Folklore is...Day 2

Class Work

Good News...We are moving to a larger classroom!

ENH294 #28453 is moving from MON203 to EST N247 for Fall 2013!

For homework, you were asked to read the introduction in Best-Loved Folktales and make a bulleted list of 15 important points. Please take the list, talk to the person across the table, and share lists. Did you agree on the most important points?

Give me a paper copy of the bulleted list. Your grade will appear in Canvas.

For homework, locate a site on-line that defines Folklore. You may NOT use Wikipedia. Find something with a .org or .edu after it.

1. List the source.
2. Write a summary - no more than one page - of the definition provided there. It is due Tuesday. Post in Canvas.

Definition of summary: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/summary

Steps to use when writing a summary:

1. Read the article.
2. Without looking at the article, list the most important things you remember about the things you read.
3. Read the article again.
4. Add to your list of important things.
5. Turn your list into a paragraph or two. Make it conversational.
6. Be sure to give credit to your original source. Include the URL. Look for an author and date.

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Now, on with the show!

1. Warm-ups: Facial expressions, motions, voice, eye contact.
2. You will join a group of 5, you are the 5th.
3. Write your name on the rubric. Hand the rubric to another in the group to evaluate you as a story teller.

• 5=Fantastic!
• 1 = Keep trying.

4. Tell your story to the group. The group will evaluate your presentation. (Do not fear, you have a voice in the evaluation!)

5. Each group needs to select one story teller to present to the class. Do not worry if you are not selected; you will have a chance in the future, I promise!

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Creation stories

Homework: 1. Watch two creation myths as told on YouTube. Here are some suggestions. Others are available.

Inca Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxZqINCyj4&list=PL32257ECAC08445A3

Egyption Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTy49JlgJZE

Greek Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoRWD-RwtU

Aboriginal Creation Myth – Australia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxp_q46z0Q

Hindu Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yWwFWpbRo

Three Native American Creation Myths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3XoYZgvEH8

Maori Creation Myth in Sand Art Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzz_eDq3LE

Grandmother Spider Creation Myth: (A story teller tells this one – good use of voice and facial expression.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBNGL9uLCI

 

2. Complete a comparison/contrast chart showing the similarities and differences between the two stories.
3. Conduct informal research on the culture from which the story came. In a brief paragraph for each culture, describe the that culture. Include it's location on the globe.

Sample comparison/contrast charts: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=comparison+and+contrast+charts