          | The earth was once a human being: Old One made her out of a woman. “You will be the mother of all people,” he said. Earth is alive yet, but she has been changed. The soil is her flesh, the rocks are her bones, the wind is her breath, trees and grass are her hair. She lives spread out, and we live on her. When she moves, we have an earthquake. After taking the woman and changing her to earth, Old One gathered some of her flesh and rolled it into balls, as people do with mud or clay. He made the first group of these balls into the ancients, the beings of the early world. Picture Matching rocks bones wind breath grass earthquake clay balls ancients hair Introductory Discussion Questions Where did the world come from or has it always been? Where did the first people come from? If the earth were a human being, would you live differently? Have you ever been in an earthquake? Where? What did you do? Synonym Matching earth skin flesh people human beings mud soil world early bring together gather before Creation of the Animal People (Okanogan) Listening Fill in the Blank The earth was once a _______ being: Old One made her out of a woman. “You will be the mother of all ________,” he said. Earth is alive yet, but she has been _________. The soil is her flesh, the rocks are her bones, the wind is her ________, trees and grass are her hair. She lives spread out, and we live on her. When she moves, we ______ an earthquake. After taking the woman and changing her to earth, Old One gathered some of her _______ and rolled it into balls, as people do with mud or ______. He made the first group of these balls into the ancients, the beings of _____ early world. Word Bank Fill in the Blank The earth was once a human being: Old One made her out of ___ woman. “You will be the mother of all ________,” he said. Earth is alive yet, but she has been changed. The soil is her flesh, the _______ are her bones, the wind is her ________, trees and grass are her ______. She lives spread out, and we live on her. When she _______, we have an earthquake. After taking the woman and changing her to earth, Old One gathered some of her flesh and ________ it into balls, as people do with mud or clay. He made the first group of these _______ into the ancients, the beings of _____ early world. rocks breath moves rolled balls the a people hair Pair Work Discussion Questions: A:
Key Vocabulary (I am still a learner of this language, so there may be some errors.) ancients 古老的人 balls 球 bones 骨骼 breath 呼吸之空气 clay 泥土 earth 世界 earthquake 地震 early 早期的 flesh 肉 gather 聚集 grass 草 hair 头发 human beings 人 late 迟的 mud 泥 people 人 rocks 岩 scatter 散开 skin 皮肤 soil 泥土 wind 风 world 地球 Answer Key Synonym Matching: earth-->world, flesh-->skin, human beings-->people, soil-->mud, early-->before, gather-->bring together Picture Matching: rocks-->rocks, bones-->whale bone, , wind-->kite, breath-->buffalo breath, grass-->grass earthquake-->cracked road, clay-->clay figure, balls-->cue balls, ancients-->cave drawings, hair-->woman's hair |
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AuthorMy name is Paul. I am from Michigan, USA. I am a perpetual language learner and teacher, trading my time between two continents. I obtained my MA in TESOL from Cornerstone University. Archives
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