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ONCE UPON A TIME

Let’s Listen
1) Listen to Mike talking about an old legend. Rearrange the pictures into the correct order according to the
story. Then answer the questions.

Questions.
1. When did the Sun and the Moon get married?
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2. Where did the married couple live?
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3. Who got an idea to invite the Ocean?
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4. How did the Ocean come to the cottage?
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5. What happened to the cottage?
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6. Where did the Sun and the Moon go?
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2) Listen to Belle telling another version of ‘Why do the Sun and the Moon live in the sky?’ (New Mexico
version). Complete the text and answer the questions.

Why do the Sun and the Moon live in the sky?

Long time ago, there was no __________ . It was always dark and always __________ . This was
because the Kachina, a very __________ __________ had __________ the Sun and the Moon and locked
them away in a box. In the __________ , Coyote and Eagle, two friends __________ _____ __________.
Coyote and Eagle had always ___________ together, but Coyote could not hunt anymore because
he could not see at night. Coyote suggested that they go to __________ the Sun and the Moon and
__________ __________ __________ _____ the world. Eagle was worried. He __________ Coyote that
the Sun and the Moon were very strong and it was __________ _____ _____ to trick them.
In the end, Eagle agreed to help Coyote. While the Kachina were sleeping, Coyote and Eagle
__________ into their village, __________ the Sun and the Moon, and __________ into hills.
Coyote told Eagle that he wanted to open the box containing the Sun and the Moon. Eagle said “No. ”
They must wait until their travels and open it with their eyes closed. Coyote __________ . He couldn ’t wait
to see what was in the box.
Finally, he __________ _____ __________ that he threw it open. The light of the Sun was so
bright that it __________ Coyote’s eyes. The Sun and the Moon __________ and __________ far away, up
in the sky where they are today.

Questions.
1. Why was the sky dark?
2. Where did the Kachina people hide the Sun and the Moon?
3. Why did the Coyote steal the Sun and the Moon back?
4. When did the Coyote steal the Sun and the Moon back?
5. Where did they go then?
6. Why did they have to open the box with their eyes closed?
7. In your opinion, was what the Coyote did right?
8. Which story (version) do you like? Why?

3) From the story above, find the following generic structures:

a. Orientation
- Who is in the story?
- When is it happening?
- What is going on?

b. Complication
- How does the writer tell the first event that will begin a chain of events?
- How many events are there that affect one or more of the characters?
- How do the characters react to the complication?
- How are their feelings?
- What are they doing?
- What is the writer’s position?

c. Resolution
- How does the writer solve the problem?

d. Coda (optional)
- What is the moral lesson of the story?