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Unit 4 – Lesson 5
“The Brahmin’s Gift”
Transition Words, Part 2
Lesson Targets
Reading
● Assess the accuracy and credibility of sources
● Use notecards to record important information from various sources
● Listen to and retell a folk story or urban legend
● Recite a poem following proper guidelines

Language
● Identify transition words for cause and effect
● Use transition words to combine sentences
● Write an analysis of a character’s action
● Organize sources using note cards
 Start Up
A. Write an opposite word for each word in the list. Write a sentence related
to literature using antonym pair. The first one was done for you
Start Up
 Start Up
B. Can you guess the country or region which the following literary works
come from? Use your inference skills to find out.
Snapshot
Fun Facts
Read the story “The Brahman’s Gift” on
your EnglishTek book (Reading, Pg. 307-
309)
1 Brahmin- also
Brahman or 2 laughingstock- a person
who is being ridiculed
Brahmana. A Brahmin or laughed at
is a person who is
responsible for
religious rituals of
Hindus.
 Reading
Comprehension
Answer A and B
on Pages 309-310
(Reading book)
 Skills Builder
Accuracy and Credibility of Electronic Resources

 You should only access and use information from legitimate

websites.

 Read news articles from known news sources.

 Educational and government institutions also offer learning

materials through their websites
Check out these websites for reliable research sources:
 Skills Builder
Note Taking
Reading and researching sources also requires organized note taking.
You may use index cards to take down notes.

 Know the main idea for each source that you read.
 Take note of important key words and definitions.
 Write the author’s name, title of the article, date it as published, and
the website or book it is from.
 Write why you think this information and source are helpful for
your essay.
 Skills Builder

Note Taking
 Skills Builder
Activity.

Use the electronic resources mentioned in the discussion to

search for articles or videos relevant to the topic “World
Literature.” Write a note card for each resource.
 All Ears
Most folk stories are passed on through oral tradition. This means that the
stories are not written down but told through storytelling or songs.

Examples:
Mythologies
Fables

Activity.
 Sound Off
Poems are meant to be read out for their musical qualities.
Follow these guidelines when reciting a poem:
 Activity
Choose from a list of poems that your teacher will give you. Recite a poem
in front of the class observing the proper guidelines.
M o del
Text
 Grammar Points
Transition Words, Part 2
Look at the sentences below:

The two sets of sentences contain causes and effects. It is easier to identify
which sentence expresses the cause or effect if one uses proper transition
words.
Here are some common transition words that introduce causes
and effects:

Introduces the Effect Introduces the Cause

so thus for due to

therefore as a result in order to if

so that then since because

You may choose to use a transition word to introduce the
cause and effect when you connect the two sentences.
You may choose to use a transition word to introduce the
cause and effect when you connect the two sentences.
Other times, these transition words can also be used to
introduce the problem and solution in a sentence or paragraph.
Transition words that introduce the cause are often also used
to introduce a problem while transition words for effect also
introduce the result.
 Answer the Grammar Workout A and
B activities on your EnglishTek
(workbook)

m a r Page 197-198

Gram
ko u t
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 Writing
Cause and Effect

Identifying the problem and solution is important in understanding the

process and sequence of events in text.

For example:

The events in a story happen because of causation

 Take a look at the organizer below depicting the causation of events in
the myth of Icarus:
Daedalus created two pairs of wings for himself and Icarus in
order to escape from the prison in Crete.

Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too closely to the sun.

Icarus disobeyed his father and flew high above, close to the
sun.

The heat of the sun melted the wax in Icarus’ wings.

Icarus fell into the sea.

 Writing
Organizing Sources

It is important to refer to sources in writing a report

To assess the relevance of a source, consider the following guide questions:

• What is the main idea of the source?

• How is the main idea in the source related to my ideas for the paper?
• Which terms and quotes are useful for my paper?
 Activity
A. Write a short paragraph analyzing the cause and effect of a particular
character’s actions and choices. Choose a character from the list below.

Mulan The Little Mermaid

Aladdin Hercules
 Activity
B. Find three sources that are relevant to the topic that you will be writing
about. Write three note cards using an index card. Include the necessary
details.
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Unit 4 – Lesson 5
“The Brahmin’s Gift”
Transition Words, Part 2
Thank
you!