2. Today’s checklist Dear RND debrief Instead of ___, say ____ How the World and Humankind Were Created Writing your own Pourquoi Tale

3. Dear RND debrief On a sheet of lined paper, write the following title ◦ Stepping up my writing game This will be your record of writing do’s and don’ts for the semester On each subsequent assignment, you will be expected not to repeat the errors recorded here

4. Stepping up my writing game Vocabulary Do not use the words/terms: Things So much/many Very There are things I want to do ◦ There are activities that I want to take part in There are so many people in the halls ◦ The halls are teeming with people He’s very nice ◦ He is kind INSTEAD

5. Stepping up my writing game Rewrite the following sentences ◦ I have tons of things in my backpack ◦ I’ve met so many people so far ◦ I was very quiet during the first week of school

6. The Creation of the World The short version: ◦ Scary old gods came first; they got stomped down by their kids, who were better looking, younger gods. These gods created humans. ◦ Humans and gods fought for supremacy, and the humans won a few rounds but eventually got trounced and became more and more miserable.

7. Ancient Greek worldview The Greeks believed that the world was flat, but circular. ◦ Greece – at the centre of the universe Their world was divided by the Mediterranean, (“Middle of the Lands” in Latin) The river Ocean flowed around the world in a clockwise motion.

8. Ideas for Pourquoi Tales ♦ Why Owl Has Big Eyes ♦ Why Dogs Howl at the Moon ♦ Why Snake Has No Feet or Hands ♦ Why Geese Fly in the Shape of a V ♦ Why Birds Have Many Colors ♦ Why Roses Have Thorns ♦ Why Pigs Have Curly Tails ♦ Why There are Rainbows ♦ Why There Are Oceans ♦ Why Some Trees Lose Their Leaves and Others are Evergreen ♦ How Jellyfish Came to Be ♦ Why the Big Toe is So Much Bigger than the Other Toes ♦ Why Porcupine Has Quills

9. Start with the end To begin your pourquoi tale, you must start at the end What are you going to explain in your tale? Use this Graphic organizer to plan your taleGraphic organizer