Greek Myths Revisited
Lesson 10
ll work is due on the due date shown in the Home Page of the classroom.
1. Select and reread relevant portions of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, The Shadow Thieves, and The Lost Hero in order to answer your choice of a summary blog assignment (that is, a blog in which all three books are discussed).
Feedback for Lesson Ten
TO: Ethan Carey
RE: Lesson Ten- D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, The Lost Hero, and The Shadow Thieves
Hi Ethan!
Congratulations! You have completed the last lesson in Greek Myths Revisited. I hope you’ve enjoyed the class as much as I have reading your work. For our last poll, you were asked:
Poll - Which of the three books in this course taught you the most about Greek myths and characters?
You, along with almost all of your classmates, chose D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths. It is a classic and a good reference for when you are reading books such as The Lost Hero.
Now, let’s look at your final blog:
Blog Assignment:
a. As everybody knows, humans and demigods are occasionally invited to visit Mt. Olympus. Suppose that you helped out Zeus somehow during one of his visits to New York City, and as a reward, he offers to let you spend a day at Mt. Olympus, along with some other teen humans and demigods who have assisted the Greek deities in the recent past. Write a 200-400+ word email to a close friend describing the day you spent in Mt. Olympus along with Jason, Piper, Leo, Charlotte, and Zee. Be sure to mention what you saw, whom you met, and what you talked about and overheard. [Were you able to stay out of the family quarrels?] Also, be sure to include your conversations with at least one teen character from each book in which they share with you some of their challenges, adventures, fears, and enemies by referring to specific events in each book. Please note: You may write more than the 400 word limit, but do NOT write less than 200 words!
Student Response:
Dear Grant, You gotta listen to this! I can’t believe it! So one day on a visit to New York city, I was walking around the streets like usual, then a HUGE man comes up to me. He wore a big tailored suit, and had a large beard and bushy eyebrows. He asks “Do you know where the Chinese Food restaurant is?” I did so I told him, “Yes I do. It’s on that street over there.” “But,” I said as he looked where I pointed, “There’s an even better one on that block.” I told him. “It’s called China Food Mania.” “Thank you.” He replied, starting to walk to where I had pointed him. Then he stopped and turned around and looked at me. “You know what,” he said tugging on his beard. “I have something special for you, come with me.” “Uh, okay.” I said, not wanting to be rude. Besides, I didn’t have anything planned for today anyways.
We started walking toward the Empire State building, and I could see it tower over the other buildings. Suddenly we had arrived at the building itself, and we walked through the doors. Weirdly enough, when we got inside the building, we just walked right through everybody walking around, right toward the elevator. “Uh, is this usual?” I asked him, since I hadn’t been there before. “No.” the big man said as we stepped inside the elevator. Suddenly, right before my eyes, a button for a stop ABOVE the top floor appeared! I got a ton more suspicious about this man. “Who are you?” I asked. “Zeus.” he replied, looking at me for like the first time since we got inside the building. Bewildered, I asked him, “You mean like THE Zeus, greek god of thunder, god of the sky, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother to Hades and Poseidon, God of the Gods!?!” “Yes.” he said staring at me. “I am all of those things, even brother to those two rookies.” “You’re calling Hades, son of Cronus and Rhea, god of the ground, god of the dead, and Poseidon, son of Cronus and Rhea, god of sea and earthquakes, ROOKIES !?!?!?!?!, I exclaimed. Then Zeus replied, “Well Thanatos is technically god of the dead, not Hades, but to answer your question, yes, I am calling them rookies. Besides, did you hear the story of Hades stealing Persephone, or Poseidon changing into horses to marry someone?” “And did you hear the story of how Zeus turned into a cuckoo to marry Hera?” I mumbled under my breath. Suddenly, an electric shock swept down my body as Zeus said, “I heard that.” Out of the blue, the elevator suddenly stopped and I was l launched into the air a couple feet from the force of the elevator going up! (Or maybe it was just Zeus messing with me, I couldn’t tell.) As the elevator doors opened, my jaw dropped almost all the way to the floor as I looked around.
