Ceres and Proserpina


Pre-reading Assignment
 

 

To build prior knowledge before reading this story, you need to complete this worksheet by the assigned due date on the calendar.

Print off this worksheet and then use Tracks #1-5 to answer the questions. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper with your heading and staple the two papers together.

1. Use each of the following words in a complete sentence. Try to provide some context clues within the sentence. BARREN, CHARIOT, FERTILE, SHROUDED

2. This myth is retold by Mary Pope Osborne. Name three other books that she has written. Include the full titles.

3. Explain the difference between a myth and a legend.

4. What does the god of the sun, Helios, ride in the sky?

5. The Greek goddess Persephone is known in Roman mythology as ___________________.

6. Why did Pluto fall in love with Persephone?

7. What happened when Phaethon tried to drive his father's chariot?

8. In Greek mythology, Narcissus is a boy who___________.



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