Narrative Writing/Geography of India
True or False:
Narrative writing is story writing
True!
The title of the Indian mythology short story we read as a class.
Shaira's Secret
The number of elements in Story Mountain
6
When you walk into the HUM classroom and get to your table, what is usually your first task?
Complete your Do Now quietly and independently.
Small Moment Story
The name of written language in Ancient India. It was used to write many Hindu scriptures and stories of Indian mythology.
Sanskrit
The name of the Hindu goddess that rewarded Shaira for her honest and unselfish deed when returning the pearl necklace.
Lakshmi: Goddess of Wealth and Happiness
What did all of our group and individual short stories need to connect to or teach?
Name three of the classroom expectations for the Cozy Corner:
1. No more than 4 people
2. Everyone needs to be reading a book
3. Volume is zero
4. No chromebook use
5. No eating or drinking
6. LNT - leave it even better than you found it!
There are 8 key physical features of Ancient India. Name two of them.
1. Brahmaputra River
2. Deccan Plateau
3. Eastern and Western Ghats
4. Ganges River
5. Himalaya Mountains
6. Hindu Kush Mountains
7. Indus River
8. Thar Desert
This Hindu belief is used to describe cause and effect and that the good or evil done in a past life, determines what happens to a person's soul in the next life.
Karma
True or False:
Indian mythological short stories often teach us how something came to be, or an important life lesson.
True
What question is associated with The Big Event?
What happens to make things worse?
There are many seating options for a student during a lesson at the rug. Name 3 of them:
1. Front tables if you sit there
2. The rug in front of the board
3. Corner table
4. Teacher chairs/desks (sometimes)
Choose one type of physical feature in Ancient India. How does this affect human settlement?
Rivers: provide fertile and mineral rich soil that is beneficial for farming.
Mountains: Usually difficult to travel through, high elevation made them challenging to live or stay in. Usually had rocky, or treacherous terrain.
Desert: Hot, dry, mostly inhabitable conditions.
Plateau: Raised land with different types of terrain that can be both helpful for farming or difficult to farm in.
This Hindu belief describes the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The cycle ends when the soul is reunited with Brahman and is no longer reborn.
Samsara
We studied six Hindu deities so that we could create playing cards to honor them. Name one of these deities and their title.
Example: Krishna, God of Protection and Compassion
1. Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles and New Beginnings
2. Shiva, God of Destruction
3. Vishnu, God of Preservation
4. Saraswati, God of Education, Creativity, and Music
5. Lakshmi, Goddess of Wealth and Happiness
6. Brahma, God of Creation
Describe the problem in Shaira's Secret.
Shaira finds a pearl necklace and wants to gift it to her mother for Diwali, but she does not know who it belongs to.
There are usually the same expectations to be dismissed from HUM class. Name 3 of them:
1. Table cleared, materials returned.
2. Your binder and chromebook are in your hands.
3. Stand behind your pushed in chair.
4. Wait to be dismissed by a teacher.
2. Setting
3. Plot
4. Conflict
5. Resolution
The four main beliefs of Hinduism are:
1. Deities
2. Dharma
3. Karma
4. Samsara
Name one Hindu deity and a symbol or image that is commonly associated with them.
Lakshmi: Lotus flower, gold/fortune, presents
Ganesha: Mouse, elephant,
Shiva: 4 heads, meditation, Himalayan mountains, skull, spear
Saraswati: musical instrument, books, beads,
Vishnu: Lotus flower, Earth, 4 arms,
Brahma: Long arms, 4 faces, universe
There are three strategies we can use stretch our stories. Name two of them:
1. Use dialogue
2. Describe how a character is feeling - show not tell
3. Descriptive language
During snack in HUM class, there are 5 expectations for students. Name 3 of them:
Sit in your assigned seat
Wait for a teacher to pass out your snack
Eat your snack at your seat
Dispose of garbage in appropriate bins
Pick up & dispose of all waste or scraps on your table or off the floor
Snack is screen-free