Learning Objectives
Students will read a folklore and create their own using similar characteristics.
Grade Levels
9-10
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Materials Needed
Digital Copy of “Why Are People Afraid of Black Dogs” from Family Dog Magazine September/October 2018
Computers with Internet Access
Folklore and Central Idea Worksheet
Lesson
Introduction
- Ask students to think-pair-share in order to discuss the meaning of folklore.
- Once students have had a few moments to discuss, allow them to share their ideas.
- Explain that folklore is the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
Independent Working Time
- Provide students or groups of students a computer with internet access.
- Have students read the article “Why Are People Afraid of Black Dogs” from Family Dog Magazine September/October 2018. http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f47bea78#/f47bea78/14
- Have students complete the “Folklore and Central Idea” document.
Review and Closing
- Review the questions and allow students to share their ideas.
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