- •The Monkey and the Crocodile
- •1. How do you think? Is it possible for monkey and crocodile to be good friends?
- •2. Divide into two groups. Make up a list of advantages and disadvantages to be a monkey and a crocodile. Share your ideas.
- •The River Snake
- •1. Work in small groups. Make a list of words and word combinations which can characterize a snake. Compare your list with other groups.
- •Coyote and the Rock
- •1. Tell what do you know about coyotes. Where do they live? How do they look like?
- •2. What are the differences between coyotes and wolves?
- •Coyote Brings Fire
- •Why Bat Has no Friends
- •Give an outline of the legend.
- •Retell the legend as if you were a bat.
- •Spider, Hare and the Moon
- •1. Put the following events (a-d) in the right order/ Number them (1-4).
- •The Crow and Its Ugly Fledglings
- •Why Is there Enmity Between the Crow and the Hawk?
- •The Coffee Mill which Grinds Salt
- •Why Sea Water Is Salty
- •Give an outline of the legend.
- •Describe the boy. How does he look like? Is he greedy? Is he brave?
- •The Girl and the Snake
- •Old Sultan
- •A Bird Legend
- •Try to retell the legend in five simple sentences.
- •Give better title for the legend.
- •Why the Turtle has no Tail
- •Discuss the main idea of the legend.
- •Is it true or fiction?
- •Choose the better title for the legend.
- •How the Stars Were Made
- •The Sneaky Hoop Snakes.
- •Retell the myth in detail.
- •Why parents do not let their children ride push bikes after dark? What about your parents?
- •The Hungry Bush-man.
- •The Boogie Man.
- •The Mysterious Drop Bears.
- •Retell the legend in detail.
- •Explaine why one should be very careful when walking alone in the Australian bush.
- •The Bloody Knife
- •What do you think about the legend? Could it to be true?
- •Try to find another title to the myth.
- •Retell the text.
- •Why the Crow Is Black
- •How the Kangaroo Got a Long Tail and the Wombat a Flat Forehead
- •Retell the legend as if you were a kangaroo.
- •Say which of the characters of the story (a wombat or a kangaroo) you like the best. Why?
- •The Fire on the Hill
- •A Careless Tongue
- •The Sacred Python
- •The Lion and the Goat
- •Try to retell the legend in five simple sentences.
- •Give better title for the legend.
- •Why Cats Wash Themselves After Eating
- •Retell the legend as if you were a cat.
- •Give an outline of the legend.
- •How Animals Learned to Do Something
- •The Parrot
- •The Fly Who Wanted to Have a Tail
- •Discuss the main idea of the legend.
- •Is it true or fiction?
- •Choose the better title for the legend.
- •Glossary
- •Dictionary
- •Literature
Literature
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Cyrus MacMillan Canadian Fairy Tales, 1922.
Dandes A. The Morphology of North American Indian Folktales № 195. Helsinki, 1964.
E. Bow Native American Indian Myths. The Mythology of the Peoples of North America, 2001.
Edward Winslow Gifford, Miwok Myths, 1917.
Frank Russell, Myths of the Jicarilla Apaches, 1898.
Henry Lawson Australian Yarns - Bush Stories, 1986.
Katharine Berry Judson, Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest, 1912.
Kervern, Bethany The Princess of the Golden Bees, 2008.
Marie L. McLaughlin, Myths and Legends of the Sioux, 1913.
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Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest, by Katharine Berry Judson, 1912.
Myths of the Cherokee, James Mooney, 1900.
Roheim G. Myth and Folk-Tale / American Imago. 1941.
Stannеr W.Е.H. On Aboriginal Religion. Sidney, 1966.
Thompson S. Myth and Folk-Tale / Journal of American Folklore, 1955.
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