Read the title and the pull quote on page 493. What do you think will happen in this story? Make a preliminary prediction and write it in your notebook.
1. Listen as your teacher reads the first two paragraphs of the selection aloud. Does the information in these paragraphs match your preliminary prediction? Adjust your prediction as necessary based on the new information or make a new prediction. Each time you make a prediction, write it down along with the page number and column of the information that prompted the prediction.
2. As you read the rest of the myth on your own, keep adjusting your predictions and making new ones.
If you are having trouble making predictions, try answering the Guided Reading Questions. These questions will help you identify some of the key ideas or events in the story. Focusing on these ideas or events may help you predict what will happen.
Go through your list of predictions. Put a star next to every prediction that you were right about. Put a check next to every prediction where you changed your ideas from a previous prediction. Share your predictions with a partner. Talk about what clues in the story led you to make the predictions.