Annotate

"Annotate" means to summarize certain sections of a reading.  Read this paragraph and annotate (summarize in your own words).

When Emily went to school this morning, she was driving among a long, wind road.  She could barely see in front of her.  As she was taking the next turn, a deer jumped out of the huge bush before she could swerve.  Fortunately, Emily has fast instincts; they kicked in, and she missed the deer by the width of a paper.

Multiple choice versus open ended

Would you rather take a test of multiple choice questions or open ended, writing responses?  Why?

End of myth unit

1. What was your favorite part of the mythology unit?
2. What was your least favorite part of the mythology unit?

***Either attach your PowerPoint to an email to tbarnhart@gettysburg.k12.pa.us or put it on a flash drive.

Thursday 2/18

What is your favorite word in the English language?  Why??

Hestia

 Summarize in 3-5 sentences.

Hestia was the virgin goddess of the hearth. Hestia was the eldest child of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea. The Romans called her Vesta.
Hestia was one of the children to be swallowed by her father. Later, Cronus was tricked into drinking emetic, and vomited her and her siblings out. She was the last to leave her father's belly. So, in a way, she was both first-born (from Rhea) and last-born (disgorged from Cronus).
After the war against the Titans, Hestia managed to persuade her brothers, Poseidon and Hades, and her nephew, Apollo, of her wish to remain a virgin. According to the Hymn of Aphrodite, she sworn an oath upon the head of Zeus of not wedding to anyone and remain forever chaste and untouched by sexual love; such oath forced Poseidon and Apollo to find wives among other goddesses, or else they risk confrontation with Zeus.
According to the Fasti, the Roman poet Ovid wrote that Priapus, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, had almost raped Hestia, when she and the other gods had fallen into a slumber after a feast. Hestia (Vesta) only woke up when she heard an ass braying as the god was on the point of mounting her. The goddess' scream frightened off Priapus.
Although, there is very little information about Hestia in myths and literature, Hestia was nevertheless an important goddess in both Greek and Roman religions.
In the Homeric Hymns To Hestia, she attends the house of Apollo (temple) in Delphi. She was held in the highest honour, both among the gods and among mortals. She was worshipped everywhere, because there are hearths in every home and temple. Each city kept a hearth that had a consecrated fire burning perpetually in a chief public building. Fire from this hearth was taken whenever they sought a new colony.
Mortals, when holding banquets, would pour wine in offerings to the goddess, both first and last: one to open the banquet, and the other to close it (possibly referring that she was first-born and last-born status, as mentioned earlier). At the beginning of every meal at home, a small offering was thrown into the hearth flame. A song was sung in her praise, welcoming the goddess to the home.
After a newborn baby was given a name, the infant was carried to the hearth, where someone prayed for a blessing upon the child.
For the Romans, she was the all-important household goddess, the goddess of the hearth and the hearth fire. Her temple was situated within the Palatine in Rome, where the Vestal Virgins maintained the burning of the sacred fire.

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Click on the link below.  Read "The History of Valentine's Day," and the "myth of Cupid and Psyche."  Answer the following questions in a separate word document.  You will NOT comment on this post.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/v/valentines_day/index.html

1.  List three facts you've learned about the history of Valentine's day

2.   Summarize the myth of Cupid and Psyche.

3.  Write a Valentine's day letter to someone of your choice!  This could be your best friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, pet, parent, grandparent, etc.  The letter must be 3/4 of a page double spaced, and it must include:

one metaphor or simile

one example of personification

one allusion to Greek mythology (could even be Cupid)

a symbolism for something with a deeper meaning

Symbol

What is this symbol?  How do you know??

compare contrast

Compare two similaties between Artemis and Apollo.

What are two differences between them?

Plot

How does an author decide the order of events in his or her story???

myths

Why do we study myths today?

What are our connections to mythology?

Which is your favorite myth so far, and why??

1.  What is your favorite myth?


2.  Personification  is when the author gives human qualities to a non human like object.  Here is an example:  The wind sang a loud song.  Now find one example of personification in Poseidon!  You will need to look back in your packet.