The World on a Turtle’s Back September 7 , 11 and 13 English 11 The World on a Turtle’s Back September 7 , 11 and 13

WARM-UP “The World on the Turtle’s Back” LOL p. 24 Warm Up – Page 32 – Vocabulary in Action – Complete Exercise A. Write words and synonyms. Write each word in a sentence.

Answers - synonyms 1. dishonest – devious 2. strive – contend 3. vacuum – void 4. quit – succumb 5. ceremony – ritual

OBJECTIVE COPY - Objective: “The World on the Turtle’s Back” LOL p. 24 COPY - Objective: Students will identify cause-effect relationships in order to summarize events, during reading, in a creation myth.

Questions for Review Now that you have read this story, let us review. READ each question. THINK of an answer. SHARE with your partner.

Answer ANSWER: What might the woman’s actions symbolize? (the woman who walked on the turtle’s back)

Check your Answer: The woman’s actions symbolize the development of agriculture and the geological formation of the earth.

From Page 28 What were 2 causes and 2 effects of the death of the twins’ mother?

Check answers CAUSES: The left-handed twin wanted to head for the light he saw He was born through the mother’s armpit EFFECTS: Useful plants grew from the mother’s grave. The right-handed twin was angry at his twin for killing his mother.

Answer ANSWER: What might the buried mother, from whose body plants grow, represent?

Mother Earth, agriculture, fertility Possible Answers: Mother Earth, agriculture, fertility

Answer ANSWER: How was the earth created?

Check answer The muskrat brought soil from the bottom of the ocean and the woman grew the earth from it.

From Page 29 Answer: * Who accidentally falls out of the sky? * How does the woman create land on the turtle’s back? * What happens when the twins are born?

Check answers A pregnant woman accidentally falls out of the sky. She places dirt from the bottom of the ocean on the turtle’s back and causes the land to grow by walking around it. The left-handed twin is born through the mother’s armpit and the mother dies as a result.

Page 30 Answer: What natural feature is explained by the grandmother’s transformation?

Check answer The moon

Page 31 – WRITE answers. Question #1 – What Do You Think? Question #4 Write in complete sentences. Question #1 – What Do You Think? Question #4 Question #2 – Write down the cause and effect that you found most interesting. WORK INDEPENDENTLY. Then, share answers with your partner.

Question #1 What Do You Think? Was it interesting? How well did it explain natural phenomena?

Question # 4 Possible Response: The Iroquois acknowledge “crooked” and “straight” minds as being necessary to a balanced world. They see neither twin as wholly good or wholly evil and they give thanks to each for his creations.

Question #2 Not only should you describe a valid cause and effect relationship, but you should explain what is interesting about it.

Page 31 ANSWER from page 31: Extend Interpretations - #5: Write how the Iroquois creation myth is different from any other version of creation that you have read or that you know.

CLOSURE: Complete the Literary Analysis on page 31 with your partner.

CAUSE and EFFECT Charts Place “C & E” to the left (in the left margin) on your paper so that I can easily locate your Cause and Effect chart. Do you have the signature of a parent?

Cause and Effect Assignment Is your chart like the one on page 24? Or, did you use a graphic organizer? Do you have at least FOUR Effects from four Causes?

Time for Grammar Copy the assignment pages. Use Language Network. Then use G.U.M. Return books to the appropriate tables when finished.

Language Network Text Grammar: From Language network - Parts of Speech Review, pages 4-23 Focus on the one you missed most on the DIAGNOSTIC.

Language Network If you did not complete the diagnostic parts-of-speech in the previous class period, you should do the self-check on page 5. Once you have reviewed parts of speech, pick up a G.U.M. book.

G.U.M. Assignment COPY these assignment pages. Page 1 - #1-10 Page 2 - “B” 1-4 Page 4 - 1-10 Page 5 – “A” 1-10 Page 5 – “B” 1-10

Return your G.U.M. book As a final assignment, complete a short writing assignment. See next screen.

Writing Assignment Short Answer Prompt Write an explanation that tells how the conflict between the twins affected one aspect of the world that they made. Include details and examples from the text to support your explanation.

Turn in ALL work Turn in ALL work for the story about the turtle.