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[quote=Anonymous]The essential question of the unit your child is working in is the following:

How do our actions influence our lives?
In this unit, students will read and compare stories, poems, and myths to analyze characters and understand how their actions shape events.

There are times when what you say and do can directly impact others. You may not even know you are causing them problems. There are also times when you do nothing, and that too has a similar impact.

For instance (this text is used in the unit):
In paragraph 19, King Midas makes a wish to be able to turn everything he touches into gold. This soon causes problems for Midas, as even his food turns to gold he can’t eat! Midas’s next action is to hug his beloved daughter, who tried to comfort him. This action causes her to turn to gold! In response, Midas pleads with Dionysus to take his power away. This action summons Dionysus, who tells Midas to wash his hands in the river, which Midas does “until they were as red as bricks.” This action contributes to the story by bringing it to its resolution: Midas and his daughter return to normal.

Students are asked to do the following with guided practice:

How Dionysus’s actions in these paragraphs contribute to the events of the story?

Annotate! Circle story events that are caused by this character’s actions.

Students should identify that Dionysus’s actions in these paragraphs contribute to the resolution of the story because they rid Midas of his curse and turn his daughter back to normal.

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