The Girl Who Married the Moon

1. The Girl Who Married the Moon By: Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross What Really Happened Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 1 Taught By: Mr. Williams

2. The Mystery of the Cliff Dwellers

3. Common Room

4. Hearth

5. Mainland

6. Phases

7. Sod

8. Sparkling

9. Villages

10. Kayak

11. Key Background Vocabulary • common room • A large room where people gather to eat or share other activities • hearth • The floor of a fireplace • mainland • The large land mass of a country or continent that does not include islands • phases • The changes in appearance that the moon or planet goes through each month • sod • A chunck of grassy soil held together by matted roots • sparkling • Giving off flashes of light • villages • Small settlements where people live • kayak • A lightweight canoe, propelled by a double bladed paddle, with only one small opening on top for one or two people

12. The Girl Who Married the Moon

13. The Girl Who Married the Moon By: Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross What Really Happened Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 2 Taught By: Mr. Williams

14. Key Background Vocabulary • common room • A large room where people gather to eat or share other activities • hearth • The floor of a fireplace • mainland • The large land mass of a country or continent that does not include islands • phases • The changes in appearance that the moon or planet goes through each month • sod • A chunck of grassy soil held together by matted roots • sparkling • Giving off flashes of light • villages • Small settlements where people live • kayak • A lightweight canoe, propelled by a double bladed paddle, with only one small opening on top for one or two people

15. Decoding: Inflectional Endings –s, -es Lives -s heavens cycles husbands villages enjoys carries beaches -es glimmers evenings

16. Vocabulary: Homophones

17. Questioning & Answers

18. The Girl Who Married the Moon With your Suit partner, discuss questions 1-7 on page 182 of your text. You may look back in your text if you need to. When you're finished begin thinking about the following questions. What Mystery does the selection attempt to explain? What do you think the author’s purpose was in writing the selection? How did the author attempt to explain the mystery? What kind of writing is the selection an example of? Why do you think the mystery fascinates people?

19. The Girl Who Married the Moon By: Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross What Really Happened Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 3 Taught By: Mr. Williams

20. Key Background Vocabulary • common room • A large room where people gather to eat or share other activities • hearth • The floor of a fireplace • mainland • The large land mass of a country or continent that does not include islands • phases • The changes in appearance that the moon or planet goes through each month • sod • A chunck of grassy soil held together by matted roots • sparkling • Giving off flashes of light • villages • Small settlements where people live • kayak • A lightweight canoe, propelled by a double bladed paddle, with only one small opening on top for one or two people

21. Decoding: Inflectional Endings –s, -es Lives -s heavens cycles husbands villages enjoys carries beaches -es glimmers evenings

22. Vocabulary: Homophones

23. Extreme Partner Reading

24. The Girl Who Married the Moon By: Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross What Really Happened Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 4 Taught By: Mr. Williams

25. Key Background Vocabulary • common room • A large room where people gather to eat or share other activities • hearth • The floor of a fireplace • mainland • The large land mass of a country or continent that does not include islands • phases • The changes in appearance that the moon or planet goes through each month • sod • A chunck of grassy soil held together by matted roots • sparkling • Giving off flashes of light • villages • Small settlements where people live • kayak • A lightweight canoe, propelled by a double bladed paddle, with only one small opening on top for one or two people

26. Images of the Moon • With your shoulder partner, read pages 184-187 from your text using the skills mentions in the yellow column on the left of page 184. When you are finished discuss these questions with your partner and write your answers in complete sentences on a piece of lined paper.. 1. Which phases of the moon are discussed in each poem? 4. Which poem contained the most vivid imagery? Why? 3. In “Winter Moon”, could the author have compared the moon or a knife with a curved blade? Why or why not? 2. What similarities can you find between, “Summer Full Moon” & “Half Moon”. Compare “Brazilian Moon Tale” to “Girl Who Married the Moon?

27. Putting Clues Together

28. In the News Choose one of the Newspaper articles available and on a piece of notebook paper, answer the following questions about the article you chose. Where and when is the article talking about? What is the article about? Why did it happen and why is this important? Who is the article about?

29. The Girl Who Married the Moon By: Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross What Really Happened Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 5 Taught By: Mr. Williams

30. Weekly Skills Test • Make sure your name, date, and assignment are written clearly on the top left of the paper. • Turn your test paper to me and put your answer key in the reading basket. • Finish your Mountain Language. • Finish any other unfinished work.