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Myth World Quest Before They Begin This Unit ¬ELA The Greeks FLORIDA Teacher Edition • Grade 6 The Greeks Published and Distributed by Amplify. © 2021 Amplify Education, Inc. 55 Washington Street, Suite 800, Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.amplify.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form, or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of Amplify Education, Inc., except for the classroom use of the worksheets included for students in some lessons. ISBN: 978-1-64383-551-8 Printed in the United States of America 01 LSC 2020 Contents 6D: The Greeks Unit Overview 2 Prometheus SUB-UNIT 1 Sub-Unit 1 Overview 4 Sub-Unit 1 At a Glance & Preparation Checklist 6 Sub-Unit 1: 6 Lessons 18 Odysseus SUB-UNIT 2 Sub-Unit 2 Overview 28 Sub-Unit 2 At a Glance & Preparation Checklist 30 Sub-Unit 2: 7 Lessons 55 Arachne SUB-UNIT 3 Sub-Unit 3 Overview 62 Sub-Unit 3 At a Glance & Preparation Checklist 64 Sub-Unit 3: 6 Lessons 82 Write an Essay SUB-UNIT 4 Sub-Unit 4 Overview 92 Sub-Unit 4 At a Glance & Preparation Checklist 94 Sub-Unit 4: 5 Lessons 96 Clarify & Compare SUB-UNIT 5 Lesson and print materials in digital curriculum. Unit Reading Assessment ASSESSMENT Assessment and print materials in digital curriculum. Icon Key: Steps: Indicates the Exit Ticket Poll Teacher Only order of activities in a lesson Highlight/Annotate Projection Teacher Speech Audio Image Share Video Close Reading Materials Spotlight Warm-Up Differentiation On-the-Fly Student Edition Wrap-Up Digital App Pair Activity Student Groups Writing Journal PDF Teacher-Led Discussion The Greeks The stories of world mythologies have a timeless quality. The Greek myths in this unit explore questions and themes that help us understand the world around us and our role in it. Drawing on the routines and skills established in previous units, these lessons ask students to move from considering the state of a single person— themselves or a character—to contemplating broader questions concerning the role people play in the world and the various communities they inhabit within it. Essay Prompt: Using two of the following characters—the humans from “Prometheus,” Odysseus from The Odyssey, or Arachne from “Arachne”—answer the following question: Are humans destroyed by their pride? Why or why not? Use your answer to make a claim about whether or not these characters have been destroyed by their pride. Make sure to support your claim with textual evidence. 2 Prometheus Odysseus Arachne SUB-UNIT 1 • 6 LESSONS SUB-UNIT 2 • 7 LESSONS SUB-UNIT 3 • 6 LESSONS Write an Essay Clarify & Compare The Greeks Unit SUB-UNIT 4 • 5 LESSONS SUB-UNIT 5 • 1 LESSON Reading Assessment Lesson and print materials in digital curriculum. 1 LESSON Assessment and print materials in digital curriculum. The Greeks 3 Prometheus “Prometheus” is an excerpt from Bernard Evslin’s book Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths that introduces students to the Titan who defied Zeus to give humans fire. His provocative action, represented for centuries through art and literature, remains a favorite of many readers. This myth raises a number of engaging questions about justice, responsibility, and what it means to be human. It also introduces students to the issue they will tackle in the essay unit: whether or not humans are destroyed by their pride. 4 The Greeks Sub-Unit 1 Lesson 1: Lesson 2: Lesson 3: Lesson 4: Zeus vs. Prometheus Should Humans Is Zeus Correct? Prometheus’s Have Fire? Punishment Lesson 5: Lesson 6: Prometheus in Your Flex Day 1 Own Words Prometheus • Sub-Unit 1 5 Sub-Unit 1 at a Glance Lesson Objective Reading Writing Prompt Benchmark Stack Lesson 1: Zeus vs. Prometheus • “Prometheus” (1–18) No analytical writing prompt. ELA.6.R.1.3 ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Reading: Student’s read Evslin’s version of the Prometheus myth, then • Solo: “Daedalus” (1–9) ELA.K12.EE.2.1 analyze the story and central conflict from both Zeus’s and Prometheus’s ELA.K12.EE.3.1 points of view. ELA.K12.EE.4.1 ELA.6.R.1.2 ELA.6.R.3.2 ELA.6.R.3.4 ELA.6.V.1.3 Lesson 2: Should Humans Have Fire? • “Prometheus” (1–18) No analytical writing prompt. ELA.6.R.1.2 ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Reading: Students will connect the actions of humans upon receiving fire to • Solo: “Daedalus” ELA.K12.EE.3.1 the reasons Prometheus and Zeus gave for whether or not humans should (27–52) ELA.K12.EE.4.1 have fire and use these connections to identify the symbolic meaning of fire suggested by each action. Speaking & Listening: Groups of students will plan to act