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9-21-12

9-21-12. Focus: What is the relationship between literature and place? Start Up: What message about human achievement is conveyed by the success of the muskrat after the other creatures could not accomplish the same task?. Summarizing the Central Idea.

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9-21-12

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  1. 9-21-12 • Focus: What is the relationship between literature and place? • Start Up: What message about human achievement is conveyed by the success of the muskrat after the other creatures could not accomplish the same task?

  2. Summarizing the Central Idea • List the central ideas/main ideas/themes/ important events on the right hand side of the worksheet • Summarize those ideas in sentence form on the right. • You may work in pairs.

  3. Think Pair Share • What happens to the young wife after the chief uproots the tree? Why does this event generate concern among the animals? • What actions do the animals take when they realize the wife of the chief cannot live in water? How do these actions exhibit the best aspects of human nature • What does the description of the muskrat stress about her physical qualities • How would you characterize the muskrat's swim and her decision to make it? How does society benefit from actions like those of the muskrat

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