Retelling of Greek Myths

A few weeks ago Mr. Weiland's six grade language arts and literature classes studied Greek Myths in preparation for their novel studies of The Lightning Thief and The Adventures of Ulysses. Each group read online and print versions of their stories. Then they worked with their groups to write their own version of the myth. Finally they created illustrations and made VoiceThreads with their versions of the tales.

Here's the story, Orpheus and Eurydice, retold by Maddie, Catherine, and Kasey:


Here's the story, Pandora, retold by Tim, Jesse, and Stefani:


Here's the story, Hercules, by Natalie, Andrew, Drew, and Henry:


Here's links to some of the other projects:

• Pandora's Box by Whitney, Claire, Barak, and Amit
• Theseus and the Minotaur by Kameron, Harriet, Douglas, Lizzy, and Jessi -
• Hercules by Ben, Riley, Pete, Patricia, and Maddie
• Orpheus by Rachel, Max, Megan, and Zach
• A Story of Greek Mythology: Icarus
• Pandora's Box by Hannah, James, Adam, and Maggie
• Persephone by Hannah, Patrick, and Jake
• Sisyphus
• Hercules and the 12 Labors
• Icarus by Tori, Katie, and Maria
• Orpheus by Nick, Maddie, Jon, and Delaney
• The Story of Sisyphus

Check out some of these stories! Any comments?

Fractured Fairy Tales

Before break, Mrs. O'Connell's classes created fractured fairy tales. After the students studied different types of tales like folk tales, fables, and fairy tales. They wrote and illustrated a story of their own working in small groups. Students created the images using Tux Paint and then recorded their stories using VoiceThread.

Here's an example that was created by Katie and Emma called "Rapunzel Twist".



Here are links to some of the other projects:

• Goldilocks and the 3 Rich Bears by Siobhan and Hillary
• Gold N. Bear and the 3 Dorms by Jake, Julian, and Hezze
• Rapunzel Remix by Emily, Katherine, Jamie, Nicole, and Maddie
• Big Red Riding Hood by Parijat, Zack, and Drew
• Hershey and Gummy the Gingerbread Kids by Emma and Olivia
• The Frog Princess by Fiorella, Marissa, and Maddie
• Marissa and the Missing Eyeball by Kate, JoJo, and Katharine
• The Truth About Little Red Riding Hood by Nia, Hannah, Anna, and Andie
• The Grinch by Robert, Jack, and Nick
  
• The True Story of the Gingerbread Man by Kristin and Stacy
• Dirty the Mudman by Alex, Eric, Michael, Jackson, and Dillon
• The Gingerbread Man by Ethan, Josh, Luke and Nick
• The Real Story of Rapunzel by Emily and Haley
• Gingerella by Daisy, Brittany, Megan and Sarah
• Goldie Bear and the Three Locks by Chris and Jack

Student Reviews to Appear on the Highland LC Blog

This fall an idea that has been rattling around my head for awhile has finally come to life. I'm really excited about it! There are a lot of students at Highland who are avid readers and writers. At the Highland Learning Center we've started a student reviewer program. Interested students applied to be reviewers. These students get first crack at the new books we receive in the library in exchange for writing reviews of those books. The reviews will be published here and also linked into our library catalog. Thanks to all those students who have agreed to be part of this program! If there are other Highland students interested, see me to get an application.