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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Rudyard Kipling. Unit 1 Learning Goal. Reading Goal – Read for comprehension and analysis, focusing on plot, setting, conflict and vocabulary.

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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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  1. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Rudyard Kipling

  2. Unit 1 Learning Goal • Reading Goal – Read for comprehension and analysis, focusing on plot, setting, conflict and vocabulary.

  3. KEY IDEAYou see a small child stepping in front of a speeding car. . . .You get the chance to sing in front of a thousand people. . . . Your best friend needs help standing up to a bully. . . . All of these are occasions that might make you feel brave—full of energy and courage to meet a tough challenge. In the story you’re about to read, you will see bravery in action.

  4. Kipling Biography • http://youtu.be/w8A6xqEjnXY

  5. Suspense • The sun had been down for hours when Tamara slowly pushed open the rusty gate. The garden was so overgrown it looked like a jungle. “There could be all kinds of strange creatures hiding in this place,” she thought. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up as she felt something cold touching her bare ankle.

  6. Suspense • The feeling of growing tension or excitement

  7. Foreshadowing • The use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story.

  8. Workbooks • We can write in these.

  9. Annotate =“Mark Up” the Text • Comprehension Codes to model those kids can use for reading selections: • = IMPORTANT, • ? = DON’T UNDERSTAND, • ! = SURPRISING, •  = YEP, I GOT IT,

  10. Annotation of a Text • Annotation involves writing in the book,(or using Post-It notes) engaging the author in conversation, questioning, and clarifying main points. The following supplies make annotating easy

  11. Post-it Notes: If the book belongs to a school, library, or someone else, use Post-it notes. • Highlighter: Yellow works best. Underlining, circling, and stars are over used and sloppy. Yellow highlighters emphasize without distracting. • Pencil: Write notes in the margins. Pencil is easy to erase. If you write something really stupid in pen, it will be there for years, reminding you just how stupid that sounded. Supplies

  12. As you read highlight key information. • As you read take marginal notes. These notes can include stars, check marks, phrases, questions, question marks, words, etc. • Keep a list of key information with page numbers on a separate post it note or sheet of notes. • Write a brief summary at the end of each chapter or section • Write an alternative title for each chapter or section. • List vocabulary words on a separate note or page. The following instructions will help you annotate: You try. Annotate these instructions. Add your thoughts, questions, clarifications, or connections with this information, in other words what is the conversation going on in your head? Put it on paper.

  13. Reading Strategy Predict – to make a reasonable guess about what will happen

  14. Cobra vs. Mongoose Background Information - Predict http://youtu.be/vdg9gkmWsEA

  15. Time to Read “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”

  16. Bottle Brush

  17. How does setting influence plot? Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in AZ Electrolytes in Onion http://youtu.be/FPMnZwKHFd4 http://youtu.be/GfPJeDssBOM

  18. Point of View • Protagonist- The protagonist is the main character in a story, novel, drama, or other literary work, the character that the reader or audience empathizes with. • The antagonist opposes the protagonist. In the most archetypical narratives, this boils down to bad guy vs. good guy: Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vadar in the first Star Wars movie, for instance. • Who are the protagonist and antagonist in “Rikki Tikki Tavi?”

  19. Multiple Perspectives

  20. Write the story from Nagaina’s perspective. Pretend that Nagaina survived to tell about what happened to her family. Rewrite the story from her point of view. Use descriptive language and details from the story. Make your reader feel that Nag and Nagaina are the victims and Rikki was the villain. What point of view will that be?

  21. Summarize – What happened so far?

  22. Reading Check 1. Where does Rikki-tikki get his name? From the sound of his war cry. 2. What is Teddy’s mother afraid Rikki-tikki might do to Teddy? Bite him. 3. Why is Nag in Teddy’s parents’ bathroom? He is waiting for morning so he can kill Teddy’s father. . . .continued

  23. Reading Check 4. Why is Rikki-tikki anxious to learn where Nagaina has hidden her eggs? He wants to destroy the eggs before they hatch. 5. What happens when Rikki-tikki goes down the rat hole with Nagaina? They fight and he kills her.

  24. Additional Selection Questions 1. Recall Suspense Why does Rikki-tikki suddenly jump up in the air when he is talking to Nag in the garden for the first time? Darzee has just warned him that Nag’s wife is about to strike Rikki-tikki from behind. . . .continued

  25. Additional Selection Questions 2. Recall Suspense How does Nag plan to kill Teddy’s father? Nag plans to bite him when he comes in to take a bath and won’t have a stick with him. . . .continued

  26. Additional Selection Questions 3. Key Idea: Brave Toward the end of the story, Rikki-tikki follows Nagaina down her hole. Why is this a brave thing to do? It’s harder for Rikki-tikki to fight Nagaina in the hole, where he has less room to jump around. . . .continued

  27. Additional Selection Questions 4. Predict What might a reader predict will happen after Nagaina and Rikki-tikki fail to kill one another in their first encounter (lines 120–125)? The cobras and Rikki-tikki will probably fight again. . . .continued

