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    The myth describes how Skywoman, who was ill and pregnant, fell from the sky world through a hole in the clouds. Her husband, the Chief of the Sky People, made the hole to make her dream a reality. Skywoman landed on the dark watery world below, and a helpful muskrat dove below the water to bring up mud, which the animals spread across the water until it became land. Skywoman gave birth to twins who grew to be chiefs and populated the new earth. The myth explains Native American beliefs about the origins of the world and how land was created.

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    The myth describes how Skywoman, who was ill and pregnant, fell from the sky world through a hole in the clouds. Her husband, the Chief of the Sky People, made the hole to make her dream a reality. Skywoman landed on the dark watery world below, and a helpful muskrat dove below the water to bring up mud, which the animals spread across the water until it became land. Skywoman gave birth to twins who grew to be chiefs and populated the new earth. The myth explains Native American beliefs about the origins of the world and how land was created.

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    The myth describes how Skywoman, who was ill and pregnant, fell from the sky world through a hole in the clouds. Her husband, the Chief of the Sky People, made the hole to make her dream a reality. Skywoman landed on the dark watery world below, and a helpful muskrat dove below the water to bring up mud, which the animals spread across the water until it became land. Skywoman gave birth to twins who grew to be chiefs and populated the new earth. The myth explains Native American beliefs about the origins of the world and how land was created.

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    Big

    Journey
    INTERRUPTED

    es
    Saving Endangered Sea Turtl

    Skywoman
    and Turtle

    by Kathryn Lasky
    r G. Knight
    photographs by Christophe

    TARGET VOCABULARY

    marine
    basking
    stunned
    intensive
    ordeal

    treating
    fatal
    analyzing
    juvenile
    calling

    GENRE
    A myth is a story that
    tells what
    a group of people believes
    about the world.

    TEXT FOCUS
    Animal characters
    in myths
    act like people. They
    often have
    one special trait, such
    as bravery
    or wisdom.
    t"TZPVSFBE OPUFXIBU
    natural event, or phenomenon,
    the myth describes.
    What
    details in the myth help
    explain
    the phenomenon? Is
    the
    explanation believable?
    Why or
    why not?

    What effect can one


    person have on a
    stranded sea turtle?

    Nature deserves
    our respect.

    Skywoman
    and Turtl e
    Retold by Alan Felix
    Many Native American

    Idea

    groups have myths

    about the origin of the


    world. Here is a
    retelling of a myth told
    by the Haudenosaunee
    (hoh deh noh SHAW nee)
    people of northeastern
    North America.
    In the beginning, people
    lived among the
    clouds. Below the clouds
    there was no earth, only
    a dark, watery world where
    birds and animals
    lived. In the center of
    the clouds stood a single,
    giant tree. For the Sky
    People, the tree was a
    source of life.
    The Chief of the Sky People
    had a wife named
    Skywoman. She was expecting
    a baby, and one
    night she fell ill with fever.
    The most intensive
    efforts could not cure
    her. While ill, Skywoman
    dreamed of a great hole
    in the clouds. She told
    the Chief of her dream.
    Stunned by the powerful
    image, he sat alone in
    deep thought. At last,
    he
    decided to make the dream
    come true.

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    6/20/2009 3:52:18 PM

    Connect to Social Studies:


    Main Selection:
    Interrupted Journey: Skywoman and Turtle
    Saving Endangered
    Sea Turtles

    Comprehension
    TARGET SKILL

    Cause and Effect

    What effect can one


    person have on a
    stranded sea turtle?

    Fluency

    Decoding

    Expression

    Common Beginning
    Syllables

    TARGET STRATEGY

    Question

    Vocabulary Strategies
    Grammar

    Spelling
    Vowel + /r/ Sounds
    glory
    aware
    carton
    adore
    aboard
    dairy
    ordeal
    pardon
    warn
    vary

    barely
    torch
    barge
    soar
    beware
    absorb
    armor
    stairway
    perform
    former

    Antonyms
    Verbs
    TARGET VOCABULARY

    Writing
    Write to Respond
    Focus Trait:
    Organization

    basking
    analyzing
    juvenile
    stunned
    fatal

    treating
    calling
    ordeal
    marine
    intensive

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