D+Myth+Projects+Discussion

8th Grade English - Room 212 - **Ms. Turner**

** Education: **// The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. Carl Jung //

**Participation**//** : ** Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand. Chinese Proverb//
 * I **** nvolvement: **// I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. Lilly Tomlin //

** Imagination: **// It is not necessary for the child to awaken to the sense of the strange and humorous by giving a man a luminous nose. To the child, it is sufficiently strange and humorous to have a nose at all. G. K. Chester ton//

**In-class Myth Project:**
Friday, October 1st, we began a discussion about three in-class myth projects. Use the following links to review the original in-class project descriptions. toc

1. Astronomy Myth Project Click on the following resource: Lion King - scroll down to Astronomy Myth - Friday, October 1st

2. Music Myth Project: Click on the following resource: Lion King - scroll down to Music Myth - Friday, October 1st

3. Porch Myth Project: Click on the following resource: Lion KIng - scroll down to Porch Myth - Friday, October 1

**Myth Journal On-line:**
This journal activity will begin Monday, November 29th when we begin our final revision/editing.

1. Look at the top of this page - find the green bar with the SEEK icon to the far left. 2. Just beneath the dark green heading bar, you will find a lighter green tool bar with four tabs listed to the right of the word HOME:
 * page
 * discussion
 * history
 * notify me

3. Click on the DISCUSSION bar. 4. Write the cheat theme title of your myth in the open box and then click on th eNew Post box. 5. Write the cheat theme title of your myth in the message box and include your name. 6. Monday, October 18th: journal post - character development and setting 7. Identify the characters in your myth, describe the setting of your myth. Include anything you've done well during class and at least one thing you could do better.