The Great Hymn Project

Objective: to learn how to use Epithets and Apostrophe 

Length of time: 2 to 3 days

 Group work: 4 to 5 students in each group

Points: 100 points

Epithet is a brief descriptive name, title, or adjective that qualifies a person, place, or thing.  An Apostrophe is a figure of speech in which a writer addresses some thing, concept, or absent person.  Apostrophes are written in the second person, using the pronouns you and yours. 

Working in groups, create hymns of praise to other elements or forces in the natural world, such as the oceans, air, moon, trees, plants, animals, or the planet Earth.  Each hymn should contain appropriate epithets and apostrophes.  Feel free to set your hymns to music, illustrate them, and/or perform them.

Try to use several powerful epithets—descriptive words and phrases—in your hymn.  Be sure to maintain a consistent second-person point of view, addressing your subject, as you.