Week 2 Day 3.  What parts of a folktale are similar in many cultures?  How do storytellers help people achieve common ground?

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Week 2 Day 3

 What parts of a folktale are similar in many cultures?  How do storytellers help people achieve common ground?

 Vocabulary strategies can help you determine unfamiliar words  What vocabulary strategy did we cover last week?  Context clues will help you understand unfamiliar words

 They looked pitiful! Their uniforms were torn and their boots were full of holes.  People of many cultures tell some version of this tale. The settings and characters differ a bit, but the story is very similar.  What clues help you figure out the meaning of version?

 An author writes to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas or feelings.  An author has a main purpose but they also may have a secondary purpose.

 I love reading folktales, legends, and myths.  Some folktales have a trickster who fools other characters in the story.  You should read this folktale about why the owl never sleeps at night.  Authors usually do not express their purpose for writing.  How would an author show their purpose for writing?

 Some suffixes indicate that a word is a noun.  These suffixes may be added to a word to make it a noun or added to an existing noun to change that word’s meaning. -er, -orSomeone who; something that: responder -antSomeone who: observant -domState of; realm of: freedom -ionAct of; state of: action -mentAction of; process of: movement

Greek or Latin Root Word MeaningUsed in a sentence SignA non-material signThis is a sign everything will be okay. SpecTo lookHe was a spectator at the game. ThermHeatThe thermometer showed me the temperature. UrbCityWe live in a suburb. VidSeeWe watched the video last night. CorpBodyI was part of an awesome corporation.