Medusa and Athena – Greek Myth Activity Packet
- Grades
- Grade 3
- Pages
- 14
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading Comprehension
- Topic
- Medusa and Athena, Greek mythology
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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From the author
"The Story of Medusa and Athena" Activity Packet comes equipped with a leveled text for 3rd grade students.
Students will read the Greek myth and complete the tasks.
From graphic organizers to teaching notes, the fourteen-page PDF supports reading, character analysis and discussion. The Greece extension requires separate research sources.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recount the myth of Medusa and Athena and identify its central moral
Compare and contrast Medusa's and Athena's personality traits, thoughts, and actions
Distinguish elements of fables from elements of myths
Teaching tips
Follow the five-day sequence: read the story, analyze characters, discuss the cards, answer comprehension questions with evidence, then complete the Greece research extension.
Use the cut-out discussion cards with the Fan-n-Pick strategy or a face-down draw for small-group retelling practice
Use the fables-vs-myths Venn diagram only after fables have already been taught, since the teaching notes assume that prior comparison is already familiar
Skills covered
Myth comprehension and moral identification — students read the retold myth and answer five questions on Medusa's actions, the conflict with Athena, and the story's moral.
Character analysis — students complete a Medusa/Athena compare-and-contrast organizer and a traits/thoughts/words/actions chart.
Genre comparison — students sort statements into a Venn diagram distinguishing fables from myths.
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How are the discussion cards meant to be used?
In day three of the teaching notes, students work in small groups or pairs, drawing a card face-down or using the Fan-n-Pick strategy to answer story-retelling and reflection prompts.
What does the bonus research activity ask students to find?
A Greece fact sheet asking students to record the country's continent, president, capital, currency, population, official name, and flag, plus three interesting facts and foods that come from Greece.
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Curriculum
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Standards
Standards
- RL.3.1
- RL.3.3
- RL.3.2
Core concepts
Core concepts
Greek mythology
Character analysis
Fables vs. myths
Text-based moral/lesson
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