*HOW THE BUFFALO WERE RELEASED ON EARTH* SHORT READS

• English
• Secondary Education
• Age 13

*WELCOME TO ENGLISH CLASS*

SHOW AND TELL

SHORT READS-FICTION

DLF PUBLIC SCHOOL

    EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

*read and comprehend the adventure story

*read the text with correct pronunciation and intonation

*identify the main characters and events given in the story

*select the correct option to identify new words from the story (contextual meanings)

*identify and relate with the main message conveyed by the story (theme) 

SEL ACTIVITY- BIG QUESTION 

 What happens when you keep good things for yourself? 

BIG QUESTION - What happens when you keep good things for yourself?

FOLK TALE

How do the illustrations express that the buffalo might be important for people’s survival?

MYTHS, LEGENDS & FABLES

Q- What is the difference between myths, legends and fables?

Q-Why are the people upset with the old woman?

1. She was very rich
2. She was greedy and selfish
3. She was smart
4. She was living alone

Q-How do her actions affect their lives?

1. They were hungry
2. They had no buffalo to hunt
3. They had no meat to sell
4. All of the above

Q-When Coyote observes the old woman and the boy, what does he notice about the latter? How does he plan to use this information?

1. The old woman's nephew was intelligent, they could ask him for help
2. The old woman's nephew did not have a companion animal, he would be longing for a pet
3. The old woman's nephew was small, he could be overpowered
4. Coyote would change himself into a bird, the boy would take him home & there he would work on his plan to release the buffalo

Q-Why doesn’t Coyote’s first plan work? What does he plan to do next?

Q- How does the old woman feel about animals? How does the boy feel about them?

Q- How does Coyote finally solve the people’s problem?

Q- What do you think is the purpose of this story?

1. To be unselfish and considerate
2. To be generous
3. To value sharing
4. All of the above

CLOSURE

 

Match my Mate 

activity on 

vocabulary words 

(drag and drop) 

COMPLIED

KILLDEAR

CORRAL

STAMPEDED

TO AGREE

AN AMERICAN BIRD THAT NESTS ON THE GROUND

AN ENCLOSURE FOR ANIMALS

A rush of a herd of animals

SUMMARY OF THE FOLK TALE

AN OLD  WOMAN KEEPS ALL THE BUFFALO IN A PEN AND WON'T SHARE THEM.

CLEVER  COYOTE OBSERVES HER NEPHEW AND WORKS OUT A WAY TO LET THE BUFFALO OUT

• THEME: NOT TO BE SELFISH AND DISTRUSTFUL, VALUE SHARING & CARING
• LITERATURE FOCUS: COUNTRY- SPECIFIC WORDS(USA): BUFFALO, COYOTE, CORRAL, KILLDEER

Now I can:
*read and comprehend the adventure story
*read the text with correct pronunciation and intonation
*identify the main characters and events given in the story
*select the correct option to identify new words from the story (contextual meanings)
*identify and relate with the main message conveyed by the story

1. Strongly Agree
2. Agree
3. Need help

Art Integration Activity-Home assignment    

Create a comic strip based on the importance of sharing. (How might the story have been different if the old woman had agreed to share the buffalo)

(CANVA/ADOBE/PIXTON)

 LAQ- (To be done in the English Notebook) S.No.-1.7

Q. Would you agree that the old woman wasn't really greedy and that she was only protecting the buffalo? Write a paragraph in which you state your opinion and use evidence from the story to support it. (30-40 WORDS)

THANK YOU