3- Mythology Greek Greek Myth: Myth Essay Excerpt: “The Excerpt: Head” Role of Myths in “Medusa’s Writing to (retold by Ships Olivia E. Ancient Greece” “Black Inform and Coolidge) Before Troy: (Close (Simone Payment) Explain Reader) The Story of the Illiad” Excerpts from Informational Poem: (Rosemary “Medusa” “Mythology” Reading Focus (Agha Sutcliffe) Shahid Ali) (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online) RI.6 W.2 Poem: Apple of “The RI/RL.7 W.6 Discord” (Kate **Biography: RI/RL.9 W.8 Hovey) Hero: “Community Chief Wilma Poem: Lesson in Mankiller” (Susannah “A Mythology” (Eliza Abbey) Calvert Hall) (Gale) **Autobiography: Poem: Day Is a New “Medusa” (Louise Bogan) (Gale) Day” (Wilma Mankiller) **These texts are in Collection 5 of the HMH Close Reader. Although they do not
3- Mythology Writing to Inform and Explain Informational Reading Focus RI.6 W.2 RI/RL.7 W.6 RI/RL.9 W.8 Greek Myth Excerpt: “Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Illiad” (Rosemary Sutcliffe) Greek Myth: “Medusa’s Head” (retold by Olivia E. Coolidge) (Close Reader) Poem: “Medusa” (Agha Shahid Ali) Poem: “The Apple of Discord” (Kate Hovey) Poem: “A Lesson in Mythology” (Eliza Calvert Hall) (Gale) Poem: “Medusa” (Louise Bogan) (Gale) Essay Excerpt: “The Role of Myths in Ancient Greece” (Simone Payment) Excerpts from “Mythology” (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online) **Biography: “Community Hero: Chief Wilma Mankiller” (Susannah Abbey) **Autobiography: Day Is a New Day” (Wilma Mankiller) **These texts are in Collection 5 of the HMH Close Reader. Although they do not