Students explore traditional myths from different cultures and the ideas behind them. They retell events, discuss characters and choices, and build more detailed explanations through reading and storytelling.
Practice: Vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and discussion.
Vocabulary: myth, warrior, sacrifice, quest.
Grammar: Identify independent and dependent clauses; join them with subordinating conjunctions and use commas appropriately.
Word study: The suffix -ity, as in creativity, responsibility, and curiosity.
Reading & speaking: Read a Norse creation myth; explain key events and discuss heroes, sacrifice, and storytelling.