Assess students' ability to apply narrative perspective, symbolism, and historical context by rewriting a selected scene from a classical myth for a modern middle-school audience. Tasks: identify the original narrative perspective and key symbols, select a modern historical frame (e.g., contemporary suburb, 1990s city, near-future small town), produce a 300–400 word scene using an age-appropriate voice and a consistent narrative perspective, and write a 100–150 word justification explaining how your choices preserve core themes while adapting symbols and context for today's readers. Scoring emphasizes perspective control, purposeful symbolism, historical plausibility, and audience-appropriate language.