“Jason and the Golden Fleece” Ancient Greece myths with tasks Bundle

This is a set of three printable, re-told myths from Ancient Greece. The 60 tasks require students to explore and use their comprehension skills to think about main events, characters, motives, facts, predictions, opinions, justification etc. This is a great, easy-prep resource for your reading centres.

What’s Included in this package? The myths are connected but each is a stand alone tale. There are 60 task cards.

1. The famous Greek myth “The Golden Fleece: Phrixos and Helle.”
2. “Jason and the Argonauts” (getting prepared for the voyage)
3. “The Argonauts’ Voyage” ( the voyage, the problems, the quest and the return home.)

• There is a printable text for each myth, plus a black ink version of the tale, for you to copy.
• Each part of the tale comes with its own set of 20 task cards, plus black ink master pages: many of the cards, give students at least two choices of tasks
• Thinking questions and Close Reading tasks to make students delve more deeply into the story and understand their ideas and interpretations.
• A tracking sheet, so students and teacher can record work as it is completed.