Home Plan - [JG3-L2-U1-LC5-24 Cultures – Traditional Tales – Hoderi the Fisherman]
The document provides guidance for students on completing a story based on traditional tales by incorporating natural dialogue, sensory details, and actions to enhance the narrative. It also includes a story about a frustrated baseball player named Omar, contrasting his experience with a story from a Japanese fishing village. The final section offers tips and activities on comparing and contrasting texts, understanding idioms, and connecting texts to personal experiences, aiming to improve students’ comprehension, vocabulary, and ability to make personal connections to the content.
Contents
- Pages 1—15: Story writing tips
- Pages 16—30: Omar benched, Japanese village.
- Pages 31—40: Compare texts activities.
Pages 1—15: Story writing tips
This section of the document provides tips for completing a story based on traditional tales. It includes instructions for learners to work on a writing task that involves creating a story draft and adding details like natural dialogue and actions to enhance the narrative. The document also guides students on how to revise sentences by showing rather than telling, using examples to illustrate this concept. Additionally, there are questions to help students develop their characters and story resolutions. Students are encouraged to incorporate sensory details and actions to enrich their stories and make them more engaging.
Pages 16—30: Omar benched, Japanese village.
In this section of the document, the story follows a frustrated player named Omar who speaks up about being benched during a baseball game despite his dedication to the team. The dialogue between Omar and Brett suggests that Omar feels undervalued and overlooked by the coach. This leads to Omar questioning whether the coach thinks other players are more talented or advanced than him. The scene transitions to a small Japanese fishing village in the 1500s, where two brothers decide to trade jobs for a day. The story focuses on Hoderi’s quest to find his brother’s lost fishing hook, which leads him underwater to the Sea King’s palace with the help of the Sea Princess, Katsumi. However, the story takes a tragic turn as Katsumi’s choice to leave the sea with Hoderi results in her transformation into a sea dragon, fulfilling the Sea King’s prediction and ending with her disappearance. This story is followed by a comparison of Hoderi’s quest with that of Stormalong, highlighting similarities in venturing far from home in search of something before returning home.
Pages 31—40: Compare texts activities.
This section of the document includes various tips and activities related to comparing and contrasting texts. It covers topics such as understanding idioms, connecting texts to personal experiences, and self-reflection on the lesson. It also provides guidance on matching idioms with their meanings and using idioms in sentences. The section ends with reminders for completing tasks and reviewing the lesson. The materials aim to help students comprehend texts, improve vocabulary, and make connections between the content and their own lives.