Rikki-tikki-tavi
Five Paragraph Essay
Writing
Time Line
Ancient India
100
Mongoose
What type of animal is Rikki-tikki-tavi?
100
Parts of the essay
What is introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion?
100
Topic Sentence
What is first sentence in a paragraph?
100
Lucy
What are the fossilized remains of oldest human bones?
100
Untouchables
What is lowest class of people in ancient India?
200
Nag and Nagina
What are cobras?
200
Hook
What is the first sentence of the introduction that gets the reader's attention?
200
Expository
What is writing that explains something to the reader?
200
Prehistoric
What is the time before writing?
200
Caste
What is a class or group in Hindu society?
300
Darzee
Who is a featherbrained little fellow?
300
Conclusion
What is the last paragraph of the essay that restates the thesis statement and wraps up the paper?
300
Persuasive
What is writing that persuades the reader to consider a different point of view?
300
Paleolithic Age
What is people learned to tame fire or make stone tools?
300
Sanskrit
What is the language of ancient India?
400
The hood.
What is area behind the head of the cobra that looks like an eye and flares out?
400
Body Paragraphs
What are 3 paragraphs that discuss the substance of the paper?
400
First Person
What is writing from you perspective using pronouns I, me, my?
400
Neolithic Age
What is began to farm or tame animals or work with metal?
400
Hinduism
What is a religion or way of life in ancient India?
500
The Great War
What is the conflict Rikki-tikki had with the mongooses?
500
Thesis Statement
What is the main idea or message of the paper?
500
Third Person
What is writing from the point of view of a third person, no personal pronouns used?
500
Bronze Age
What is invented the wheel or writing or working with bronze?
500
Brahman
What is a supreme power or devine force in Hinduism?