Week 5

 Hello everyone, we will start a new story this week.

After reading through "Grandma and the Great Gourd,", which is an traditional story from India, we will be going through "How Raven Brought Light to the World" which is a Native American folktale.

Week 5 Vocabulary

Week 5 Vocabulary Definitions  

1 inches (n. plural): units for measuring length; 12 inches equal one foot 

 2 pitches (n. plural): areas of ground where sports like soccer are played 

 3 dishes (n. plural): plates, bowls, and cups used for eating and serving food 

 4 glasses (n. plural): drinking containers made of glass, or special glasses for seeing better 

 5 spies (n. plural): people who secretly watch others and gather information 

 6 fries (n. plural): long, thin pieces of fried potato; also called French fries 

 7 cities (n. plural): large towns with many buildings, people, and activities 

 8 pennies (n. plural): small coins worth one cent each 

 9 families (n. plural): groups of people who are related and often live together 

 10 faxes (n. plural): documents sent or received using a fax machine. 

 11 preparations (n. plural): things you do to get ready for an event or activity 

 12 magnificent (adj.): very beautiful, grand, and impressive 

 13 brooded (v.) past tense: to think a lot about something, often in a worried or sad way 

 14 rejoicing (n.): great happiness and celebration 

 15 satisfied (adj.): feeling happy and content because you have what you wanted 

 16 raven (n.): a large, black bird known for being smart and making loud sounds 

 17 gigantic (adj.): extremely large; huge 

 18 flood (n.): a large amount of water covering land that is usually dry 

 19 bored (adj.): feeling uninterested and tired because there is nothing fun to do 

 20 exist (v.): to be real or alive; to be present in the world 

 21 land (v.): to come down from the air onto the ground or water 

 22 drain (v.): to remove water or liquid from something 

 23 human (n.): a person; a member of the human race 

 24 shell (n.): a hard outer covering that protects animals like turtles or nuts

How Raven Brought Light to the World: Story Summary

YouTube: https://youtu.be/cccG9bMOfiY?si=vn86FxMZpVlDTooe

Long ago, the world was a gigantic flood, and nothing existed but water.

Raven grew bored with this world.

There was nothing to eat and when he flew, there was nowhere to land.

Raven caused the water to drain away and form the ground so he was able to land and search for food to eat.

Then Raven heard noises coming from a clam shell.

Raven sang to the shell and a human man came out.

He found human women in another shell, then more men, and brought the people together.

He found them very amusing to watch, but because he had brought the people into the world, Raven also felt responsible for them and wanted to take care of them.

When he formed the land, however, Raven had not been able to create any light.

There were no stars, no moon, and no sun.

The world was very dark.

The people came to Raven and said, "The world is too dark. We cannot see our families, find our homes, weed our gardens, or pick fruit."

Raven agreed that the world was too dark.

He was tired of bumping into things, and being unable to see where he was going.

Raven decided to find light and bring it to the world.

He hoped it would make people happy.

Raven learned that Gray Eagle was the guardian of all kinds of light.

But Gray Eagle hated people, and he didn't like Raven much, either.

Gray Eagle kept the sun, the moon, and the stars locked up in the great chest in his longhouse, far away in a distant land.

Raven thus began preparations for a journey.

Raven flew for many days after saying goodbye to the people.

He flew over mountains and oceans to get to the land where Gray Eagle lived.

Raven landed near Gray Eagle's magnificent longhouse to rest and brood.

How could he convince Gray Eagle to share the light?

He asked Gray Eagle politely to share the light, but Gray Eagle refused.

Then, he came up with a plan.

Raven would trick Gray Eagle into doing the right thing.

Raven turned himself into a small human child called 'Ravenchild'. 

Gray Eagle's daughter saw him and brought him into the longhouse.

Days passed, and Gray Eagle's daughter enjoyed the company of Ravenchild.

Even Gray Eagle started to like the child and the games he played.

One day, when Grey Eagle was standing  near the chest, Ravenchild asked him what was inside.

Gray Eagle puffed up his own chest and boasted, "All the light in the world is in that chest: the stars, the moon, and even the sun!"

"Please let me see it," Ravenchild begged.

Grey Eagle did not want to show him the light, but Ravenchild asked over and over again.

Grey Eagle agreed later, and handed the Raven child the bag of stars to play with quietly.

Ravenchild took the bag, and went outside the longhouse.

There, he turned back into the raven form, leapt into the air, and flew across the sky and around the world.

As he flew, stars spilled from the bag and stuck to the sky. The world had light!

Week 5	Homework 回家功課
Monday March 9th	1. Vocabulary # 9-16 x3 + definitions x1 2. Write 3 sentences
Tuesday March 10th	1. Vocabulary # 17-24 x3 + definitions x1 2. Write 4 sentences
Wednesday March 11th	1. Shared Worksheet
Thursday March 12th	1. A2 Level Worksheet
Friday March 13th	1. Week 6 Vocabulary #1-8 x3 + definitions x1 2. Write 3 sentences 3. Sensay