1a. When does this story take place? Where does the action begin?
2a. How does the wife of the ancient chief happen to fall from the Sky-World?
3a. What danger or problem does the falling woman face? Who worries about her and decides to help?
4a. How does the earth form? How do the first plants come to be?
1b. How is the Sky-World like our world? Consider who and what live there.
2b. Why might this event be disastrous to the wife of the ancient chief? to the Sky-World?
3b. Why might these beings be concerned? What does their concern say about them?
4b. What is significant about how these things happen?
5a. What characters in this myth go out of their way to help another?
5b. What does this myth say about the relationship between humans and animals? Explain your answer.
6a. How realistic is this view of the connection between animals and people?
6b. How do you view the relationship between humans and animals?
Myth. How did the creators of this myth incorporate what they did know about the world into an explanation of the world's beginnings?
Point of View. If this story had been told from the first-person point of view, how would it differ? Which characters in the story might have been able to tell it from the first-person point of view?
1. Write the text for a bumper sticker that promotes the protection and preservation of the environment. Use a catchy phrase to catch people's attention.
2. Think of an aspect of nature you could explain—such as why it rains, why no two snowflakes are alike, why the sun goes down at night, or why caterpillars turn into butterflies—and write a short myth to explain it.
3. Create names for all the characters in this myth.
Synonyms. A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word. For example, angry and mad are synonyms. Brainstorm a list of synonyms for the word clutch, and write them in the space provided.
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Pronouns and Antecedents. When you use pronouns in your writing, be sure that they agree with their antecedents in number or gender. Review these rules in the Language Arts Survey 3.42, "Getting Pronouns and Antecedents to Agree." Then for each sentence below, indicate the pronoun in parentheses that agrees with its antecedents in number and gender.
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4. Every environmentalist has a deep respect for the earth and dedicates click to select answer his or her their work to preserve it.
5. Every time the tide comes in, the people on the beach move click to select answer his or her their belongings farther from the water.
6. How many people are curious about click to select answer his or her their environment?
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8. Kevin claims to have spoken to a seal who asked click to select answer him them if he was a friend or foe.
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