Myths, Legends & Folktales Mrs. Quinn English 7. Myths, Legends, & Folk tales Myths Legend or Folk tale M’su Carencro & Talk Origin of FireDemeter & Persephone

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Myths, Legends, & Folk talesMyths

Legend or Folk tale

M’su Carencro &

Talk

Origin of Fire Demeter & Persephone

John Henry Grab Bag

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Written to explain the creation of the world and its phenomena

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What is a myth?

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Myths, Legends, & Folk tales

M,L, or FT $200M,L, or FT $200• Not set in a particular time or place

M,L, or FT $200M,L, or FT $200• What is a folk tale?

• No Promises in the Wind

M,L, or FT $300M,L, or FT $300• Written specifically to teach a lesson

M,L, or FT $300M,L, or FT $300• What is a folk tale?

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M,L, or FT $400M,L, or FT $400• Rooted in an historical time period.

M,L, or FT $400M,L, or FT $400• What is a legend?


M,L, or FT $500M,L, or FT $500• Told to entertain or to pass time on

cold winter’s nights or on wagons heading west.

M,L, or FT $500M,L, or FT $500• What is ALL- myth, legend, and folk

tale?

Promises in the Wind

Origin of Fire $100Origin of Fire $100• The Nez Perce need fire for what

reason.

Origin of Fire $100Origin of Fire $100• Who is to cook raw food or to keep

their freezing children warm?

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Origin of FireOrigin of Fire$200$200

• Explain one way the boy was • Brave• Determined• Or confident.

Origin of Fire $200Origin of Fire $200• What is• he continued even after the medicine men threatened to kill

him?• He continued making plans even after people laughed at him?• He took his time preparing for the job?• Click here to return


Origin of Fire $300Origin of Fire $300• This is what happened when the

medicine men beat on their drums?

Origin of Fire $300Origin of Fire $300• What is nothing?


Origin of Fire $400Origin of Fire $400• Fire and the abalone shell.

Origin of Fire $400Origin of Fire $400• What are the phenomena explained

in this myth?


Origin of Fire $500Origin of Fire $500• He was never seen or heard of after

this.

Origin of Fire $500Origin of Fire $500• What is what happened to the boy

who brought fire?


M’su Carencro & Talk $100M’su Carencro & Talk $100• Both stories are folk tales because

M’su Carencro & Talk $100M’su Carencro & Talk $100• What are• They have talking animals• They are not set in a specific time or

place• They teach a lesson?


M’su Carencro & Talk $200M’su Carencro & Talk $200• Manguer de Poulet tries to show M’su

Carencro how to hunt his own food by showing off in the sky.

• He therefore demonstrates this trait

M’su Carencro & Talk $200M’su Carencro & Talk $200• What is arrogance?


M’su Carencro & Talk $300M’su Carencro & Talk $300• “Fantastic…Imagine that. A talking

stool!”

M’su Carencro & Talk $300M’su Carencro & Talk $300• What is what the stool says at the

end of “Talk”?


M’su Carencro & Talk $400M’su Carencro & Talk $400• The Chicken Hawk is expected to

catch the rabbit, but does not.

• This is an example of which type of irony?

M’su Carencro & Talk $400M’su Carencro & Talk $400• What is situational irony?


M’su Carencro & Talk $500M’su Carencro & Talk $500• Good things come to those who wait.

M’su Carencro & Talk $500M’su Carencro & Talk $500• What is the lesson to in M’su

Carencro?


Demeter & Persephone Demeter & Persephone $100$100

• The giants have broken out of the underworld and are reeking havoc on the earth.


• What is why Pluto left the underworld to go to Earth?



• I shot Pluto through the heart at the request of my mother Aphrodite.


• Who is Eros?



• Demeter blames ? for kidnapping her daughter.


•What is the earth?•• No Promises in the Wind


• Persephone can only leave the underworld for 8 months because…


• What is she ate 4 seeds from the pomegranate fruit?



Based on our discussion of myths in class, “Demeter & Persephone” is considered a myth because…


• What is it explains the creation of the seasons?


John Henry $100John Henry $100• I am a narrative poem with musical

qualities like rhyme, rhythm, & repetition.

John Henry $100John Henry $100• What is a ballad?


John Henry $200John Henry $200John Henry is in conflict with the steam

drill.

What type of conflict is this?

John Henry $200John Henry $200• What is man vs. machine?


John Henry $300John Henry $300• How does John Henry tell the reader

that the outcome of the conflict is not going to just good?

John Henry $300John Henry $300• What is he repeats• “Gonna be the death of me”?


John Henry $400John Henry $400• Give 3 reasons why John Henry is

considered a legend.

John Henry $400John Henry $400• What are:• It is set in a real and familiar and

environment• It is rooted in an historical event• It describes the actions of a “hero”?


John Henry $500John Henry $500• What element of a ballad is used to

help the story teller remember the story?

John Henry $500John Henry $500• What are • It repeats words and phrased?


Grab Bag $100Grab Bag $100• Which is set in a real and familiar

environment?

Grab Bag $100Grab Bag $100• What is a legend?


Grab Bag $200Grab Bag $200• How far did the steam drive vs. John

Henry?

Grab Bag $200Grab Bag $200• What is steam drill 9 and John Henry

14?


Grab Bag $300Grab Bag $300• How did medicine men react when

the boy said he could bring down fire?

• How did the people react?

Grab Bag $300Grab Bag $300• What is• The medicine men threatened to kill

him &

• The people laughed?


Grab Bag $400Grab Bag $400• What is the irony in the ballad “John

Henry”?

Grab Bag $400Grab Bag $400• What is John Henry beats the drill but

dies, fulfilling the prophecy, “Gonna be the death of me”?


Grab Bag $500Grab Bag $500 What is the process of how stories are

passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth?

Grab Bag $500Grab Bag $500• What is oral tradition?


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Myths, Legends & Folktales Mrs. Quinn English 7. Myths, Legends, & Folk tales Myths Legend or Folk tale M’su Carencro & Talk Origin of FireDemeter & Persephone