The Force Of Luck by Rudolfo A. Anaya

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The Force Of Luckby Rudolfo A. Anaya

• Folktales
• Often folktales are told to reinforce the
  traditions and values of the culture that
  preserves them. The characters in folktales can
  be animals, people who have extraordinary powers,
  or ordinary people who have unusual or seemingly
  impossible experiences.

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• Text page 599 Literary Elements question 1 and 2

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Answers

1. The millers story reinforces the values of hard
   work, honesty, and helping your neighbors.
2. In a more realistic story, the miller would not
   be robbed by a hawk. He also would not find a
   diamond in the belly of a fish.

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January 13, 2012

• Homework

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• Vocabulary pg 94-95
• Grammar quiz Tuesday!
• Grammar pg 239 Review C
• Finish Worksheet

• Spelling quiz

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January 17, 2012

• Homework

• Journal 4

• Quiz tomorrow
• Vocabulary pg 95
• Literature pg 732 1,2, and 5
• Test Monday!

• Why do you think cats are great at catching rats?
  Write a cat and mouse story.

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• Setting
• small village some time in the past
• Conflict
• Two wealthy men are trying to prove whether it is
  luck or money that makes a man prosperous.
• Miller is given 200 twice and loses it twice by
  outside forces, a hawk and his wife selling the
  jar he hid the money in.

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Characters

• Miller-
• a good test case for two reasons, he is an honest
  man and he is poor until a series of events occur
  to change his luck.
• Two wealthy men-
• one man believes that it is luck that makes a
  person prosperous and the other man believes that
  it is money that makes a person prosperous
• Millers wife-
• a woman who does not get upset when her husband
  loses the money the wealthy man gave him. She
  accepts that she is poor and has faith that their
  luck will change someday. She finds a piece of
  glass in a fishs belly that changes her familys
  life.

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• Fishermen Neighbors-
• millers neighbors who ask to borrow lead to go
  fishing and in turn gave the millers the first
  fish he caught which held a shinny piece of glass
  in its belly.
• Jewelers-
• millers other neighbors who were upset about the
  noise the millers children were making over a
  piece of glass. They soon realized that the piece
  of glass was actually a diamond. They try to buy
  it for 50.00 but in the end paid 100,000
• Servant-
• servant to the now wealthy miller who opened his
  own mill shop. The servant is very loyal and
  honest to his employer. Very much like typical
  character in a folktale

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Plot for The Force of Luck

• Two wealthy men argue whether it is luck or money
  that makes a man prosperous. They come across an
  honest but poor miller and decide to use him to
  test their theory. The wealthy man gives 200 to
  the miller to see whether it is luck or money
  that makes a man prosper. The miller loses the
  money. The man who believes in money gives him
  another 200. He loses that, too. Then the man
  who believes in luck gives the miller a worthless
  piece of lead. It leads the miller to a valuable
  diamond that allows him to start his own business
  and become wealthy. Months later the miller comes
  across the two men again. Together events happen
  and all the money turns up. The story ends and
  the argument is still not resolved. Is it luck or
  is it money? YOU DECIDE!

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January 18, 2012

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• Vocabulary pg 96
• Quiz Friday!
• Literature pg 732 3, 4, 6, and 7
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• Grammar quiz
• Literature pg 725 vocabulary preview