This 6 week course will use a different myth or legend each week for many ELA skills such as comprehension, vocabulary, story elements, summarizing, and more. Each week I will provide a story the day before class that students can read. The classes will each begin with a reading of the story, followed by a class discussion, and ending with skills practice. 

My style of teaching is student centered. I like to allow the students to have fun and feel safe to express their thoughts and opinions. This sometimes leads to lengthy discussions. Therefore, there may be a small amount of homework for the students to complete some weeks. 

Classes will be taught using Google Slides presentations. Each student will have a shared Google Slide that they will use to read the stories and complete the skills practice pages. The link will be sent to the Outschool messages in the classroom and parent email the day before the first class begins. This will be added to automatically every week before and after class.

At the end of the course parents may request a grade and assessment based on the students participation during discussions and skills pages. Parents may also request weekly grades, if they prefer.

The only required experience needed for this course is that students will need to be able to read and write at a fourth grade level.

Course Syllabus:

Week 1 - Gilgamesh and Enkidu
 Week 2 - Maui and the Sun
Week 3 - The Earth and Sky and The Ten Suns
Week  4 - Thor and the Giants
Week 5 - Thor’s Hammer
Week 6 - Balder the Good      

Some of the skills that will be practiced in this class are: recalling details, conclusions, setting, parts of speech, word meaning, story sequencing, descriptions, making judgements, character descriptions, problem solving, creative writing, inference, and categorizing story events.   

If you enjoy this course, I offer additional courses in this series. Look for Mythology 1 and Mythology 2, where we will look at Greek, Roman,  and other myths from around the world.