The+Water-Horse+of+Barra

=The Water-Horse of Barra = Scottish Folktale as told by Winifred Finlay (See timeline for this unit at bottom of the page.)

**__Pre-reading__**: Go to the Discussion Section of this page and answer Mrs. Fullhart's question before reading our story for this week.

As you read the story, jot down words that are interesting, important or intrique you on the Alphaboxes sheet. The words can come from the article or may come to you as you infer thoughts while reading the story. You do NOT need to have a word for each letter and you may have more than one word for some letters.
 * __While You Read: __**

__**Vocabulary**__: Choose 1 of the activities to complete using these vocabulary words from the story.
 * loch, hamlet, heather, mane, halter, foretell, intention, groomed, harness, entreaty **
 * 1) Group and Regroup - think about these 12 words. Create a Tree Map showing at least 5 ways you could Categorize these words. Some words may fall into more than 1 category. (i.e. Words that Describe a Character, Nouns, Words with More Than 3 Syllables, etc.). Every category has to have at least 2 words in it and every word must be placed in at least 1 category.
 * 2) Vocabulary Analysis - Choose 3 words to work with. For each word create a Tree Map with the following headings: Definition, Synonym or Antonym, How Used in Story, My Own Sentence
 * 3) Choose 8 of the words to place on the Word Cycle page. As you arrange the words you will need to tell how a word relates to the word that follows it.

__**Activities:**__ You must complete the directed notes activity and then choose 1 other activity to complete

Directed Notes: During the second reading of the story look for places that show a reason to love the water-horse and mark them with a W. Also look for places that describe a reason to love the girl and mark them with a G. After your second reading write a post in our class blog OR answer the following question on paper:

Why do you think the girl and the young man love each other for the rest of their lives? <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Remember that you answer is your opinion and is your Claim. Be sure to give Evidence from the text and Reasons for your thinking.

Other Activities: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Create a flowing bubble map to show how the water-horse changes during his year with the girl so that he is ready to become human. media type="custom" key="7669325" width="68" height="68" 2. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reread page 23. How is the girl treating the water-horse like a husband here? Why does she sing as well as talk to the water- horse? Why do the water-horse's grow less cold and less selfish? (CER for each answer please.)

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Create a tree map about Tir-nan-Og using the following categories: Looks like, Most wonderful thing about living there, Miss most about everyday life. The write a letter to the Wise Man of Barra and tell him of your decision to go to live in Tir-nan-Og or to take the potion and just be a regular person.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Blog:**__

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Choose 1 entry to write about in your blog. Go to our blog.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do you think the water-horse becomes understanding and unselfish after working for a year and a day on the farm?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why does the girl want to teach the water-horse a "lesson"?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why does realizing how different the girl's life is from his own make the water-horse love her more?

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">__**Connection**__: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this Scottish folktale the water-horse is a magical creature who lives beneath the water of a loch but also can live on the land like a normal horse. There is another famous loch dweller in Scotland that people have debated whether it was real or not. Read at least 1 of the articles and check out at least 1 of the websites about the Loch Ness Monster. As you read use the Alphaboxes sheet to write words (not phrases) that intrigue you while you read about the Loch Ness Monster. If there are words that come to your mind as you read the story you may include tham as well. You do NOT need to have a word for each letter and you may have more than one word for some letters.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Articles: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> (Your teacher should have copies.) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Science or Hoax" from Odessy: Adventures in Science Magazine <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Mysterious Times: Strange Stories of 30 Real-life Mysteries - The Loch Ness Monster

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Websites <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to look at for information about the Loch Ness Monster <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Legend of Nessie <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fact Monster on the Loch Ness Monster <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Birth of a Legend <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Loch Ness Water Legends

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using the notes in your Alphaboxes sheets and any other notes you may have taken, create a Venn diagram comparing these two Scottish legends. Then...

Either: Decide if you think these two legends are more alike or more unique of each other. Defend your answer (Claim) using Evidence from the text and your Reasons for believing the way you do. OR Create a Wordle about these legends of Scotland. (Remember that it is a good idea to build your bank of words in a word document first, save it then copy and paste it into the Wordle page. Also remember that if you want a word to appear larger than others write it more times.)

Scottish Legends Timeline