UNIT X 164 | UNIT 5 Instructional Routine: Before You Read p. Txxiv Use Prior Knowledge: Myths • Preview image Direct students’ attention to the image. Ask: What are these spires? Have volunteers describe and identify the spires as hoodoos. • Activate prior knowledge Ask students to share what they already know about hoodoos. Create a K-W-L chart on the board and fill in the “Know” column as a class. Ask students to think about what the hoodoos look like and how they might be connected to myth. Ask what they want to know on this topic, and add their responses to the “Want to Learn” column of the chart. Then read aloud the text on myths. Confirm comprehension of content vocabulary, including hoodoos, shapes, rock, form, greedy, acid rain, weather, freeze, and water. A Answer questions Have students work in pairs to further discuss the image and answer the questions. Ask students to share their responses to check comprehension and complete the L column of their K-W-L chart. ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. I remember that water gets between the rocks then it freezes and expands, and acid rain sculpts the spires. 2. Yes, they look like people to me. I could tell a story about how the people argued so long over who was tallest, they got stuck in their position. Build Background: Arachne and Anansi A Preview to predict Direct students’ attention to the image. Briefly discuss spiders and what they do. Introduce or confirm comprehension of weave and web. Say: We are going to read a myth about Arachne and another one about Anansi. Who do you think they are? What do you predict the myth will be about? Have students make their predictions. Identify relevant details Have students read or listen to the text at least twice. Read aloud the questions and have students work in pairs to discuss and answer the questions. Then ask students to share their responses with the class. ANSWERS 1. They use webs to catch food. 2. Sample answer: People weave clothes, blankets, rugs, chairs, baskets, and tales. EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Emphasize to students that oral communication is very important in the classroom. Give students the opportunity to rehearse their responses with a peer before sharing with the group. Provide students with sentence frames as needed. Spiders weave _____. They use the webs to _____. People weave _____, _____, and _____. Amplify Have students imagine they are Paiutes looking at the hoodoos. Direct pairs to describe what the Paiutes really see and what they do not understand and want to know. Then discuss why the Paiutes decide to compare the hoodoos to greedy people. UNIT 5 / BEFORE YOU READ Myths Use Prior Knowledge A long time ago, people told stories to explain things they didn’t understand. Myths told stories about how animals were created, why stars are in the sky, and other mysteries. You learned how hoodoos form in Unit 2. The Paiute people tell a myth about hoodoos. The story is that the hoodoos were greedy people. They were invited to a meal and turned to stone because of their greed. A Discuss the questions. 1. What do you remember about the science of hoodoo formation? 2. Look at the image of hoodoos. Do they look like people to you? What other story can you tell about how they formed that is not science? Arachne and Anansi Build Background In myths, characters often have names that tell what they are. Arachne is a character in a Greek myth. Arachne is a Greek word that means “spider.” Anansi is a character in a West African myth. Akan is a language people speak in Ghana, a country in West Africa. Anansi is an Akan word that means “spider.” A Discuss the questions. 1. Spiders weave webs. What do they use the webs for? 2. What things do people weave? BEFORE YOU Read UNIT 5 164
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