1. Warm Up Write a 5-7-sentence summary of the importance of Greek Gods to Greek society and civilization. Look back at yesterdays notes and readings!

2. Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

3. Movie Trailer from Troy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znTLzRJi meY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znTLzRJi meY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekshABip tOY Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

4. Was anything you saw in the movie trailer familiar to you?, do you know about any of the events mentioned in the trailer? Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

5. Greek poems and stories are some of the oldest literature in Western civilization. For hundreds of years, Europeans and Americans used ancient Greek works and models for writing their own literature. Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

6. Can anyone identify who this is? Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

7. Shakespeare borrowed Greek plots and settings for many of his works. Two of the greatest stories were the Iliad, and the Odyssey, written by Homer, and these stories were based about a war between Greece and the city of Troy Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

8. The Trojan Horse Reading After the reading is complete, you will be given five minutes to: Underline the main idea of the passage Circle 3 details supporting the main idea Box 2 vocabulary words, and the context clues used to determine the meaning. Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

9. Independent Practice Reread the information about the Iliad and the Odyssey and then, in your own words, write a paragraph or outline describing the main events to summarize the plot of each story Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

10. Group Work Each group will have to use their Ipads to define the word fable, research one of Aesop’s fables, and describe what lesson is being taught at the end of that particular fable. Students will be assigned either: Group 1-The Fox and the Grapes Group 2-The Boy Who Cried Wolf Group 3-The Hare and the Tortoise Group 4-The Ants and the Grasshopper Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

11. Closure Each group will be called on to summarize their fable, and present the moral of that story to the class. Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.

12. Homework Read a passage titled “Aesop’s Fables”, and answer comprehension questions. Objective: SWBAT understand what epics and fables were, and why they were important to the Ancient Greeks.