UNIT X 168 | UNIT 5 Instructional Routine: Reading p. Txxv Text Genre: Myths Essential Question: How do some myths try to explain nature? Pose the question to students and write their responses on the board. Say: As you preview the reading and read the stories, you will gain more knowledge about the purposes of myth. • Recognize characteristics of genre Say: This text is about two myths. What other myths have we read? What do we know about myth? (It is a story that explains something in nature.) Read aloud the remaining descriptors and ensure students are familiar with the meaning of the names Arachne and Anansi. • Discuss author’s purpose Ask students to think about why ancient people wrote myths. Guide students to understand that they used myth to explain nature but also often to entertain listeners and teach them about the world. Say: Sometimes it is easier to understand nature if we can learn about it in a story. Preview • Interpret images Direct students’ attention to the loom, the threads, and the colorful woven cloth in The Story of Arachne. This will help them infer what Arachne is doing and the meanings of loom and weaving. • Connect to self Ask students to share any knowledge or experience they may have of weaving. • Use illustrations to make a prediction Have students discuss the opening illustrations on pages 168–169, paying special attention to the characters, their expressions, and what is happening. Ask: How clever is Arachne? What is the old woman doing? Why is she pointing at Arachne? ANSWERS 1. The Story of Arachne: Arachne, Athene. Anansi and His Six Sons: Anansi, See-Everything, Road-Weaver, RiverDrinker, Friend-of-Fish, Bird-Whistler, Pillow; 2. Sample answer: Both stories illustrate the main characters and main events. The illustrations in the first myth look realistic and show what is happening, but the illustrations in the second myth look like cartoons, and many just show the spiders. 3. I predict that characters in both myths speak too proudly. I predict the first myth will teach a lesson about boasting, and the second myth will explain how the Moon got into the sky. EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Gather a small group of students who need additional reading support to work through the text in a guided-reading format. Read through the entire text, then together reread it in chunks, pausing to read closely and analyze sections that develop character and plot. Provide comprehensible input by using gestures and pantomiming to support comprehension. Amplify Have students who demonstrate reading proficiency partner with emerging readers. Direct students to read the text aloud with a peer, modeling pronunciation for partners to repeat and practice. Preview Look at the titles and pictures in the two texts. Scan the texts for the names of the characters. 1. Who are the main characters in each story? 2. What similarities and differences do you see in the illustrations for the two different myths? 3. Predict How do you think the myths are similar? How are they different? TEXT GENRE Myths You will read two myths, The Story of Arachne and Anansi and His Six Sons. Myths are stories that explain why things happen in the world or the universe, but they aren’t true. A myth sometimes teaches a lesson. When you read the two myths, you will find: • characters with special powers • animals that act like people • an explanation of something in nature • a lesson How do some myths try to explain nature? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Reading Reading 168 UNIT 5 The Story of Arachne UNIT 5 / READING
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