Unit 4

How Do We Express Ourselves?

Lesson 3

Athena and Arachne

How could artistic talent get someone in trouble?


In this lesson, you will read and analyze a graphic story and make inferences by looking at visual and written clues.

When done, you will reflect upon the story's ending.

Statue of Zeus.

Do the following activities before reading the selection Athena and Arachne.


Click each coloured row for information about the activities.

This selection is a Greek myth written as a graphic story.


A myth is a fictional story whose purpose is to teach a lesson or explain the existence of something in nature.
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Athena and Arachne Vocabulary


Have a look at the Athena and Arachne Vocabulary Chart for a list of vocabulary words you will encounter in the selection Athena and Arachne on pages 52 to 61 of Literacy in Action.




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Define the words in the Athena and Arachne Vocabulary Chart.

Use the Online Dictionary to check for spelling errors.

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Complete the following on the Reader's Notebook: Athena and Arachne.


  • How could artistic talent get someone in trouble?
  • Write down two predictions about what might happen in this story.





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