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Unit 1, Part 1
Waters of Gold
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Unit 1, Part 1
For pages 56–68
In studying this text, you will focus on the
following objectives:
Literary Study: Analyzing an author’s style.
Reading: Activating prior knowledge.
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Meet Laurence Yep
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Connect to the Folktale
Think about a time when you acted
generously toward a friend, a family
member, or your community.
Partner Talk With a parent or sibling, talk
about why you chose to be generous. How
did others benefit from your actions? Also
discuss any factors that made you hesitate
before acting.
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Build Background
A folktale is a traditional story that has been
passed from generation to generation by oral
retelling. “Waters of Gold” is a written version
of an ancient Asian folktale. This story takes
place in a small farming village.
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In the farming village where the story is
set, wealth and leisure are rare. Water
has to be hauled from a well. Survival
depends on hard work.
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Build Background
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In folktales, it is common for everyday life
to be turned around by a magical person
or force.
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Folktales teach lessons about human
nature, featuring characters who choose
right over wrong, gain wisdom, or live out
their values.
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Set Purposes for Reading
As you read, identify the values revealed by
each character’s words and actions.
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Set Purposes for Reading
Style
Style is the distinctive way an author
writes. Two important elements of style
are word choice, or diction, and sentence
structure.
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Word Choice is an author’s use of
specific, vivid words to express certain
ideas or feelings.
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Set Purposes for Reading
Style
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Sentence Structure refers to the way
a sentence is put together. Short
sentences can speed readers through
the story’s action. Longer sentences
with phrases provide depth of detail.
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Set Purposes for Reading
Style
Simple words and sentences are typical
in folktales—they help make the stories
easier to remember and recite.
As you read, ask yourself, how does the
author’s style help me imagine and
understand the folktale?
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Set Purposes for Reading
Activate Prior Knowledge
When you activate prior knowledge, you
recall what you already know. When
someone mentions a topic, you’re likely to
think of facts, processes, or experiences
related to that topic. Connecting to what you
know can help you make sense of new
information.
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Set Purposes for Reading
Activate Prior Knowledge
For example, think of some folktales that
you’ve heard or read. Folktales include
animal stories, trickster tales, fairy tales,
myths, legends, and tall tales. What do
these stories have in common?
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Set Purposes for Reading
Activate Prior Knowledge
As you read, you can use a graphic
organizer like the one on the following slide
to help you activate prior knowledge about
the setting, characters, or vocabulary in the
folktale.
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Set Purposes for Reading
Activate Prior Knowledge
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Activate Prior Knowledge Read the
excerpt highlighted in blue on page 59.
Think of other stories in which you have
heard this phrase. From what you
remember, what kind of story do you think
this will be?
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Cultural History
In many cultures, hospitality toward guests or
strangers is an important value. Guests and
strangers have expectations as to how they
should be treated and are offended if these
expectations are not met.
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Style Read the fifth paragraph on page
59. Why do you think the author provides
details of how the beggar is ignored?
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Style Read the fifth paragraph on page
59. Why do you think it is important in the
story for readers to imagine the villagers’
reactions?
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Style Read the excerpt highlighted in
purple on page 60. What does this simple
statement suggest about Auntie Lily’s
attitude toward the beggar?
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Activate Prior Knowledge Read the
excerpt highlighted in blue on page 60.
Think of a TV or movie character whose
attitude is similar to the rich old woman’s.
What words would you use to describe this
character?
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Style Read the last two paragraphs on
page 60. What does the beggar’s statement
“Heaven is my roof, and the whole world my
house” mean?
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Style Read the last two paragraphs on
page 60. What is the author’s purpose in
using figurative language in the beggar’s
responses?
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Writer’s Technique
Yep states that good writing “brings out what’s
special in ordinary things.” “Waters of Gold”
focuses on normal people living ordinary lives.
For the beggar, simple comforts like a bowl of
water, are luxuries. Through his descriptions,
and by contrasting the beggar with people
who are more affluent, Yep shows how simple
things can be special.
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Style Read the excerpt highlighted in purple
on page 62. How do the words the author
uses help you visualize the scene?
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Identifying Sequence Read the excerpt
highlighted in blue on page 62. You may have
seen movies with pirates or gold diggers who
bite gold. Based on what you’ve seen, why do
you think the farmer bites he gold coin?
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Identifying Sequence Read the excerpt
highlighted in blue on page 62. Why is gold
so valuable?
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Identifying Sequence Read the excerpt
highlighted in blue on page 62. What other
valuable item would cause the same
reaction from the villagers?
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Read the excerpt highlighted in tan on page
63. What do the old woman’s actions reveal
about how her values have changed?
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Style Read the excerpt highlighted in purple
on page 64. In what way does the length of
this sentence and its one-syllable words
convey the feeling of this scene?
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Style Read the excerpt highlighted in purple
on page 65. Though the beggar repeats the
old woman’s words from earlier in the story,
in what way is the meaning different?
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Read the excerpt highlighted in tan on page
66. What do the old woman’s actions reveal
about how her values have changed?
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Read the excerpt highlighted in tan on page
66. How might the story change if the person
the old woman helps is clean and well
dressed?
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Respond and Think Critically
1. How does Auntie Lily know the rich old
woman? [Identify]
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Respond and Think Critically
2. Auntie Lily states, “There’s a bit of
Heaven in each of us.” What does this tell
you about her attitude toward other
people? [Infer]
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Respond and Think Critically
3. Why does the rich old woman find
snakes, lizards, and ants in her bucket
instead of gold? [Conclude]
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Respond and Think Critically
4. Find words or phrases that indicate this story
is a folktale. Why do you think the author
chose to convey his main message about
values in a folktale instead of another type of
story? [Analyze]
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Respond and Think Critically
TIP: Analyzing
Here are some tips to help you analyze.
Remember that when you analyze, you
look at individual parts of the selection in
order to understand the entire selection.
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Respond and Think Critically
• Skim the selection for words or phrases
that are usually found in folktales.
• Identify how these phrases help the
author tell the story.
• Locate phrases and sentences that the
author uses to teach a lesson.
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Respond and Think Critically
5. Think about the endings of other folktales
you know. Are the endings of these stories
different than the ending of “Waters of
Gold”? Explain your ideas. [Evaluate]
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Respond and Think Critically
6.
What actions show that
Auntie Lily and, later, her rich old neighbor
live out the values of generosity and
compassion? What are some other ways
people show that they believe in these
values? [Connect]
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Style
1. Describe Yep’s writing style, including
word choice and sentence structure, in
“Waters of Gold.” Support your
observations with examples from the
selection.
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Style
2. Why do you think most folktales reflect a
similar style?
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Review: Narrator and
Point of View
Every story has a storyteller, or narrator.
Point of view is the relationship of the
narrator to the story.
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In the first-person point of view, the
narrator is a character in the story who
refers to himself or herself as “I” or “me.”
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Review: Narrator and
Point of View
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In the third-person point of view, the
narrator is not a character in the story
and does not take part in events. He or
she stands apart from the action and
describes what is happening.
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Review: Narrator and
Point of View
3. Who is telling the story in “Waters of
Gold”? What clues did you use to help
you determine the narrator and the point
of view?
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Activate Prior Knowledge
4. (a) In what ways did the characters and
events of “Waters of Gold” meet your
expectations? In what ways did they
surprise you? Use the notes in your
graphic organizer to help you answer.
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Activate Prior Knowledge
4. (b) What qualities are different? Use a
Venn Diagram like the one below to help
you respond.
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Activate Prior Knowledge
5. Think of the setting in another folktale
you’ve read. What qualities does this
setting share with the setting of “Waters
of Gold”?