In front of me was a flying garden field with Satyrs and Fauns throwing a frisbee around a HUMONGOUS temple. The size of the temple alone must have been at least a football field wide, with springs pouring out of the corners of the temple, and a Pegasus swirling around the base. A stone walkway swept through the middle of the field and several gardens, and I suddenly noticed that there weren’t any fences when I looked down into the city of New York. I looked down the path and saw that Zeus was already halfway there, so I started running after him. When we finally got to the got to the temple itself, I was no less amazed. There were twelve chairs that were at least TWELVE feet high, with a HUMONGOUS bonfire in the center. The Gods on the left looked like they were all girls, and the Gods on the right were all boys. The center throne was pure gold, with thunderbolt mosaics shimmering across the design. The throne directly to the right had saltwater pouring out of it, and the throne directly to the left was golden and had a lady with a white dress scanning the room sitting in it. As soon as she saw Zeus she exclaimed “You’re back!” And rushed over to him. Not wanting to get caught up in family things, I slowly made my way over to a girl and boy who were arguing about whether soccer was called soccer or football.
As soon as the girl saw me, she quickly asked, “Do you call soccer soccer, or football.?” “Soccer.” I replied. Then the boy said, “You’ve only asked one person, I mean, there’s a million people who’d agree with me.” “Oh, you think so? Satyr, what do you call soccer? Soccer, or football?” “Soccer.” The satyr replied, then walked away. “Oh all right.” The boy said defeatedly. Then he looked up and said, “Sorry if I didn’t introduce myself, I’m Zee.” “Nice to meet you, I’m Ethan.” I replied. “And I’m Charlotte.” The girl said. “So how’d you get up here?” The girl asked. “I just told Zeus about this place called China Food Mania,” I told her. “How’d you get up here?” I asked them in return. “We basically saved all the lifeless forms in the underworld from going to tartarus.” Charlotte said. “And a lot more, including destroying this maniac from becoming king of the underworld.” Zee added. “Could you tell me the story?” I asked. “Long story short, the maniac tried to control shades with Zee’s blood, before we overpowered him, then we almost got stuck there forever when Hades offered us a pomegranate.” Charlotte said. “Wow.” I said, pretty amazed. “Lot more heroic than telling something to Zeus.” I laughed. “Yeah.” Zee agreed. “There was one scary part when I was going to get boiled in the styx by those footmen and I’m still scared of them.” Charlotte said. “Footmen?” I asked quizzically. “Living clay moldings.” They explained. “Wow.” I said again. “Yeah, but I think you’ll agree that the scariest person their was the maniac.” Zee said. “I do.” Charlotte said. “Well, see you later” I said, and walked away to explore the rest of the area.
Not even ten seconds later, I was startled when a pipe cleaner helicopter whacked into my head. “Sorry!” A voice yelled. Turning around, I spotted a curly haired boy walking towards me. “Hi,” I said, while picking up the little helicopter and tossing it to him. “Thanks,” he said, catching the helicopter. “What’s your name?” I asked him, high-five-ing him. “Leo, son of the god of mechanics and forges.” he replied. “And whats yours?” He asked me. “Ethan.” I said. “Which god d’you help?” I asked, knowing that would be the only way he would get up here to Olympus. “Well Hera directly, but basically all of them indirectly.” He told me. “What happened?” I asked. “Hera got caught in a trap and these giants were trying to wake their King by sucking the energy out of her.” Leo replied. “And then my mortal dad got caught by another giant in the same state,” A girl who just had came chimed in. “Sorry if I didn’t introduce myself, I’m Piper, and my mothers Aphrodite.” She said “Hi,” I said. “I’m Ethan.” I replied. “Lot of stuff going on with your quest.” I said to them. “Totally.” Leo agreed. “Not to mention we met two mortals who should be dead along the way,” Another boy who just came said.” “A whole TON of stuff going on with your quest.” I replied, smiling. “Yeah. Sorry If I didn’t give my name, I’m Jason, and my dad’s Zeus.” The boy said. “And I’m Ethan.” I told Jason. “By the way, he has no relation to the original one,” Piper laughed. “Hey, who knows, I might!” Jason said. “True.” I told him. “How were the “mortals who should be dead” alive?” I asked. “Gaea raised them up from the dead.” Leo told me. “Scary.” I replied. “They were one of the creepiest beings we met besides the giant on our quest.” Piper said. “Yeah.” Leo and Jason agreed. “All in all though, besides the giants, freeze dried heroes, and creepy mortals, it was a pretty cool adventure.” “Totally.” They agreed. “Well, bye!” I said to them, walking away. “Bye!” They replied.
