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Kelly Stavrides-Lesson Plan Moon Myths
Kelly Stavrides-Lesson Plan Moon Myths
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Lesson Plan
Goals/Objectives
SWBAT use the knowledge and tropes identified in the myths talked about in class to create their
own myths.
SWBAT identify popular tropes used in moon myths across the cultures.
SWBAT use the common themes identified in class and complete a graphic organizer for
creation of their own myth.
Standards
Reading
CC.1.3.4.A
Determine a theme of a text from details in the text; summarize the text.
CC.1.3.4.H
Compare and contrast similar themes, topics, and patterns of events in literature, including texts
from different cultures.
Writing
CC.1.4.4.O
Use dialogue and descriptions to develop experiences and events or show the responses of
characters to situations; use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey
experiences and events precisely.
Materials and Preparation
Materials
Blank graphic organizer sheet
PowerPoint about moon myths
projector
whiteboard and markers
Students science notebooks
Preparation
1) Make copies of blank graphic organizers
2) Create the moon myth PowerPoint ahead of class
3) Prep the equipment needed for the PowerPoint projector and computer
Learning Environment and Management Issues
This lesson will take place in the main classroom. The students will be sitting at the
regular seats at their tables. The classroom will be in its normal set up. I am keeping the
classroom in this set up because the students are familiar with it and are comfortable within the
space. The materials needed for the lesson will be passed out by two students selected by the
teacher using the new popsicle stick method (popsicle sticks with every students name on them
in a jar). Students will also be allowed to move seats if they cannot see the PowerPoint from the
back of the classroom, on the condition that they follow proper behavior expectations for the
classroom.
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Any management issues will be taken care of using the reward and consequence system
already in place. If there is conflict between two students, one student may need to be moved.
Plan
1) Introduction (approx. 15 mins)
Each student will be writing down the objective and the homework
T Who can tell me what we did yesterday?
o Ss We made a chart about the moon.
o Ss We read a book about traveling to the moon.
o Ss We made a KWL chart.
Ask about the ongoing homework assignment the students are working on (moon
journals)
o T Did anyone go look for/at the moon last night? What time did you see it?
o Ss tell teacher when they saw the moon and the teacher points the students
towards the time to look at the moon for the current night
Questions about the moon journal
2) Body of the Lesson (approx. 50 mins)
Introduce the idea of myths
o T Does anyone know what a myth is?
o Ss make some guesses, try to answer
o T shows the first slide of PowerPoint and asks the Ss to copy the definition of a
myth in their social studies/science notebooks
T and Ss discuss why myths might be important (show PowerPoint slides)
Ss brainstorm what ancient cultures might have made/had myths about the moon (show
PowerPoint slides)
Read 4 myths together, choose one popsicle stick and that student will read part of the
myth that is on the screen
o Greek Myth Selene, goddess of the moon
o Maori Myth Rona and the moon
o Inuit Myth Anningan, god of the moon, and Malina, goddess of the sun
o Japanese Myth Tsuki-yomi, god of the moon, and Amaterasu, goddess of the
sun
T asks Ss to think about what all the myths had in common: themes, ideas, characters,
settings, What is similar/different about these stories? Why do you think that?
o Ss There was usually a sun and a moon
o Ss The moon was always doing something bad
o Ss The sun had to punish the moon
o Ss The sun and the moon were related
o T writes down the different themes on the board and the students copy them into
their notebooks
3) Ending (approx. 25 mins)
T Think about the different themes you just brainstormed and then wrote down. Do you
think they would make good stories?
o Explain that students will be making their own myths, 1-2 paragraphs minimum
with no maximum limit. They must include one of the themes we discussed.
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o Explain that the Ss will fill out graphic organizers and then write the myths as
homework.
o Pass out the graphic organizers
Students fill out graphic organizers while teacher circulates around the room
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If students finish their work early, I will ask them to start working on their myth. If they
manage to finish both their graphic organizer and their myth during class I will look at their
graphic organizer/myth and ask them to expand upon the favorite part of the myth.