Excitement about Greek mythology was at an all-time high as we sadly ended our unit. It was time to move into comparing and contrasting folklore and writing persuasive essays. "I wish I could bottle their enthusiasm," I sighed. Then it hit me! We could segue into opinion writing with paragraphs about characters in Greek mythology! Our first discussion centered around persuasive techniques from another famous Greek fellow, Aristotle. Then I introduced a simple organizer used for argumentative…