Soon I was far away from all the other kids up on Olympus, and nearing the gods. At the moment, the gods were arguing over whether they should give California a HUMONGOUS El Nino or not. Demeter was on the side of giving the Californians lots of snow and rain, while Hephaestus wanted them to be more resourceful and said a couple more years of drought would do them good. I personally totally agree with Demeter, but I would never say that in front of Hephaestus. Suddenly, Hermes zoomed in with bucketloads of mail, and started throwing the mail out to the gods. Zeus looked at his mail, frowned, and threw it out the window, while Demeter, also getting bad mail, sent plant life to rip the letter apart. Typical. Hermes was then sent by Athena to tell Chiron its okay that the greek demigods found out about Camp Jupiter, which Hermes did in less then two seconds. Suddenly, Zeus saw me and told Hermes to bring me back home. Hermes nodded, and came toward me. “Are you afraid of heights?” He asked me. “No.” I said, wondering what he had in store for me. Suddenly, he took my hand, and flew off Mount Olympus! The world was turning into a blur, and I could only look down in amazement at New York city, miles below! Soon though, the ride was over and we had landed where Zeus had first started talking to me, in front of my favorite diner called George’s Diner. “Thanks!” I told Hermes, and I meant it. “No problem,” he said, and zoomed back up to Mount Olympus. I soon walked inside George’s to settle my feelings about my visit to Mount Olympus, the Gods, and especially, the son’s OF the gods.
Teacher Feedback:
Wow, Ethan! Way to finish off the class! This is an epic blog telling an epic story! You’ve taken the time to weave a fully story. You begin with your encounter with Zeus on the streets of New York; then, you introduce us to several protagonists from our stories. Finally, you give the reader a front row seat to the theatre of the gods and goddesses. Your story is enriched with vivid descriptions that help the reader to visualize the setting. This passage, in particular, painted a beautiful picture in my mind’s eye: “The size of the temple alone must have been at least a football field wide, with springs pouring out of the corners of the temple, and a Pegasus swirling around the base. A stone walkway swept through the middle of the field and several gardens, and I suddenly noticed that there weren’t any fences when I looked down into the city of New York.” It sounds spectacular!
I’m glad that you’ve included dialogue in your story. When you write dialogue, remember to start a new paragraph each time the speaker changes. For example:
As soon as the girl saw me, she quickly asked, “Do you call soccer soccer, or football?”
“Soccer.” I replied.
Then the boy said, “You’ve only asked one person, I mean, there’s a million people who’d agree with me.”
“Oh, you think so? Satyr, what do you call soccer? Soccer, or football?”
“Soccer.” The satyr replied, then walked away.
“Oh all right.” The boy said defeatedly. Then he looked up and said, “Sorry if I didn’t introduce myself, I’m Zee.”
“Nice to meet you, I’m Ethan.”
By formatting dialogue in this way, you help the reader to keep the flow of the conversation moving as they read. In addition, it is easier to understand when the speaker changes. If it’s all in one paragraph, it is more difficult for the reader to determine who is saying what and when.
The Quest:
You scored 49/50 (98%) on the Quest. Outstanding, Ethan! You have a solid understanding of literary terms, their use and how they contribute to an author’s work.
Some final notes and reminders about our class:
You can expect to receive your final evaluation in January.
Please take a moment to view Zee’s farewell video and to fill out the book survey found after Lesson 10.
Please be sure your parents see the “Note for Parents About End of Term” also found after Lesson 10.
Have a very happy holiday season and keep reading!
Elisabeth Brantley
Note:
Please show the feedback to your parents. After they have reviewed it, I would like for you to ask them to scroll down to the end of the Feedback page-- in the classroom, not the end of the attachment-- to the “Notes” section, click on “Edit”, enter their comment (if any), sign their name, and click on “Save Changes.” This note will let me know that your parents have read the feedback for this lesson.
