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: Mrs. Williams

2. Genre

3. The Mystery of the Cliff Dwellers

4. Common Room n.  A large room where people gather to eat or share other activities. The storyteller drew a crowd in the common room after dinner. 

5. Hearth n.  The floor of a fireplace, which usually extends into a room. Julia sat by the wide brick hearth and warmed her hands. 

6. Mainland n.  The large land mass of a country or continent that does not include its islands. Hawaiians refer to the rest of the United States as the mainland. 

7. Phases n.  One of the changes in appearance that the moon or a planet goes through each month. The moon looks like a half circle in one of its phases. 

8. Sod n.  A chunk of grassy soil held together by matted roots. Pioneers sometimes built their houses out of sod where trees were scarce. 

9. Sparkling adj.  Giving off flashes of light. Sparkling fireflies darted across the dark lawn. 

10. Villages n.  A small settlement. There are thirty houses in the mountain village. 

11. Kayak n.  A lightweight canoe, propelled by a double-bladed paddle, with a small opening for one or two people. The girls paddled the kayak across the bay. 

12. 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

13. The Girl Who Married the Moon Practice Book pg. 132

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

15. 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

16. Vocabulary: Homophones

17. Extreme Partner Reading

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

22. PB pg. 133 Questioning & Answers

23. Coach pgs. 35-38

24. The Girl Who Married the Moon By: Joseph Bruchac & Gayle Ross What Really Happened Theme 2, Selection 2, Day 4 Taught By: Mrs. 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. Ladders to Success pgs. 79-86

27. 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?

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

29. 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.

30. 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?