Agenda
Monday, 8/17
 Handout on American Literature Time Periods
 Power Point Intro to Native American Literature
 Read “How the Bear Lost His Tale”, “The Sky Tree” and “How the Earth was Made”
Visual Representation Due 8/18
Tuesday, 8/18:
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Finish Native American Myth readings
Finish Picture /must use color/symbols rep. one story
o Creation Myths by Tribe
Wednesday, 8/19:
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Lexile Testing
Find myth for your tribe
Thursday, 8/20: Share Myth
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Share NA myths/legends
Captivity Narratives/ WSR Video
Friday, 8/21:
Native American Myths and Legends
• Tell us about your tribe. Where are they from?
• What is their creation story? Look one up.
• Find one other legend or myth unique to your tribe?
• Let us know where your group found the stories. Websites…
• Write down a complete summary of the stories to bring to class on
Thursday, August 20th. Please be ready to share these stories with the
class
Bell Ringer
• Name 2 examples of a myth and 2 examples of a
legend…
Creation Myths
Native American Tribe Creation Myths
Examples of Native American Tribes
Cheyenne
Iroquois
Seminole
Apache
Navajo
Creek
Chippewa
• Find a creation or origin myth
from another(not Cherokee or
Huron) Native American tribe.
Write down the tribe • and the name of the story
• Brief summary of the story
Bell ringer: Journal Narrative Writing
• Imagine you are one of the Native Americans first encountering the
Pilgrims from the Mayflower? What might your impression be of
their arrival? How might you react to newcomers clothing and
language? Be descriptive in your writing and record your observations
as a journal entry.
Week of August 24th, 2015
• 8/24: Captivity/Puritan Literature: Mary Rowlandson: Narrative of
Captivity….pg. 85/ Narrative Collage
• 8/25:Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God –
Puritan: Scavenger Hunt
• 8/26:Anne Bradstreet and Puritan Poetry:
• 8/27: Native American Myth Comparison Writing
• 8/28: Quiz over NA Myths and Puritan Literature
Group 1
Quamie
Ansley
Tyler
Ivery
Group 2
Michael
Noah
Joanna
Chris
Group 3
Brent
John
Fatima
Emily
Group 5
Michelle
Sarah
Harrison
Wesley
Group 4
Lance
Jose
Kevin B.
April
Group 6
Demond
Kevin F.
Bryan
Dominque
• Make a list of the what you know about the pilgrims.