178 | UNIT 5 UNIT 5 / AFTER YOU READ DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold For Activities A and C, provide students with language frames to describe main events in the stories. First, _____. Next, _____. Then/Finally, _____. At the beginning, _____. In the middle, _____. At the end, _____. Amplify Tell students who have completed their written summaries to present their responses to the class. Have them rehearse prior to presenting, focusing on skills, such as making eye contact and speaking with appropriate volume and pacing. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Talk and write: “The Story of Arachne” and “Anansi and His Six Sons” Identify three events that happen after Athene comes to see Arachne. Explain the purpose of the myth, Anansi and His Six Sons. Instructional Routine: After You Read p. Txxvi Apply the Reading Strategy: Summarizing Review academic language Review the definition of summarizing. Ask: What can help readers summarize a myth? (central ideas and plot) What is plot? (the events) A Identify plot Remind students to go back to the stories to help them remember the events and their sequence. ANSWERS Arachne: see Activity B; Anansi: see Activity C B Use an organizer Draw the graphic organizer on the board. Model writing in the title and central ideas for one part of one of the stories. Then have students complete the activity. ANSWERS Sample answer: Center: The Story of Arachne. Beginning: Arachne boasts about her weaving; old woman says not to anger Athene. Middle: Athene comes to see Arachne’s weaving; challenges her to a competition. End: Athene is angry because Arachne is better; turns her into a spider C Sequence story events Have students work in pairs to describe events. ANSWERS Sample answer: Center: Anansi and His Six Sons. Beginning: Anansi doesn’t return from a journey; sons find him in trouble. Middle: Each son helps save him; Anansi wants to reward them with a white ball but sons argue. End: Anansi asks for help; Night Sky hangs ball in sky and names it Moon. D Summarize Have students write summaries independently then share them in small groups. ANSWERS Sample answer: The Story of Arachne: The main characters are Arachne and the goddess Athene. The story is about Arachne’s boast that she is a better weaver than Athene. At the beginning, an old woman tells her not to anger Athene, but she doesn’t care. In the middle, Athene comes and sees her weaving is very good. She challenges her to a competition but loses. At the end, Athene is so angry she turns Arachne into a spider so that no one will ever appreciate her weaving. EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE PCROAMCMTIUCNE ICATE Apply the Reading Strategy Summarize A Work with a classmate. What are some of the main events in each story? B Choose one of the two myths and complete a cluster web. Put the title of the story in the large circle. Add the central ideas to the smaller circles. You can add more circles if you need them. C Work with a classmate who chose a different myth in Activity B. Tell your classmate about the events in your cluster web. D Write a summary using the notes from the cluster web. beginning middle end Words to Use The main characters are . . . . . . is about . . . At the beginning . . . In the middle . . . At the end . . . AFTER YOU Read UNIT 5 178
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