Lesson 10
ll work is due on the due date shown in the Home Page of the classroom.
1. Select and reread relevant portions of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, The Shadow Thieves, and The Lost Hero in order to answer your choice of a summary blog assignment (that is, a blog in which all three books are discussed).
Feedback for Lesson Ten
TO: Ethan Carey
RE: Lesson Ten- D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, The Lost Hero, and The Shadow Thieves
Hi Ethan!
Congratulations! You have completed the last lesson in Greek Myths Revisited. I hope you’ve enjoyed the class as much as I have reading your work. For our last poll, you were asked:
Poll - Which of the three books in this course taught you the most about Greek myths and characters?
You, along with almost all of your classmates, chose D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths. It is a classic and a good reference for when you are reading books such as The Lost Hero.
Now, let’s look at your final blog:
Blog Assignment:
a. As everybody knows, humans and demigods are occasionally invited to visit Mt. Olympus. Suppose that you helped out Zeus somehow during one of his visits to New York City, and as a reward, he offers to let you spend a day at Mt. Olympus, along with some other teen humans and demigods who have assisted the Greek deities in the recent past. Write a 200-400+ word email to a close friend describing the day you spent in Mt. Olympus along with Jason, Piper, Leo, Charlotte, and Zee. Be sure to mention what you saw, whom you met, and what you talked about and overheard. [Were you able to stay out of the family quarrels?] Also, be sure to include your conversations with at least one teen character from each book in which they share with you some of their challenges, adventures, fears, and enemies by referring to specific events in each book. Please note: You may write more than the 400 word limit, but do NOT write less than 200 words!
Student Response:
Dear Grant, You gotta listen to this! I can’t believe it! So one day on a visit to New York city, I was walking around the streets like usual, then a HUGE man comes up to me. He wore a big tailored suit, and had a large beard and bushy eyebrows. He asks “Do you know where the Chinese Food restaurant is?” I did so I told him, “Yes I do. It’s on that street over there.” “But,” I said as he looked where I pointed, “There’s an even better one on that block.” I told him. “It’s called China Food Mania.” “Thank you.” He replied, starting to walk to where I had pointed him. Then he stopped and turned around and looked at me. “You know what,” he said tugging on his beard. “I have something special for you, come with me.” “Uh, okay.” I said, not wanting to be rude. Besides, I didn’t have anything planned for today anyways.
We started walking toward the Empire State building, and I could see it tower over the other buildings. Suddenly we had arrived at the building itself, and we walked through the doors. Weirdly enough, when we got inside the building, we just walked right through everybody walking around, right toward the elevator. “Uh, is this usual?” I asked him, since I hadn’t been there before. “No.” the big man said as we stepped inside the elevator. Suddenly, right before my eyes, a button for a stop ABOVE the top floor appeared! I got a ton more suspicious about this man. “Who are you?” I asked. “Zeus.” he replied, looking at me for like the first time since we got inside the building. Bewildered, I asked him, “You mean like THE Zeus, greek god of thunder, god of the sky, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother to Hades and Poseidon, God of the Gods!?!” “Yes.” he said staring at me. “I am all of those things, even brother to those two rookies.” “You’re calling Hades, son of Cronus and Rhea, god of the ground, god of the dead, and Poseidon, son of Cronus and Rhea, god of sea and earthquakes, ROOKIES !?!?!?!?!, I exclaimed. Then Zeus replied, “Well Thanatos is technically god of the dead, not Hades, but to answer your question, yes, I am calling them rookies. Besides, did you hear the story of Hades stealing Persephone, or Poseidon changing into horses to marry someone?” “And did you hear the story of how Zeus turned into a cuckoo to marry Hera?” I mumbled under my breath. Suddenly, an electric shock swept down my body as Zeus said, “I heard that.” Out of the blue, the elevator suddenly stopped and I was l launched into the air a couple feet from the force of the elevator going up! (Or maybe it was just Zeus messing with me, I couldn’t tell.) As the elevator doors opened, my jaw dropped almost all the way to the floor as I looked around.
