Roblox Mythology
Eros and Psyche
Ishar, Zainab and Max
The Map – Odysseus
Greek Mythology Project Reflection
Presentation Rubric Reminder
Presentation: Speaking voice is clear, purposeful, and confident. Student does not read directly from notecards or slides. Student’s body language and behavior are appropriate and engaging and thoroughly presents your understanding of your myth and illuminates the driving questions of the unit.
What Makes a Hero? – TED Talk by Matthew WInkler
The Impact of Ancient Greece on the Modern World (Example) – MindMeister
Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled : NPR
Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
In this spirit of simple yet profound brevity, the online magazine Smith asked readers to write the story of their own lives in a single sentence. The result is Not Quite What I Was Planning, a collection of six-word memoirs by famous and not-so-famous writers, artists and musicians. Their stories are sometimes sad, often funny — and always concise.
The book is full of well-known names — from writer Dave Eggers (Fifteen years since last professional haircut), to singer Aimee Mann (Couldn’t cope so I wrote songs), to comedian Stephen Colbert (Well, I thought it was funny).
The collection has plenty of six-word insights from everyday folks as well: Love me or leave me alone was scrawled on a hand dryer in a public bathroom; I still make coffee for two was penned by a 27-year-old who had just been dumped.
Larry Smith, founding editor of Smith magazine, and Rachel Fershleiser, Smith‘s memoir editor, talk about the experience of capturing real-life stories in six words — no more, no less.
Fershleiser’s six-word memoir? Bespectacled, besneakered, read and ran around. And Smith’s: Big hair, big heart, big hurry.