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How Night Came from the Sea
Retold by Mary-Retold by Mary-Joan Joan GersonGersonIllustrated by Illustrated by Carla Carla GolembeGolembe
Compiled by:
Terry Sams PES
Melissa Guinn PES
Study SkillsGenre: Pourquoi Tale Pourquoi TaleComprehension Skill: Generalize GeneralizeComprehension Strategy: Visualize VisualizeComprehension Review Skill:
Cause and EffectCause and EffectVocabulary: Context Clues Context Clues
SummaryWhy do we have day and night? A Brazilian legend says there was always daylight on Earth until the African goddess Iemanja’s daughter left her ocean home to marry a land dweller. When Iemanja’s daughter became homesick for the cool, shadowy world under the sea, her mother sent some of the darkness up to her, and now we have night on land as well as day.
GenreGenre:: Pourquoi tales Pourquoi tales are stories that
explain how things in nature came to be. It is a myth that explains how something in nature came to be. Pourpuoi is French for “why”.
Learn more about folktales
Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 337b
A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples.
Clue words: all, most, always, usually, generally
Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 337b
Some generalizations are valid, which means that they are supported by facts or details. Some are faulty. Which means that they are not supported.
Comprehension Strategy Visualize TE 292
Good readers organize visualize as they read.
Form mental pictures to help understand ideas and information.
Visualizing can help you understand generalizations.
Comprehension Skill Review: Cause and Effect TE 323
As you read, look for cause and effect relationships.
A cause is what made something happen.
An effect is what happens.
Sometimes a cause will have more than one effect.
Words such as because, so, and since are clues to causes and effects.
Practice Generalization PB1161. What is a generalization?1. What is a generalization?
They went during the summer because the They went during the summer because the weather was usually good.weather was usually good.
2. What is another generalization?2. What is another generalization?He and Jim usually hike an hour or two. He and Jim usually hike an hour or two.
3. What is a clue word for number 2? 3. What is a clue word for number 2?
UsuallyUsually4. What is another generalization? 4. What is another generalization? Campfire often burned late into the night.Campfire often burned late into the night.5.5. What is a clue word for number 4? What is a clue word for number 4?
OftenOften
Sensory and Imagery Words Imagery, or sensory language, is the use of words that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. Writers use imagery to help give readers a strong mental image. Imagery helps readers understand the
setting, mood, characters, and action in a story. Note the words that help you see, smell, hear, taste, or feel what is happening in a story.
Research/Study Skills Textbook/Trade Book TE 337l
A textbook is a book used in the study of a subject, like science or math.
A trade book is any book that is not a textbook or reference book. Note: A non-fiction book may have many of the same features as a textbook.
These books are usually organized into units or chapters. The text may be organized under headings and subheadings. Often, they include graphics such as charts, graphs, time lines,
photographs, and maps that present information visually. Some books also include other features such as chapter
previews and summaries, glossaries, prefaces, appendices, and indexes.
Fun Stuff and PracticeFun Stuff and PracticeCause and Effect Cause and Effect
PowerPointPowerPointFigurative LanguageFigurative LanguageMore Figurative LanguageMore Figurative LanguageVerbs Verbs and more and more Verbs Verbs and and Linking Verbs Linking Verbs on Lineon Line
Weekly Fluency Check Rhythmic Patterns of Language TE 337a
• Just like in a conversation, good readers need to pay attention to the word groupings of the text and have a rise and fall in your voice as your read aloud.
• Read p. 292m to model for students.
Question of the WeekTE 314m
How have people explained the pattern of day and night?
Day 2 - Question of the Day
How would you describe nighttime to someone who has never experienced it?
How might How Night Came from the Sea be different if it took place in the cold Artic?
Day 3 – Question of the Day
Day 4 – Question of the Day
What evidence does the narrator of The Ant and the Bear give to “prove” that the story is true?
Review Questions1. What did Iemanja and the husband
have in common?
2. How did the husband show his love for his wife?
3. What is the theme of the story?
4. Why did Iemanja call the servants foolish?
5. When the creatures were placed in the bag, why were they so loud?
Review Questions6. What made the bag the servants were
carrying so large?
7. If the daughter had not been present when the creatures were released, what might have happened?
8. What did the daughter give three gifts in celebration of her new home?
9. How does the daughter think of night?
Review Questions
10.10. What supports that nighttime What supports that nighttime occurs quickly in Brazil?occurs quickly in Brazil?
11.11. What is a generalization you can What is a generalization you can make, based on the story, about make, based on the story, about leaving home?leaving home?
Vocabulary - Say It
brilliant gleamed shimmering chorus coward
More Words to Know• dwells• reigns• creatures• darkness• prowl
brilliant• shining brightly; sparkling
chorus anything spoken or
sung all at the same time
coward• person who lack courage or is easily made afraid; person who runs from danger, trouble, etc.
gleamed flashed or beamed with light
shimmering• gleaming or shining faintly
dwells makes your home; lives
reigns rules, as over a kingdom
creatures any living things
darkness night; state of being without
light or with very little light
prowl go about slowly and secretly like an animal hunting for something to eat or a thief looking for something to steal
He dwells in a white house with a flower garden and a pale fence around the yard.
He dwells in a white house with a flower garden and a pale fence around the yard.
The city was plunged into darkness by the power outage.
The city was
plunged into darkness by the power outage.
There was a fox on the prowl earlier.
There was a fox on the prowl earlier.
They burst into a chorus of Happy Birthday.
They burst into a chorus of Happy Birthday.
Queen Victoria reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901.
Queen Victoria reigned over Britain from 1837 to 1901.
In the winter, some creatures hibernate in a cave.
In the winter, some creatures hibernate in a cave.
The sky was a brilliant, cloudless blue.
The sky was a brilliant, cloudless blue.
She could see her reflection in the water, shimmering in the moonlight.
She could see her reflection in the water, shimmering in the moonlight.
People who explore Antarctica are not cowards.
People who explore Antarctica are not cowards.
Early this morning, sunlight gleamed through my window.
Early this morning, sunlight gleamed through my window.
Writing Assignment Comparisons TE 337h
Think about something that interests Think about something that interests you in nature.you in nature.
Write a comparison explaining how two Write a comparison explaining how two things you like are alike.things you like are alike.
Include several ways the things are Include several ways the things are similar.similar.
Remember to use specific nouns and Remember to use specific nouns and strong verbs while writing your strong verbs while writing your comparison. comparison.
Spelling Words Vowel sound in shout
however mountain mound scout shout
couch towel ounce coward outdoors
Spelling Words Vowel sound in shout
flowerpot scowl browse announce hound
trout drowsy grouch eyebrow boundary
CHALLENGE califlower
foundation surround allowance counselor
This Week’s Word Wall WordsThis Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week:
Let’s review our Spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We can clap as we spell the word, or we might just practice reading the words.
however
mountain
mound
scout
couch
towel
ounce
coward
outdoors
flowerpot
scowl
browse
announce
hound
trout
drowsy
grouch
eyebrow
boundary
shout