ACTIVITY

The Gorgon’s Head

 VISUALIZING THE TEXT

Group1: Create a timeline of events in the story.

Group2:Create a Venn Diagram that compares the
characteristics of Perseus and Medusa.
Group3: Create a diagram that shows the challenges of
Perseus in his quest to acquire the Gorgon’s head.
Group4: Using the Gorgon’s head as a diagram, point out
least five utterances of Perseus that strike your group the
most.
Group5: Create a diagram that shows the relationship of all
the characters in the myth.
 TASK DISSECTING THE TEXT

1. What was the “dreadful oracle” that was delivered to King

Acrisius?
2. What adventure did Polydectes suggest that Perseus
undertake?
3. List three perilous encounters that Perseus experienced
during his adventure.
4. Explain how the oracle given to King Acrisius was
fulfilled.
5. What was Polydectes’ true motive in sending Perseus
to kill Medusa?
6. Explain how the evil Gorgon’s head was beneficial to
Perseus.
7. What heroic characteristics did Perseus have?
 SENSORY DETAILS DEFINITION

Sensory details include sight, sound, touch, smell,

and taste. Writers employ the five senses to engage a
reader's interest. If you want your writing to jump
off the page, then bring your reader into the world
you are creating. When describing a past event, try
and remember what you saw, heard, touched,
smelled, and tasted, then incorporate that into your
writing.
Sensory details are used in any great story,
literary or not. Think about your favorite
movie or video game. What types of sounds
and images are used? What do your favorite
characters taste, smell, and touch? Without
sensory details, stories would fail to come to
life.
When sensory details are used, your readers can
personally experience whatever you're trying to
describe, reminding them of their own
experiences, giving your writing a universal feel.
A universal quality is conveyed when the writer is
able to personally connect with the readers.
Another note about sensory details: there is no
one sense that's more important than another. It
all depends on the scene you're trying to create.
However, imagery, the sight sense, is a common
feature in vivid writing.
 COMMON EXAMPLES OF IMAGERY

We use imagery in everyday speech to convey our meaning.

Here are some examples of imagery from each of the five
senses:
Taste: The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry
sauce reminded him of his youth.
Sound: The concert was so loud that her ears rang for
days afterward.
Sight: The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen;
the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
Smell: After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
Touch: The tree bark was rough against her skin.
 MAKES SENSE TO ME

Pick out at least ten sentences from the myth “The Gorgon’s
Head” that shows sensory images. Identify the senses to
which these statements appeal.
 YOUR FINAL TASK

You have been informed in the beginning of the

lesson that you are to create a quality brochure
that would feature your own defenses against
discrimination.
You can now start crafting your brochure. You
can make use of internet sources for important
information to make your work substantial.
Rubric 4 3 2 1

Organization The brochure has The brochure has The brochure has The brochure’s
excellent appropriate some organized format and
formatting and formatting and information with organization of
very well well organized random material are
organized information. formatting. confusing to the
information. reader.
Ideas The brochure The brochure The brochure The brochure
communicates communicates communicates communicates
relevant relevant irrelevant irrelevant
information information information or information, and
appropriately and appropriately to communicates communicates
effectively to the the intended inappropriately to inappropriately to
intended audience. the intended the intended
audience. audience. audience.
Conventions All of the writing Most of the Some of the Most of the
is done in writing is done writing is done in writing is not
complete In complete complete done in complete
sentences sentences. sentences. sentences.
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Graphics The graphics go The graphics go The graphics go The graphics do
well with the well with the well with the not go with the
text, and there text, but there text, but there accompanying
is a good mix are so many that are too few. text or appear
of text and they distract to be randomly
graphics. from the text chosen.