Unit 4 Lesson 6

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TOPIC: Canada

Unit 4

CANADA

Today:

• Welcome



• Literature

Lesson goals

Students:

• Know what a shape poem is
  
• Know what alliteration is
  
• Understand the way of living in the Arctic, Inuit society

The Inuit

• Traditional stories
  
• Legend = semi-true story (historical facts)
  
• Heroic characters or fantastic places.
  
• Inuit legends are about the dangers of living in the Canadian Arctic.
  

Question about Inuit legends

Exercise 1

What kind of advice can you expect 

in Inuit legends?

Question about Inuit legends

What kind of advice can you expect in Inuit legends?

Examples:

•  always wear warm clothes, 
  
• beware of wild animals,
  
• travel in pairs or a small group
  

Bear's Belly Burst (page 163)

Bear's Belly Burst (page 163)

• Read together
• Do exercise 2

Bear's Belly Burst (page 163)

• How long did the man have to run to stay out of  harms way?
  
• How can you tell the story is a legend?
  
• What lesson can be learned from this story?

1.Better late than never

2.He who is not strong must be clever

3. If you play with fire, you’ll get burnd

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Shape poem because it is shaped like a person

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Alliteration = Repetition of letters at the beginning of words. 

’s' in ‘sugar makes the sauce sweet’ 

 musical effect and bring words together. 

Find 2 alliterative word pairs in this poem.

Exercise 3

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Ex. 4

Which words rhyme?

TASK

Do Exercises 5 and 6