1. Today is Monday, January 4 th. Warm-up: Answer the following questions. You may work with your group members. 1. What is one word you would use to describe your break? 2. How much sleep did you get on an average night? 3. What are two activities (or events) you participated in or attended? 4. What was the best part about your break?

2. You wrote some letters before break. Let’s take a look at those! Organization vs. Content What went well? What do you need to improve?

3. Today is Tuesday, January 5 th. Warm-up: Find your cause and effect notes! 1. What might cause someone to have a stomachache? 2. What might be the effect of someone having a stomachache? Fill in the blanks in these sentences with a signal word or phrase: 3. ________ my family is Jewish, we light candles on a menorah for 8 days. 4. Santa couldn’t see well, _______ he had Rudolph lead the other reindeer. 5. ________ it was the start of the new year, my sister bought me a new calendar. Don’t forget—your presentations are due next Tuesday!

4. You wrote some letters before break. Let’s take a look at those! Content What went well? What do you need to improve?

5. Let’s read over your rubric together What are you expected to do? What questions do you have?

6. Today is Wednesday, January 6 th. Warm-up: Use the dictionaries to help you answer the questions below: 1. In your own words, define the word “trickster”. 2. What is a fable? 3. How is this similar to a myth? 4. How is it different? 5. What do you think the purpose of fables are? Meet in the library tomorrow! Don’t forget—your presentations are due next Tuesday! Hey Team!—before we do the warm-up, let’s take 15 minutes to finish our letters!

7. Stories about a deceptive character Tricksters are common in many legends and myths Not necessarily an “evil” character Examples?

8. Originally a character from Ghana (a country in Africa) Anansi frequently played tricks on other animals and sometimes people Anansi and Turtle go to dinner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugi5KYfQO-0

9. Old, traditional stories meant to teach a lesson Aesop was a Greek storyteller from around 550-600 BC These stories feature a few different trickster animals The tortoise and the hare—who’s the trickster? Anansi and Turtle go to dinner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugi5KYfQO-0

10. Today is Thursday, January 7 th. Warm-up: Let’s make some PowerPoints! We’re going to spend a few minutes looking at PowerPoint before you start making yours!

11. Before you worry about the design or colors or ANYTHING else, be sure you compose your slides. That means you put the details you want to share on your slides Remember, keep the details SIMPLE! Your Works Cited page should be in Times New Roman Let’s look at how to design your background and format the text

12. Today is Friday, January 8 th. Warm-up: Let’s make some PowerPoints!