Greek Mythology - Assessment

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Objective

SWBAT show what they have learned about Greek Mythology as well as demonstrate an understanding of terminology we use today that references Greek Mythology.

Big Idea

This is our assessment day for our unit on Greek Mythology. Students will have the opportunity to show what they know about Greek Myths.

Lesson Author

Rebecca Strebel

Ogden, UT

Grade Level

Fourth grade

Subjects

English / Language Arts

Greek Mythology

Literature

literature (Ancient)

Standards

RL.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

RL.4.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

RL.4.3

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).

RL.4.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

RL.4.9

Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.

Narrative

Assessment

45 minutes

A New Look at Assessment

This is an open book assessment for "Greek Myths" as retold by Heather Amery. We have read this book as part of our Greek Mythology unit. For this assessment I have chosen to let the students work on the test with an open book. In our state, the new common core assessments require the students to be able to pull information from the text to submit their answers. I feel it is important for the students to be able to practice finding answers within the text to support their answers.

For this assessment, I had the students write the questions. I used some of their questions and added a few of my own. The students love to see their own questions on the test. They are more excited to take a test they had a hand in creating.

Amery, H. (2000). Greek Myths. London, England : Usborne Publishing Ltd.