Ooka+and+the+Honest+Thief

Ookah and the Honest Thief a Japanese Folktale as told by I. G. Edmonds

Click on the Discussion tab and read Mrs. Fullhart's Post. Respond - remembering that this post should be 50+ words long and not only have your opinions but also support for why you think that way.
 * Prereading Activity:**

magistrate, stationed, merchant, conscientious, alert, peered, hesitate profusely, indignant, virtue, sufficient, obstacles
 * Vocabulary:** Choose 1 of the following activities to complete.
 * 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.[[image:wordcycle.JPG]]


 * Activities:** You must complete the Directed Notes Activity and then choose 1 other activity to complete.

__Directed Notes Activity__: Read the story one more time. During your second reading of the story use small stickie notes to mark the places where someone is being “honest” with an H. Mark the places where someone is being “dishonest” with a DH. Look at the places in which you marked H or DH in the story and answer this question either on paper or in the Discussion Section of this page on our wiki: Is there ever a time when being dishonest seems the right thing to do?

__Other Activities__: > What is the obstacle? How does Gonta discover it? Does Gonta expect the obstacle or is he surprised? How does Gonta get around the obstacle? Does he use cleverness or quickness? What does Gonta feel or say after he puts back his handful of rice? SHOW, don’t tell how Gonta discovers then overcomes your obstacle.
 * 1) Create a multi-flow map about the story. You will need to decide which event to place in the middle of your multi-flow. Then name 3 things that lead to that event and 3 things that were a direct result of the event you chose. Write a short paragraph explaining why you chose the event you did for the center of your multi-flow map.
 * 2) Ooka puts “all kinds of obstacles” in Gonta’s way to make it difficult for him to return Yahichi’s rice. Still, Gonta gets inside the rice shop each night until he has paid Yahichi back. Imagine an obstacle Ooka might have set up for Gonta, and write a story describing how Gonta overcomes it. Things to think about as you plan your story:


 * Blogging**: Write your response to the following question in your blog. You need to be able to write a response of 75+ words. Remember that in your blog you make a Claim, then tell what evidence you have to support your claim and your reasons to support both the claim and the evidence. (CER)

A good magistrate, like Ooka, always looks carefully at both sides of a case before deciding what should be done. What is your opinion about how he handles the situation? Do you think it was fair to make Gonta put back more rice than he stole? Or do you think that was unfair? Support your thinking with evidence and reasoning.

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