UNIT X 196 | UNIT 5 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • Write notes for the first myth on the board and ask a volunteer to retell it. • Revisit the myths. Have students name the main verbs in each myth, and write them on the board. Then direct students to retell the myths using gestures to explain the main actions. Amplify Have students write additional stanzas for the chant. First have them revisit the texts from the unit and take notes about ways myths explain things in nature. Instructional Routine: Music p. Txxxiii Essential Question: How did people in the past explain the Sun? Have students read the Essential Question. Then have students say their answers as you write them on the board. ANSWERS Sample answer: Some ancient people believed a god rode a chariot across the sky every morning. Listen and Chant A • Match oral to written words Have students listen to the chant once without looking at the words. Then replay it, asking students to follow along silently. • Listen and repeat Have students recite the chant. Replay the first stanza, stop the audio, and have students repeat the stanza, matching pronunciation and tempo. Repeat with the second stanza. • B • Use nouns and verbs Ask students to point out nouns and verbs in the chant. Remind students that a noun names a person, place, or thing, and that verbs name actions. Then have students summarize the central idea of each stanza. • Retell a myth Direct students to discuss the chant before retelling the myths. Have group members take turns retelling the myths until each member has retold all three. Ask a volunteer to share answers with the class. ANSWERS 1. Each myth explains the Sun. Helios rides his yellow, orange, and red chariot across the sky every morning. Tsohanoai carries the Sun on his back and hangs it on a hook when he takes a nap. A hungry wolf chases the sun goddess across the sky. C Retell a myth Give students the opportunity to discuss ideas before they begin to write their chants. ANSWERS Sample answer: Arachne was conceited, but she loved to weave. / Athene turned her to a spider with a touch on her sleeve. Practice Book p. 107 EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE PCROAMCMTIUCNE ICATE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Say and write: Sun Myths Ancient people told _____ about the _____. _____ rode his chariot across the _____ every morning. A _____ chased ____ the sun goddess across the _____. Listen and Chant A Listen to the chant. Then, recite the chant. B What does each myth explain? Retell each myth in the chant in your own words. C Making connections Choose a myth from this unit. Write a chant about it. In the ancient past, people didn’t understand How the world worked in the sky and on land. People around the globe told stories to explain Things that happened every single day. The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Science is a tool that explains this best. Long, long ago, people didn’t know why They created myths about it high in the sky. Helios rode his chariot from one side to the other. It was yellow, orange, and red, like no other. Tsohanoai carried the Sun upon his back. Then he put it on a hook and took a long nap. Sol was a sun goddess chased across the sky By a wolf with a hungry look in his eye. Sun Myths 196 UNIT 5 How did people in the past explain the Sun? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION CONNECT TO Music UNIT 5 / CONNECT TO MUSIC
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