RAFT for Greek Mythology

RAFT for Greek Mythology

Know the 14 Olympian gods, their attributes, and at least one major story connected to each. To be done over the course of the year. These are to be relatively short written pieces. After choosing a role, imagine the given audience, evaluate the topic, and write a piece using the suggested format.

For the page with heroes (optional), fill in the audience, format and topic as you wish.

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ROLE

/ AUDIENCE / FORMAT / TOPIC
ZEUS / mortal beauties / Personals ad / What’s in it for you?
HERA / mortal beauties / advice column / What’s in it for you.
POSEIDON / Athenians / Prophecy/Threat / You’ll be sorry you chose Athena …
HESTIA / assertiveness coach / goals meeting / Why I need to be more assertive
HADES / Charon and Cerberus / Tour of Underworld / What you should know, as prospective employees
DEMETER / Olympians / petition drive / Give me back my daughter or else …
ATHENA / Rhadamanthus / plea / Arachne deserved it!
APOLLO / Leto / confession / I feel awful about …
ARTEMIS / Nymphs / empowerment meeting / Men. Who needs them?
HERMES / Parole Officer / hearing / I couldn’t help myself – I just had to ….
APHRODITE / Trojans / Apology / Why I should have let Athena or Hera get the apple.
HEPHAESTUS / marriage counselor / list of grievances / 1st meeting: Why I’m here.
ARES / Greeks / U.N. type assembly / Why you should attack Troy.
DIONYSUS / Ariadne / marriage proposal / Theseus, Shmetheus

Create your own raft for the following mortals:

ROLE / AUDIENCE / FORMAT / TOPIC

Arachne

Io

Leto
Leda
Theseus
Danae
Perseus
Orion
Daedalus
Sisyphus
Actaeon
Narcissus
Daphne
Eurydice
Herakles
Clytemnestra
Helen
Tithonus