Do Now: March 10-11,2008

Do Now: compare your folktale to the documentary we saw last week on Native Americans: How is your folktale representative of Native Americans?Does it represent a specific Native American tribe?
My Folktale talks about a sacred buffalo stone called Iniskim. The Native Americans worship the stone as a daily ritual.

1-Does it represent a specific Native American tribe?
Yes, because the native Americans worsship the buffalo stone as a daily ritul for calling teh buffalos back.

2-What is mythological about your folktale?
The buffalo stone was worshiped to, by Mant Native Americans who acctually believed that it can really call all of the buffalos back.

3-What literary terms did you identify in your folktale?
Imagery, transition and irony.

-Cooperative Learning Day I
Teacher will have students tell the class about their folktales. Then students will read and discuss each other’s folktales. Compare and contrast folktales and take notes.

-Students will use a Venn Diagram to compare their folktales with their peers, and use Sense Chart for their own folktales.