Encourage students to make positive suggestions to each other that would make the myth more believable and the writing clearer and better organized. After students have had the opportunity to get responses from the rest of the class, ask them to revise their myths. At this point, students are free to add or delete sections and to reorganize their writing. Finally, allow the students to edit their own writing or the writing of a partner before turning in their myths. Deeper Depths Discuss media and its monsters.
Students illustrate their myths or present myths in a cartoon style.
Or, have students work together to create media projects such as radio spots or short videos portraying their myths and monsters or popular myth and movie sea monsters. Given a description of a dangerous animal, the student will be able to create an adaptation that would protect a human from that animal. Background An adaptation is a modification of an organism that makes it more suited to live in its environment. Adaptations can be a body part or behavior that help an animal survive. These adaptations include protective spines, sharp teeth, poisonous flesh, and stinging cells.