In front of me was a flying garden field with Satyrs and Fauns throwing a frisbee around a HUMONGOUS temple. The size of the temple alone must have been at least a football field wide, with springs pouring out of the corners of the temple, and a Pegasus swirling around the base. A stone walkway swept through the middle of the field and several gardens, and I suddenly noticed that there weren’t any fences when I looked down into the city of New York. I looked down the path and saw that Zeus was already halfway there, so I started running after him. When we finally got to the got to the temple itself, I was no less amazed. There were twelve chairs that were at least TWELVE feet high, with a HUMONGOUS bonfire in the center. The Gods on the left looked like they were all girls, and the Gods on the right were all boys. The center throne was pure gold, with thunderbolt mosaics shimmering across the design. The throne directly to the right had saltwater pouring out of it, and the throne directly to the left was golden and had a lady with a white dress scanning the room sitting in it. As soon as she saw Zeus she exclaimed “You’re back!” And rushed over to him. Not wanting to get caught up in family things, I slowly made my way over to a girl and boy who were arguing about whether soccer was called soccer or football.
As soon as the girl saw me, she quickly asked, “Do you call soccer soccer, or football.?” “Soccer.” I replied. Then the boy said, “You’ve only asked one person, I mean, there’s a million people who’d agree with me.” “Oh, you think so? Satyr, what do you call soccer? Soccer, or football?” “Soccer.” The satyr replied, then walked away. “Oh all right.” The boy said defeatedly. Then he looked up and said, “Sorry if I didn’t introduce myself, I’m Zee.” “Nice to meet you, I’m Ethan.” I replied. “And I’m Charlotte.” The girl said. “So how’d you get up here?” The girl asked. “I just told Zeus about this place called China Food Mania,” I told her. “How’d you get up here?” I asked them in return. “We basically saved all the lifeless forms in the underworld from going to tartarus.” Charlotte said. “And a lot more, including destroying this maniac from becoming king of the underworld.” Zee added. “Could you tell me the story?” I asked. “Long story short, the maniac tried to control shades with Zee’s blood, before we overpowered him, then we almost got stuck there forever when Hades offered us a pomegranate.” Charlotte said. “Wow.” I said, pretty amazed. “Lot more heroic than telling something to Zeus.” I laughed. “Yeah.” Zee agreed. “There was one scary part when I was going to get boiled in the styx by those footmen and I’m still scared of them.” Charlotte said. “Footmen?” I asked quizzically. “Living clay moldings.” They explained. “Wow.” I said again. “Yeah, but I think you’ll agree that the scariest person their was the maniac.” Zee said. “I do.” Charlotte said. “Well, see you later” I said, and walked away to explore the rest of the area.
Not even ten seconds later, I was startled when a pipe cleaner helicopter whacked into my head. “Sorry!” A voice yelled. Turning around, I spotted a curly haired boy walking towards me. “Hi,” I said, while picking up the little helicopter and tossing it to him. “Thanks,” he said, catching the helicopter. “What’s your name?” I asked him, high-five-ing him. “Leo, son of the god of mechanics and forges.” he replied. “And whats yours?” He asked me. “Ethan.” I said. “Which god d’you help?” I asked, knowing that would be the only way he would get up here to Olympus. “Well Hera directly, but basically all of them indirectly.” He told me. “What happened?” I asked. “Hera got caught in a trap and these giants were trying to wake their King by sucking the energy out of her.” Leo replied. “And then my mortal dad got caught by another giant in the same state,” A girl who just had came chimed in. “Sorry if I didn’t introduce myself, I’m Piper, and my mothers Aphrodite.” She said “Hi,” I said. “I’m Ethan.” I replied. “Lot of stuff going on with your quest.” I said to them. “Totally.” Leo agreed. “Not to mention we met two mortals who should be dead along the way,” Another boy who just came said.” “A whole TON of stuff going on with your quest.” I replied, smiling. “Yeah. Sorry If I didn’t give my name, I’m Jason, and my dad’s Zeus.” The boy said. “And I’m Ethan.” I told Jason. “By the way, he has no relation to the original one,” Piper laughed. “Hey, who knows, I might!” Jason said. “True.” I told him. “How were the “mortals who should be dead” alive?” I asked. “Gaea raised them up from the dead.” Leo told me. “Scary.” I replied. “They were one of the creepiest beings we met besides the giant on our quest.” Piper said. “Yeah.” Leo and Jason agreed. “All in all though, besides the giants, freeze dried heroes, and creepy mortals, it was a pretty cool adventure.” “Totally.” They agreed. “Well, bye!” I said to them, walking away. “Bye!” They replied.
