Diving into Mythology

I have decided to focus more on animals of the Great Plains. I am thinking I may want to write about stories with conflicts between different animals and relate it all together in the end. This is just a thought though, I may end up doing and liking something else better! One story in this unit that gave me inspiration to write a story similar was Coyote and Snake . In this story the coyote is walking on a path and almost steps on the snake. The snake politely asks the coyote to go around him, however, the coyote does not like this and refuses to go around the snake. The snake warns him that if he steps on him the snake will bite him. The coyote steps on the snake and the snake bites him but nothing happens instantly. The coyote keep walking and when drinking from a creek looks into his reflection and looks rather fat and then became very sleepy. He fell asleep and did not ever wake up. I think the story line of this story would be very useful in future stories. Another story I am ...

South African Folktales This topic caught my attention because I had no prior knowledge about South African or furthermore South African Folktales. Some of the stories that caught my attention in this unit were stories about how the hunter and gatherers back in the day survived and persevered through the hard times. I also really enjoy stories about animals and many of these stories included animals. Medved: The Bear Officer This is a past story book that I spent a lot of time visiting and reading all about. This story caught my eye because I really like animals and feel like writing about an animal would be a good topic for my story book. I also have a fascination with bears because I grew up in Colorado. I think it would be interesting to look specifically into bears, where they originated from, where they currently live, and what their lifestyle is like across the nation. Great Plains The Great Plains unit caught my eye because it is something that I am kind of familiar with...