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Saving Endangered Sea Turtles by Kathryn Lasky photographs by Christopher G. Knight What effect can one person have on a stranded sea turtle? Journey INTERRUPTED 151 6/20/2009 3:52:18 PM Skywoman and Turtle In the beginning, people lived among the clouds. Below the clouds there was no earth, only a dark, watery world where birds and animals lived. In the center of the clouds stood a single, giant tree. For the Sky People, the tree was a source of life. The Chief of the Sky People had a wife named Skywoman. She was expecting a baby, and one night she fell ill with fever. The most intensive efforts could not cure her. While ill, Skywoman dreamed of a great hole in the clouds. She told the Chief of her dream. Stunned by the powerful image, he sat alone in deep thought. At last, he decided to make the dream come true. TARGET VOCABULARY marine treating basking fatal stunned analyzing intensive juvenile ordeal calling GENRE A mythis a story that tells what a group of people believes about the world. TEXT FOCUS Animal characters in myths act like people. They often have one special trait, such as bravery or wisdom. natural event, or phenomenon, the myth describes. What details in the myth help explain the phenomenon? Is the explanation believable? Why or why not? Skywoman and Turtle Retold by Alan Felix Many Native American groups have myths about the origin of the world. Here is a retelling of a myth told by the Haudenosaunee (hoh deh noh SHAW nee) people of northeastern North America. 164 TARGET VOCABULARY Antonyms Common Beginning Syllables Expression Verbs Write to Respond Focus Trait: Organization Decoding Fluency Cause and Effect Question Comprehension glory aware carton adore aboard dairy ordeal pardon warn vary barely torch barge soar beware absorb armor stairway perform former Vowel + /r/ Sounds Spelling Grammar Vocabulary Strategies What effect can one person have on a stranded sea turtle? Big Idea Nature deserves our respect. Main Selection: “Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles” Connect to Social Studies: “Skywoman and Turtle” basking analyzing juvenile stunned fatal treating calling ordeal marine intensive TARGET SKILL TARGET STRATEGY Writing
Transcript of Big Idea - Welcome to Fifth Grade
Saving Endangered Sea Turtles
by Kathryn Lasky
photographs by Christopher G. Knight
What effect can one
person have on a
stranded sea turtle?
Journey INTERRUPTED
151
6/20/2009 3:52:18 PM
Skywoman and Turtle
In the beginning, people lived among the clouds. Below the clouds there was no earth, only a dark, watery world where birds and animals lived. In the center of the clouds stood a single, giant tree. For the Sky People, the tree was a source of life.The Chief of the Sky People had a wife named Skywoman. She was expecting a baby, and one night she fell ill with fever. The most intensive efforts could not cure her. While ill, Skywoman dreamed of a great hole in the clouds. She told the Chief of her dream. Stunned by the powerful image, he sat alone in deep thought. At last, he decided to make the dream come true.
TARGET VOCABULARY marine treatingbasking fatalstunned analyzingintensive juvenileordeal calling
GENREA myth is a story that tells what a group of people believes about the world.
TEXT FOCUSAnimal characters in myths act like people. They often have one special trait, such as bravery or wisdom.
natural event, or phenomenon, the myth describes. What details in the myth help explain the phenomenon? Is the explanation believable? Why or why not?
Skywoman and Turtle
Retold by Alan Felix
Many Native American groups have myths about the origin of the world. Here is a retelling of a myth told by the Haudenosaunee (hoh deh noh SHAW nee) people of northeastern North America.
164
TARGET VOCABULARY
Antonyms
Common Beginning SyllablesExpression
Verbs
Write to Respond
Focus Trait: Organization
DecodingFluency
Cause and Effect
Question
Comprehension
gloryawarecartonadoreaboarddairyordealpardonwarnvary
barelytorchbargesoarbewareabsorbarmorstairwayperformformer
Vowel + /r/ Sounds
SpellingGrammar
Vocabulary Strategies
What effect can one person have on a
stranded sea turtle?
Big IdeaNature deserves
our respect.
Main Selection: “Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles”
Connect to Social Studies: “Skywoman and Turtle”
baskinganalyzingjuvenilestunnedfatal
treatingcallingordealmarineintensive
TARGET SKILL
TARGET STRATEGY
Writing