  28. Additional Selection Questions 5. Analyze Suspense Suspense is a feeling of growing tension and excitement. How does the description of the family eating breakfast on the veranda create suspense? Nagaina is within striking distance of Teddy’s bare leg, which makes him seem extremely vulnerable. There seems no way out. . . .continued

  29. Additional Selection Questions 6. Analyze Conflict Why does Darzee’s wife tell Nagaina that the boy broke her wing by throwing a stone at her? Darzee’s wife pretends that she shares Nagaina’s conflict with the people so Nagaina won’t think the bird is trying to trick her. . . .continued

  30. Additional Selection Questions 7. Key Idea: Brave How does Rikki-tikki show that he is brave as he plans his fight with Nag? He realizes that if he doesn’t bite Nag in just the right place in the right way the snake will be a powerful fighter, but he resolves to attack anyway. . . .continued

  31. Additional Selection Questions 8. Predict Rikki-tikki hears Nag and Nagaina say that their eggs are about to hatch. What can readers predict based on this conversation? Rikki-tikki will have to destroy the eggs, or else he will have many more cobras to fight. . . .continued

  32. Additional Selection Questions 9. Analyze Suspense Why is there a heightened feeling of suspense when Rikki-tikki follows Nagaina into her hole? Rikki-tikki goes into a confined space and the reader can’t see what’s happening. In addition, Teddy’s father can’t shoot Nagaina when she’s in her hole. . . .continued

  33. Additional Selection Questions 10. Key Idea: Brave How does the fact that Rikki-tikki is a young mongoose make him seem especially brave? He stands up to the snakes even though he has not had experience fighting them before. His fight with Karait and his fight with Nagaina in the hole are especially brave because his youth puts him at a disadvantage. An older, wiser mongoose might have approached these situations more cautiously.

  34. Discussion Prompts Connect 1. Lines 81-101 How do you respond when someone you meet for the first time acts very tough and superior? Students may say that they dislike such people and try to avoid them. . . .continued

  35. Discussion Prompts Analyze 2. Lines 81-101 Compare how Darzee and his wife and Rikki-tikki respond to Nag. Possible answer: All three characters understand that Nag is dangerous. The birds’ response is to shrink in fear (lines 86–87). Rikki-tikki is curious when he hears Nag’s name (lines 84–85), but then jumps back when he hears the snake’s hiss (lines 88–90). . . .continued

  36. Discussion Prompts Synthesize 3. Lines 81-101 How does the author’s description of Nag show that he is the villain of the story? Possible answer: • Darzee says that Nag has killed a baby bird (lines 82–83). • The author describes Nag’s “horrid cold sound” (lines 88–89) and his “wicked snake’s eyes” (line 96). • Nag speaks in an arrogant, intimidating manner (lines 98–101). . . .continued

  37. Discussion Prompts Connect 4. Lines 249-280 Think about whether you could stay completely still for an hour. Would it be easier or harder if your life, or the lives of others, depended on it? Students’ responses should acknowledge the difficulty of the task. Students may say that they could do it if lives depended on it. . . .continued

  38. Discussion Prompts Analyze 5. Lines 249-280 Compare how Rikki-tikki plans his attack on Nag with how Nag plans his attack on the man. Possible answer: Both look for the most advantageous place to stage the attack. Nag decides on the bath because the man will not have his “stick” there. Rikki-tikki decides to wait until Nag is asleep around the water jar. . . .continued

  39. Discussion Prompts Evaluate 6. Lines 249-280 Rikki-tikki is just a young mongoose. What is your opinion of his skills? Explain, citing evidence from the story. Students may say that he is very skillful at killing snakes. He is fit, alert, brave, and agile. He killed Karait, he made a good plan to kill Nag, and he carried out his plan. . . .continued

  40. Discussion Prompts Connect 7. Lines 360-386 Do you think it’s a good idea for Rikki-tikki to destroy the eggs? Why or why not? Students may think it’s a good idea because the eggs are a potential threat to Rikki-tikki and the family. Or, they may say it’s not a good idea because the baby cobras are innocent of any wrongdoing. . . .continued

  41. Discussion Prompts Analyze 8. Lines 360-386 What is the difference between Nag’s killing the baby tailorbird and Rikkitikki’s destroying the cobra eggs? Possible answer: The baby bird didn’t pose a threat to Nag, while the baby cobras would be a threat to birds, people, and mongooses. . . .continued

  42. Discussion Prompts Evaluate 9. Lines 360-386 Did Rikki-tikki make the right decision to destroy the eggs before killing Nagaina? Give reasons for your answer. Possible answers: • Yes, because the cobras are dangerous as soon as they hatch. If they hatched while he was fighting Nagaina, he would have to fight them, too. • No, because Nagaina was a more immediate threat. If he had killed her first, she wouldn’t be threatening the family.

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