Soon I was far away from all the other kids up on Olympus, and nearing the gods. At the moment, the gods were arguing over whether they should give California a HUMONGOUS El Nino or not. Demeter was on the side of giving the Californians lots of snow and rain, while Hephaestus wanted them to be more resourceful and said a couple more years of drought would do them good. I personally totally agree with Demeter, but I would never say that in front of Hephaestus. Suddenly, Hermes zoomed in with bucketloads of mail, and started throwing the mail out to the gods. Zeus looked at his mail, frowned, and threw it out the window, while Demeter, also getting bad mail, sent plant life to rip the letter apart. Typical. Hermes was then sent by Athena to tell Chiron its okay that the greek demigods found out about Camp Jupiter, which Hermes did in less then two seconds. Suddenly, Zeus saw me and told Hermes to bring me back home. Hermes nodded, and came toward me. “Are you afraid of heights?” He asked me. “No.” I said, wondering what he had in store for me. Suddenly, he took my hand, and flew off Mount Olympus! The world was turning into a blur, and I could only look down in amazement at New York city, miles below! Soon though, the ride was over and we had landed where Zeus had first started talking to me, in front of my favorite diner called George’s Diner. “Thanks!” I told Hermes, and I meant it. “No problem,” he said, and zoomed back up to Mount Olympus. I soon walked inside George’s to settle my feelings about my visit to Mount Olympus, the Gods, and especially, the son’s OF the gods.
Teacher Feedback:
Wow, Ethan! Way to finish off the class! This is an epic blog telling an epic story! You’ve taken the time to weave a fully story. You begin with your encounter with Zeus on the streets of New York; then, you introduce us to several protagonists from our stories. Finally, you give the reader a front row seat to the theatre of the gods and goddesses. Your story is enriched with vivid descriptions that help the reader to visualize the setting. This passage, in particular, painted a beautiful picture in my mind’s eye: “The size of the temple alone must have been at least a football field wide, with springs pouring out of the corners of the temple, and a Pegasus swirling around the base. A stone walkway swept through the middle of the field and several gardens, and I suddenly noticed that there weren’t any fences when I looked down into the city of New York.” It sounds spectacular!
I’m glad that you’ve included dialogue in your story. When you write dialogue, remember to start a new paragraph each time the speaker changes. For example:
As soon as the girl saw me, she quickly asked, “Do you call soccer soccer, or football?”
“Soccer.” I replied.
Then the boy said, “You’ve only asked one person, I mean, there’s a million people who’d agree with me.”
“Oh, you think so? Satyr, what do you call soccer? Soccer, or football?”
“Soccer.” The satyr replied, then walked away.
“Oh all right.” The boy said defeatedly. Then he looked up and said, “Sorry if I didn’t introduce myself, I’m Zee.”
“Nice to meet you, I’m Ethan.”
By formatting dialogue in this way, you help the reader to keep the flow of the conversation moving as they read. In addition, it is easier to understand when the speaker changes. If it’s all in one paragraph, it is more difficult for the reader to determine who is saying what and when.
The Quest:
You scored 49/50 (98%) on the Quest. Outstanding, Ethan! You have a solid understanding of literary terms, their use and how they contribute to an author’s work.
Some final notes and reminders about our class:
You can expect to receive your final evaluation in January.
Please take a moment to view Zee’s farewell video and to fill out the book survey found after Lesson 10.
Please be sure your parents see the “Note for Parents About End of Term” also found after Lesson 10.
Have a very happy holiday season and keep reading!
Elisabeth Brantley
Note:
Please show the feedback to your parents. After they have reviewed it, I would like for you to ask them to scroll down to the end of the Feedback page-- in the classroom, not the end of the attachment-- to the “Notes” section, click on “Edit”, enter their comment (if any), sign their name, and click on “Save Changes.” This note will let me know that your parents have read the feedback for this lesson.