EF3/4 "Two Who Flew"

Greek myth -  myth - ancient story
Every culture has myths. 

Ancient Greece - 

gods and goddesses - sun God Apollo -

The Myth of Icarus -father and son, Daedalus and Icarus

myth - not a real story

every culture has myths - old, ancient stories

Greek myths -
Echo - echo, myth
nymph -magic creature
Echo (girl) was in love with Narcissus (boy)

narcissist - narcissism - love yourself too much

Lila Magano (Crazy Lila) - myth, ancient story, from Arabic

1001 Arabian Nights - king , new wife every night, kill in the morning
Scheherazade - great storyteller, very clever
- Ali Baba
- Alladin and his lamp
- Khalida and Demna

China - Mulan, Changer & Houyi, Girl in the Moon,

Fairy Tales - Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood

First Nations - Aboriginal people in North America - Haida - creation story, creation myth

The Beginning of the Haida Gwaii World

In the beginning, before the creation of the world, the earth was completely covered by a vast ocean and the sky was all grey clouds. The cloud kingdom was ruled by the great Sha-lana. Sha-lana's Chief servant was Raven.

One day Raven enraged his master and was cast out into the ocean world. He flew over the ocean for a long period of time until he became weary. Unable to find a place to rest, Raven became angry. He began to beat his wings upon the water until the water rose up and touched the clouds around him.

When the water receded back into the ocean there appeared rocks upon which Raven rested. These rocks grew and stretched across the ocean. The rocks turned into sand and after a short period of time trees began to grow on the sand. After many moons the sand had turned into beautiful islands, which we know today as the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii).

Raven enjoyed his kingdom, yet he became bored and lonely. He decided he needed someone to help him. So one day he gathered two large piles of clam shells upon the beach and transformed them into two human females. These two women complained saying that they should not have both been created as women. So to make them happy Raven threw limpet shells at one and turned her into a man, creating the Haida Gwaii people."

Clark, E., Indian Legends of Canada, McClelland and Stewart: Toronto, 1991.

evolution - mammals change over time, living creatures over time

Myths have a deeper meaning. They teach us about ourselves.

Are their stories in your culture about humans flying?
- Abbas ben Fernes
- Changer flew to the moon with a rabbit
- Journey to the West, Monkey King

- wingsuit

Some ways that humans can seem to fly:
1. water jet
2. jet pack
3. parachute
4. hot air balloon
5. wingsuit
6. parasailing
7. BASE jumping
8. hanggliding
9. ultralight
10. helicopter
11. gliding/ soaring
12. airliner - big jet airplane


Practice paragraph:

PREWRITING
1. Read the question
2. Get ideas (3-4)
3. Organize
WRITING
4. Rough draft - write sentences
5. Proofread and edit
6. Pass it in

TOPIC: Are you interested in trying these kinds of flying? Why or why not?