out the excerpt, re-creating the text details of human actions with fire but emphasizing distinct interpretations of the impact of fire on human happiness. Module: Theme Lesson 3: Is Zeus Correct? • “Prometheus” (1–18) Is Zeus correct that humans should not have fire? Make sure to ELA.6.R.1.3 use textual evidence to help support your answer. ELA.6.C.1.3 Speaking & Listening: They will use words and dialogue, as well as • Solo: “Daedalus” ELA.6.C.2.1 actions and other nonverbal cues, to make clear the emotions they are (53–64) ELA.K12.EE.1.1 trying to convey. ELA.K12.EE.3.1 Writing: Students will argue for or against Zeus’s claim that humans should not have fire, using evidence from the text to support their opinions. Lesson 4: Prometheus’s Punishment • “Prometheus” (1–18) Is Zeus’s punishment of Prometheus fair or unfair? Use at least ELA.K12.EE.2.1 three reasons to support your claim. ELA.6.C.1.3 Reading: Students will connect Zeus’s punishment to details of ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Prometheus’s actions and character to analyze the choice of punishment Extra: Challenge Writing available in the digital lesson. ELA.K12.EE.3.1 and whether it is fair or unfair. Writing: Students will stake a claim about whether they think Zeus’s punishment of Prometheus is fair or unfair, using evidence from the text to support their ideas. 6 The Greeks Lesson Objective Reading Writing Prompt Benchmark Stack Lesson 1: Zeus vs. Prometheus • “Prometheus” (1–18) No analytical writing prompt. ELA.6.R.1.3 ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Reading: Student’s read Evslin’s version of the Prometheus myth, then • Solo: “Daedalus” (1–9) ELA.K12.EE.2.1 analyze the story and central conflict from both Zeus’s and Prometheus’s ELA.K12.EE.3.1 points of view. ELA.K12.EE.4.1 ELA.6.R.1.2 ELA.6.R.3.2 ELA.6.R.3.4 ELA.6.V.1.3 Lesson 2: Should Humans Have Fire? • “Prometheus” (1–18) No analytical writing prompt. ELA.6.R.1.2 ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Reading: Students will connect the actions of humans upon receiving fire to • Solo: “Daedalus” ELA.K12.EE.3.1 the reasons Prometheus and Zeus gave for whether or not humans should (27–52) ELA.K12.EE.4.1 have fire and use these connections to identify the symbolic meaning of fire suggested by each action. Speaking & Listening: Groups of students will plan to act out the excerpt, re-creating the text details of human actions with fire but emphasizing distinct interpretations of the impact of fire on human happiness. Module: Theme Lesson 3: Is Zeus Correct? • “Prometheus” (1–18) Is Zeus correct that humans should not have fire? Make sure to ELA.6.R.1.3 use textual evidence to help support your answer. ELA.6.C.1.3 Speaking & Listening: They will use words and dialogue, as well as • Solo: “Daedalus” ELA.6.C.2.1 actions and other nonverbal cues, to make clear the emotions they are (53–64) ELA.K12.EE.1.1 trying to convey. ELA.K12.EE.3.1 Writing: Students will argue for or against Zeus’s claim that humans should not have fire, using evidence from the text to support their opinions. Lesson 4: Prometheus’s Punishment • “Prometheus” (1–18) Is Zeus’s punishment of Prometheus fair or unfair? Use at least ELA.K12.EE.2.1 three reasons to support your claim. ELA.6.C.1.3 Reading: Students will connect Zeus’s punishment to details of ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Prometheus’s actions and character to analyze the choice of punishment Extra: Challenge Writing available in the digital lesson. ELA.K12.EE.3.1 and whether it is fair or unfair. Writing: Students will stake a claim about whether they think Zeus’s punishment of Prometheus is fair or unfair, using evidence from the text to support their ideas. Prometheus • Sub-Unit 1 7 Lesson Objective Reading Writing Prompt Benchmark Stack Lesson 5: Prometheus in Your Own Words • “Prometheus” (1–18) Using your answers to the previous questions as a guide, write ELA.6.C.1.2 your own one-page version of the Prometheus myth. If you want ELA.6.R.1.2 Reading: Students will summarize the most important events from • Solo: “The Cyclops” to challenge yourself, think about the attitude you want each ELA.6.R.1.3 “Prometheus.” (16–20) character to show. Add two more details to every character to ELA.6.R.3.2 Writing: Students will write their own version of the Prometheus myth that help show that attitude. reflects their perspective on the myth. Lesson 6: Flex Day 1 Each Flex Day activity provides practice with particular skills and The teacher selects from the range of activities to guide students to work on benchmarks.
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