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It’s All Greek to Me!
Using Authentic Readings to Improve Knowledge of the English Language and Western Culture. “It’s All Greek to Me!” has everything—entertaining stories, academic articles in a variety of disciplines, vocabulary crossover in literary and academic readings, connections to local, American, and Western culture, and plenty of chances for critical thinking for advanced students of English as a Second Language (ESL). All readings are authentic with minimal adaptation from a variety of sources.
- Tác giả
- Charity Davenport
- Nhà xuất bản
- University of Tennessee
- Nguồn
- LibreTexts
- Giấy phép
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
Mục lục· 83 mục
- 01: Getting Started with Reading Skills
- 01.01: Critical Reading
- 01.02: Annotating While You Read
- 01.03: Creating Discussion Questions
- 01.04: Learning Vocabulary in Context
- 01.05: Building Vocabulary with Suffixes
- 02: Unit 1: Why Study Greek Mythology
- 02.01: Article: Why Study Greek Mythology
- 02.02: Story: Part 1: The Creation Story
- 02.03: Story: Part 2: The War of the Titans
- 02.04: Story: Part 3: The Olympian Pantheon
- 02.05: Article: The Olympics: Then and Now
- 02.06: Article: LEGOS in Space
- 02.07: Article: Greek Influence in US Worlds Fairs
- 02.08: Article: American Neoclassicism
- 02.09: Unit 1 Writing Task: Putting it All Together
- 03: Unit 2: Hades and the Underworld
- 03.01: Story: Hades and the Underworld
- 03.02: Story: Sisyphus and Tantalus
- 03.03: Story: Prometheus and Pandora
- 03.04: Article: Opening Pandoras Box
- 03.05: Article: Ethos Pathos and Logos
- 03.06: Story: Platos Allegory of the Cave
- 03.07: Article: Platos Allegory and Fake News
- 03.08: Unit 2: Writing Task: Putting it All Together
- 04: Unit 3: Adventure and The Heros Journey
- 04.01: Story: The Trojan War Part 1: The Apple of Discord
- 04.02: Story: The Trojan War Part 2: Achilles and Hector
- 04.03: Story: The Trojan War Part 3: The Wooden Horse
- 04.04: Article: Cassandra of Climate Change
- 04.05: Article: The Heros Journey
- 04.06: Story: Theseus and the Minotaur
- 04.07: Article: Procrustean Politics
- 04.08: Story: The Adventures of Hercules
- 04.09: Story: Cadmus and Europa
- 04.10: Story: Jason and the Argonauts
- 04.11: Story: Perseus and Medusa
- 04.12: Story: The Odyssey
- 04.13: Article: Resisting the Internets Grip
- 04.14: Unit 3 Writing Task: Putting It All Together
- 05: Unit 4: Hubris and Nemesis
- 05.01: Story: Oedipus the King
- 05.02: Article
- 05.03: Story: Daedalus and Icarus
- 05.04: Article: Businesses and the Icarus Paradox
- 05.05: Story: King Midas and the Golden Touch
- 05.06: Story: Phaethon
- 05.07: Story: Bellerophon
- 05.08: Article: The End of the Waitlist
- 05.09: Story: Arachne
- 05.10: Article: Hubristic Leaders
- 05.11: Article: Disasters Due to Hubris
- 05.12: Unit 4 Writing Task: Putting it All Together
- 06: Unit 5: Love and Metamorphosis
- 06.01: Story: Echo and Narcissus
- 06.02: Article: Selfies: Narcissism or Not
- 06.03: Story: Cupid and Psyche
- 06.04: Article: When Cupids Arrow Strikes
- 06.05: Story: Pan and Syrinx
- 06.06: Story: Halcyone and Ceyx
- 06.07: Story: The Story of Io
- 06.08: Story: Pyramus and Thisbe
- 06.09: Story: Venus and Adonis
- 06.10: Unit 5 Writing Task: Putting it All Together
- 07: Writing and Grammar Skills Appendix
- 07.01: Writing Skills: Avoiding Plagiarism
- 07.02: Writing Skill: Summary and Response
- 07.03: Writing Skills: Noun Phrases and Clauses for Better Sentences
- 07.04: Grammar Skills: Active and Passive Voice
- 07.05: Grammar Skills: Gerund and Infinitive
- 07.06: Grammar Skills: Participle Phrases
- 08: Instructors Guide
- 08.01: Teacher Resources Cool Tools
- 08.02: Instructors Guide
- 08.03: Presentation Topics
- 08.04: Additional Journal and Essay Topics
- 09: Additional Materials for Instructors and Students
- 09.01: Unit 1 Additional Materials
- 09.02: Unit 2 Additional Materials
- 09.03: Unit 3 Additional Materials
- 09.04: Unit 4 Additional Materials
- 09.05: Unit 5 Additional Materials
- 09.06: Fun Extras for Students