Greco-Roman Flower Myths: Using Latin Adjectives For A Creative Writing Activity

Students will read about Greek and Roman flower myths. Then, they'll use randomized second declension Latin adjectives to illustrate and write their own flower story in English.

This is a great, low-prep activity to use in the spring! It also pairs well with a unit on mythology and/or Latin adjectives.

Included:

• A one-page reading about Greco-Roman tree and flower myths with summaries of five famous stories of this genre: Narcissus, Adonis, Baucis and Philemon, Daphne, and Hyacinthus
• Student-friendly instructions
• A glossary of all Latin terms used in the activity
• Helpful notes for the teacher to facilitate implementation
• A black-and-white version for easier printing
• A completed example illustration and short story

Students will need to use six-sided dice to complete this activity. If you don't have access to dice, there are free online dice-rolling websites that you could use in place of traditional dice.

Material Covered:

• 2nd declension adjectives
  • masculine, singular, nominative only
    • The adjectives are used to complete the statement "flos est..."
• Greco-Roman tree and flower myths
• Creative writing