► Build Background
► Language & Grammar
Negotiate
Use Participles as Adjectives
► Prepare to Read
Learn Key Vocabulary
Learn a Reading Strategy
Synthesize
► Read and Write
Focus on Genre
Legend
Apply the Reading Strategy
Synthesize
Critical Thinking
Reading Fluency
Read with Expression
Vocabulary Review
Write About the Guiding Question
► Connect Across the Curriculum
Literary Analysis
Analyze Symbols
Analyze Changes in the English Language
Vocabulary Study
Understand Figurative
Language
Listening/Speaking
Present a Legend or Myth
Language and Grammar
Negotiate
Writing and Grammar
Write About a Story
Like many cultures, Native Americans have used myths and legends to tell the history of the world and to teach valuable lessons.
Quickwrite Make a list of natural events you would like explained. For example, you may wonder: Why does it thunder? Why do leaves change colors? What causes earthquakes?
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Many Native American myths are passed down by storytellers.