Discussion
& Gap-Filling activity
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Do you know what a
dream catcher is?
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If not, what it could
be used for?
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Considering its name
and shape how do you think it works?
Complete
the text about the legend of the dream catcher, with the ten words given.
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caught -
vary - travel
- carried -
adopted - hung captured
- destroyed -
pass - credited
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The Chippewa believe that
night is full of both good and bad dreams. When a dream catcher is 1.........................above
the place where you sleep it moves freely in the night air and catches the
dreams as they drift by. The good dreams, knowing their way, 2.......................through
the opening in the center of the webbing while the bad dreams, not knowing the
way, are 3.........................in the webbing and 4.............................at
the first light of the morning sun.
There are many variants to
the dream catcher legend, some which say both the good and bad dreams are 5........................
and some which say the good dreams 6.......................... down the feather
to those sleeping below. Although the Ojibwa are 7...............................
as the first people to use Dream Catchers many other Tribes and Native peoples
have 8.................. Dream Catchers into their culture. Even though the
designs and legends of Dream Catchers 9............................ slightly, the underlying meaning and
symbolism is universal and is 10............................. across cultures
and language barriers.
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Were your predictions
right?
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