Title:  Myth Introduction ¡V Pandora

Date: 20 October 2004

Grade Level: 5^th-6^th

Purpose:

• To allow students to practice listening for details before they are asked to do it on their own.
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Materials:

• Pandora by Robert Burleigh
• Copy of ¡§Give Me Five¡¨ for each student
• Pencils
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Objectives:

¡P        TLW write down five details that he/she heard while listening to the story

¡P        TLW participate in the discussion by providing a detail he/she heard or by raising his/her hand when another student shares a detail that he/she also has written.
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Procedure:

• Attention-getter
• Show the book to the class. 
• Ask for a show of hands by people who have heard of Pandora.  If any hands are raised ask if anyone is willing to share what they know
• Ask for predictions about the story.
• Activities
• Remind the students that they have been working on including more details in their summaries.
• Today, while they listen to the story, they are going to work on listening for details.
• Hand out the ¡§Give Me Five¡¨ sheet.
• Read the story and show the pictures ¡V Watch for students writing down details.
• Conclusion
• Ask for students to share the details they heard. 
• After each student shares, invite students to raise their hands if they wrote down a similar detail.
• At the end of the discussion, remind students how important it is to listen for details and include them in their summaries.
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Assessment:

• The teacher will perform a visual check to see that the student has written down five details.
• During the discussion, the teacher will watch for students' participation.
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Diversity:

• This lesson includes an ethnic myth (Greek).  Other lessons throughout the year will focus on other cultures.
• If some students appear to be having difficulties writing down details, we will stop halfway through the story and share some details to help give those students some ideas.
• Because some students are afraid of participating in class, this lesson is set up so that they can participate in a non-threatening way (by raising their hands when someone shares a detail that they also have written).
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Teacher Evaluation:

• The lesson will be complete when all of the students have written down at least five details.

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