Vocabulary #2

faith : strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof 

threshold: the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested 

tarry: to abide or stay in or at a place 

resolve: 1. settle or find a solution 2. decide firmly on a course of actions 

discern: perceive or recognize (something)2. distinguish (someone or something) by difficulty by sight or with other senses  

martyr: a person  who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs 

mirth : amusement, especially as expressed in laughter 

catechism: a summary of the principles of christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians 

pious: devoutly religious 

frenzy: a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior 

My big question

What if something BIG that happened in history didn't happen? what would the world be like?

Ancient Stories

The text in this story is very similar but there are differences. Most people in everyday conversation use a lot of slang this story is very 'formal' in comparison.
I don't think it's important to retell the story word for word aslong as the moral/message of the story gets through to the reader. Like in the tortise and the hare I've heard that the hare goes to sleep because he's ahead of the tortise I've also heard that he stops to eat carrots but the moral of the story get through either way. Depending on how and who retold the story it could get better or worse a really bad story teller can ruin the story where as an amazing story trailer can enhance the story and make it more interesting.

Response to "The Earth on Turtle's back"

It's an interesting story and I'm interested to see what we talk about in class.

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