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Lesson 1: What Makes a Myth?
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
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Today you will
Cite textual evidence to explain what myths are and what purposes they serve across cultures.
Use evidence-based sentence frames with because and the academic verb reveals to explain how a text conveys cultural ideas.
Use the morpheme -logy to determine the meaning of mythology.
Essential Questions
Why do cultures tell stories about gods, monsters, journeys, and transformations?
Texts used in this lesson
Short-Form Text
What Are Myths?
Tanu Wakefield, Newsela staff
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