures

Chart;

Instructional Master 4A-2

Use the Gods, Mortals, and Creatures

Chart throughout this domain to keep

track of the different types of characters

in the Greek myths your students will hear.

You may wish to use the cut-outs provided

on Instructional Master 4A-2. (See

Advance Preparation for sample chart.)