Early Encounters

1. Early Encounters

2. Optional notes? • Sometimes we will briefly review information, receive a handout, etc. • I will not expect you to take notes… but if you are an AVID person, be aware that these could be extra notes for the week. • Be aware I will not go slow, I will not go back, I will not repeat, and they are short • They will be online if you want to copy them later 

3. Book Mark: Elements of Native American Writing • Oral • Signs that that story was originally spoken verbally • Nature • Instill a sense of awe toward mystery and the universe. • Awe: wonder and admiration for something • Explain the workings of the natural world • Social customs and culture • Customs: behaviors or traditions we repeat • What are some traditions you have? Why do you have them? • Goal is to Validate these customs and give them meaning • Guide people through the trials of living • Trickster figure • Hero Initiation • Twin tale • Think yin yang, opposites, good verse bad, duality, etc.

4. Elements of myths • Oral • Stories are passed down from generation to generation verbally (by speaking) • Story tellers could “re-write” a story simply by saying something wrong • Parts of stories would be lost or changed over time • Explanations • Myths often explained why things were the way they were. • Myths explained how different things came into being/how they were created. • Example: how was the earth formed? Why do zebras have stripes?

5. …Cont… • Transformation of Character • Myths teach morals • Myths teach life lessons • Myths track how a character changes over time and why so that the listener can learn a lesson about how to behave

6. …cont.… • Trickster Tales • Similar to other myths, tell story of creation, explanation, moral lesson, social values, etc. • Centers on a trickster figure who engages in deceit, trickery, violence, and/or magic • “trickster is at one and the same time creator and destroyer, giver and negotiator, he who dupes and who is always duped himself… he possesses no values, moral or social, is at the mercy of his passions and appetites, yet through his actions all values come into being.” (Rodin 1956)

7. Set up your assignment

8. FYI: Paraphrase Quotation Summary

9. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Column Summaries • There are 9 columns in the story. You will write a summary when you get to the end of each column. • Why do this? • Your summary should be factual, not opinion • Your summary should hit on the MAIN ideas • Your summary should be in your own words • Your summary should be short (3-4 sentences max.. Main idea only, remember?)

10. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Question and Answer • Ask different types of questions at different levels • Why do this? • Story based/ comprehension (DOK 1-2) • Plot based, questions that require knowledge of the story, good for checking understanding of facts • Content based (DOK 1-3) • Our content area in this class is English… • Content questions are questions that you would ask in English but not other classes… they use ELA vocabulary (plot, characterization, symbolism, foil, imagery, diction, etc…) (DOK 2-3) • Big Picture (DOK 2-4) • Make connections to other texts, movies, events, etc. • Bring in research/ sources • Form your own opinions • Look at what the text means and why it is written

15. In your group: • Have a member of your group get out a sheet of paper and set it up accordingly

16. In your group: 2. Talk with your group and come up with 3-4 level 1 questions about the story. Write the questions in the margin of your paper… space them out.

17. In your group: 3. Turn the page over. As a group, come up with 1-2 questions that are content based (hint… use your bookmark… look in your glossary… think back to 9-10th grade… what are some English terms?)

18. In your group: 3. As a group, come up with one good level 3 question… this should be a connection question that makes us think beyond just the words on the page of the story.

19. In your group: Ready….. Pass your paper to the group to your left. Group– discuss the questions and come up with answers (leave room…. We will pass again )

20. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Text Organization • Understanding how a text is written can help us to understand why it is written and can help us to read it more effectively; it can help us pull out the main ideas for effectively. • Questions might ask about the structure of the text or the organization of the text…. Both want you to look at how the information is put together (headings, images, titles, chapters, paragraphs, sequence of information, etc)

21. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Text Organization • 5 basic organizational patterns • Chronological • Problem solution • Cause and effect • Compare contrast • Describe/define

22. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Text Organization • Many myths will follow a chronological, cause and effect pattern. • Skim through the story and decide on some of the major instances of cause and effects

23. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Put it in connection with the literary movements • Review your bookmark • What elements of that bookmark do you see in the story world on the turtle’s back? • You need to have a page number/ quote to go back to • Record your findings on your assignment • Suggestion? • Be prepared to share out

24. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Try to clearly articulate your ideas in words Answer the following questions in complete and thorough sentences. • Summarize the story as a whole. • From what perspective is this story written? • What is the purpose of the story? • What conclusions can you draw about the behaviors/personality traits native Americans value?

25. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Try to clearly articulate your ideas in words Answer the following questions in complete and thorough sentences. • Summarize the story as a whole. • From what perspective is this story written? • What is the purpose of the story? • What conclusions can you draw about the behaviors/personality traits native Americans value?

26. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Try to clearly articulate your ideas in words Answer the following questions in complete and thorough sentences. • Summarize the story as a whole. • From what perspective is this story written? • What is the purpose of the story? • What conclusions can you draw about the behaviors/personality traits native Americans value?

27. How do I figure out the main idea of a text?Try to clearly articulate your ideas in words Answer the following questions in complete and thorough sentences. • Summarize the story as a whole. • From what perspective is this story written? • What is the purpose of the story? • What conclusions can you draw about the behaviors/personality traits native Americans value?

28. Essential Question: What is this text about? (CCSS RL.2) • Summary • Is this question asking about skill or story?

29. Set up your assignment

30. How do I find out the main idea of a text? Summaries We will read two stories • Story one will have 4 summaries • Story two will have 5 summaries • Summaries are approximately at the end of columns

31. How do I find out the main idea of a text? Examine author’s choices: Irony • “Come here Tiny.” • Why is that a funny name for this dog? Add to Toolbox

32. Irony is the difference between appearance and reality Three types of irony • Verbal: we mean the opposite of what we say • Think of the example “come here tiny” • Meant to be funny. • Situational: what we think will happen does not happen, instead, something unexpected happens. • Example: at the end of the day, we expect the bell to ring and for all of us to go home. It would be ironic if the bell rang at 3:04 and people who had been absent all day showed up. • Dramatic: We know something that a character in the story does not. • Example: think about horror movies. We hear the creepy music and we see the bad guy and we shout at the girl “don’t go up the stairs” but she goes up the stairs anyways… she goes up the stairs because she does not know the bad guy is there, but we do.

33. Explaining irony centers around a few basic elements: • Type of irony • What is expected • What is real • Language to show doubt, uncertainty, inaccuracy, etc. • Language to show contrast • Example: The play Romeo and Juliet contains dramatic ironybecause Romeo and Juliet believe that they have devised a great plan which will allow their love to flourish; however, the readers know from the opening monologue that their plan is going to fail.

34. Example: The play Romeo and Juliet contains dramatic ironybecause Romeo and Juliet believe that they have devised a great plan which will allow their love to flourish; however, the readers know from the opening monologue that their plan is going to fail. • Other ways to show doubt (claim, say, think, want, possible, normally, suggests, we’d expect) • Other ways to show contrast (but, yet, although, still, none the less)

35. Practice… give each student a slip from the irony practices. Have them read it… mark it up…. Write their explanation… then get together and share them with other people who had the same answer. • Put them on the elmo and present the best one from the group to the class. (feel free to rewrite your answer and combine ideas from various group members) • Have the class decide if the meet the requirements (type of irony, expected, reality, doubt word, contrast word)

36. How do I find out the main idea of a text? Find support for multiple conclusions • Why do this? For each of the conclusions below, write down events from the stories that prove these conclusions to be true. Include at least 1 quote with citation (“title” #) ex: (“Coyote” 42) • It is important to follow rules • It is important to be respectful • Actions have permanent consequences