Why Do We Share - Glencoe

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UNIT 62

The

BIG

Why

Do

We

Share

Question

Our Stories?

" " I like a good story well told. --Mark Twain, writer

LOOKING AHEAD

The skill lessons and readings in this unit will help you develop your own answer to the Big Question.

UNIT 6 WARM-UP ? Connecting to the Big Question GENRE FOCUS: Folktale

Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 by Julius Lester

READING WORKSHOP 1 Skill Lesson: Understanding Cause and Effect

The Lion, the Hare, and the Hyena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 by Phyllis Savory

Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 by Shirley Jackson

WRITING WORKSHOP PART 1 Modern Folktale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676

READING WORKSHOP 2 Skill Lesson: Questioning The Boy and His Grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 by Rudolfo A. Anaya Jeremiah's Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 by Walter Dean Myers

READING WORKSHOP 3 Skill Lesson: Predicting The Tale of `Kiko-Wiko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 by Mark Crilley We Are All One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 by Laurence Yep

WRITING WORKSHOP PART 2 Modern Folktale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724

READING WORKSHOP 4 Skill Lesson: Analyzing Voices--and Stories--from the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734 by Kathryn Satterfield, updated from Time for Kids Aunty Misery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 by Judith Ortiz Cofer

COMPARING LITERATURE WORKSHOP Comparing Cultural Contexts

Aunt Sue's Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 by Langston Hughes

I Ask My Mother to Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 by Li-Young Lee

UNIT 6 WRAP-UP ? Answering the Big Question

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UNIT 6 WARM-UP

Connecting to

Why Do We Share Our Stories?

We share our stories for many reasons--sometimes just for fun. For example, you and your friends may have entertained each other with funny stories about school or your lives. We also share our stories to keep the past alive and preserve our memories. In your own life, your family may have shared stories with you about what you were like as a little kid. Through storytelling, we can even share words of wisdom and comfort. In this unit, you'll read stories and poems that will help you explore these and other reasons that we share our stories.

Real Kids and the Big Question

Lannette has been very quiet. Her friends are worried. Her parents divorced six months ago, but Lannette has never talked about it. Her friend, ANA, wants to help. She remembers when her parents divorced and has some idea of how Lannette is feeling. Ana wants to share her experiences with Lannette. Do you think she should? Why or why not?

ROBERT'S new stepsister, Cleo, has been getting into trouble at school. Robert was a troublemaker himself when he was Cleo's age. But after getting expelled from school four years ago, he turned his life around. Now Robert is a "B" student and a lot happier. He's thinking of sharing his story with Cleo. Do you think Cleo can learn from Robert's experiences?

Warm-Up Activity

With other students, talk about what you think Ana and Robert should do and why.

650 UNIT 6 Why Do We Share Our Stories?

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UNIT 6 WARM-UP

You and the Big Question

Reading different stories and poems will help you figure out your own answer to the Big Question.

Plan for the Unit Challenge

At the end of the unit, you'll use notes from all your reading to complete the Unit Challenge. The Challenge will help you explore your answer to the Big Question.

Big Question Link to Web resources to further explore the Big Question at www ..

You will choose one of the following activities:

A. Sharing-Stories Reading List You'll work with classmates to make a list of stories you think other students your age would enjoy.

B. Story Review You'll choose a story you've read and explain why you think it is or is not worth sharing.

? Start thinking about which activity you'd like to do so that you can focus your thinking as you go through the unit.

? In your Learner's Notebook, write about which you like better--working by yourself or working with other students. That may help you decide which activity you'd like to do.

? Remember to take notes about possible answers to the Big Question. Your notes will help you do the Unit Challenge activity you choose.

Keep Track of Your Ideas

As you read, you'll make notes about the Big Question. Later, you'll use these notes to complete the Unit Challenge. See page R8 for help with making Foldable 6. This diagram shows how one side of it should look.

1. Use this Foldable for all of the selections in this unit. Label each "tab" with a title. (See page 649 for the titles.) You should be able to see all the titles without opening the Foldable.

2. Below each title, write My Purpose for Reading.

3. Further below each title, a third of the way down the page, write the label The Big Question.

Warm-Up 651

UNIT 6 GENRE FOCUS: FOLKTALE

Skills Focus ? Key skills for reading

folktales ? Key literary elements of

folktales Skills Model You will see how to use the key reading skills and literary elements as you read ? Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion,

p. 654

Objectives (pp. 652?655) Reading Understand cause and effect ? Monitor comprehension: ask questions ? Make predictions ? Analyze text Literature Identify literary elements: theme, character, cultural context, dialect

A folktale is a story that was told by generations of storytellers before it was ever written down. We don't know the names of all those storytellers. Some were professionals who told tales as entertainment. Some were teachers who used folktales to teach important lessons. Some were mothers and fathers who told stories to their children, just as parents still do.

Folktales belong to a category called folklore. This more general term includes songs, speeches, sayings, and even jokes. In this unit, you'll read several forms of folklore.

? Trickster tale--a story in which a character, often an animal, outsmarts an enemy. An example of a trickster character is Brer Rabbit in the story you'll read next.

? Origin story--a story about the origins, or beginnings, of something in nature. In this unit, a story from Africa tells why the hyena has oddly long hairs growing on its back. Other origin stories explain such things as how tigers got their stripes and why the sky is blue.

? Fairy tale--a story with magical beings who change the lives of ordinary people. The stories of Cinderella and Snow White--and their fairy godmothers--are fairy tales. One story in this unit features a magical being who is definitely not Cinderella's fairy godmother.

? Tall tale--a fantasy story about an amazing, larger-than-life person. At the end of this unit, you'll read one of the many American tall tales told about Paul Bunyan.

? Legend--a story about an amazing event or a hero's amazing accomplishment. Some legends are about people who actually lived, but over the years their reputations grew "larger than life."

? Myth--a story about gods and goddesses and how they were involved in making things the way they are. Characters from ancient myths were featured in two popular TV series in the 1990s--Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

Two main things make all of these different forms alike. First, they were passed down over many generations. Second, they still help members of a culture to stay connected to one another.

Why Read Folktales?

Folktales are fun to read. The characters in them can make you smile and laugh, but they can also make you stop and think. Folktales may also bring back good memories. They're the kinds of stories you heard and read when you were little. Maybe most important of all, reading folktales can help you understand why people share stories.

652 UNIT 6 Why Do We Share Our Stories?

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