Friday, Sept 21, Sigurd, The Dragon Slayer

Objective: By the end of class, students will demonstrate reading comprehension skills, learn new vocabulary and be introduced to the norse myth, Sigurd, the Dragon Slayer.

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Copy the definition of archetype nto notebooks and then answer the following questions below:

ar·che·type

   [ahr-ki-tahyp]  Show IPA

noun

1.

the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a modelor first form; prototype.

What are some characteristics of an archetype hero? 
Why do cultures need "heroes"?
Does your culture have a particular mythological hero or heroine?

Direct Instruction

click here for details about archetype heroes.

Remember, Norse people told myths that ultimately ended in doom because they believed that the end of the world really would come some day. This is their expression of Judgement Day.

Read introduction and clearly identify characters.

GOD = ODIN - leader of Norse gods

LOKI - Cunning god of fire

Dwarfs - Reidmar =dwarf king killed by son, Fafnir

Fafnir = son who kills Reidmar for treasure and then turns himself into a dragon

Regin = son who wants to find and kill Fafnir to get treasure

Sigmund - famous hero died in battle

Sigurd - his son and last of Volsung family

Summerize in your own words, what happens in the introduction.

Sigurd - vocabulary worksheet

Exit Pass

How will greed specifically drive the action of this myth?