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Level 3 & 4 Tales

Level 3 and 4 Tales

Level 3, Year 1

Semester 1: Norse Myths

Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum

Read and narrate two tales per week.

  1. Far Away and Long Ago
  2. The Building of the Wall
  3. Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger
  4. Sif’s Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard
  5. How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki
  6. How Freya Gained Her Necklace and How Her Loved One Was Lost to Her
  7. How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic Sword
  8. Heimdall and Little Hnossa: How All Things Came to Be
  9. The All-Father’s Forebodings: How He Leaves Asgard
  10. Odin Goes to Mimir’s Well: His Sacrifice for Wisdom
  11. Odin Faces an Evil Man
  12. Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead
  13. Odin Tells to Vidar, His Silent Son, the Secret of His Doings
  14. Thor and Loki in the Giants’ City
  15. How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the Giant
  16. Ægir’s Feast: How Thor Triumphed
  17. The Dwarf’s Hoard, and the Curse that It Brought
  18. Foreboding in Asgard
  19. Loki the Betrayer
  20. Loki Against the Æsir
  21. The Valkyrie
  22. The Children of Loki
  23. Baldur’s Doom
  24. Loki’s Punishment
  25. Sigurd’s Youth
  26. The Sword Gram and the Dragon Fafnir
  27. The Dragon’s Blood
  28. The Story of Sigmund and Signy
  29. The Story of Sigmund and Sinfiotli
  30. The Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungs and of the Death of Sinfiotli
  31. Brynhild in the House of Flame
  32. Sigurd at the House of the Nibelungs
  33. How Brynhild Was Won for Gunnar
  34. The Death of Sigurd
  35. The Twilight of the Gods

Exams

Semester 2: Arthurian Legends

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green

Read and narrate two tales per week.

  1. Book One: The Coming of Arthur  Ch. 1. The Two Swords
  2. Ch. 2 Balyn and Balan
  3. Ch. 3 The First Quest of the Round Table
  4. Ch. 4 The Magic of Nimue and Morgana le Fay
  5. Book TWO: The Knights of the Round Table Ch. 1 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  6. Ch. 2. The First Quest of Sir Launcelot
  7. Ch. 3 Sir Garath, or The Knight of the Kitchen
  8. Ch. 4 Sir Tristam and the Fair Iseult
  9. Ch. 5 Geraint and Enid
  10. Ch. 6 Sir Gawain and the Lady Ragnell
  11. Ch. 7 Sir Percivale of Wales
  12. Ch. 8 The Story of Launcelot and Elaine
  13. Book III: The Quest of the Holy Grail, Ch. 1 How the Holy Grail Came to Camelo
  14. Ch. 2 The First Adventures of Sir Galahad 
  15. Ch. 3 The Adventures of Sir Percivale
  16. Ch. 4 The Adventures of Sir Bors de Gannis
  17. Ch. 5 The Adventures of Sir Launcelot
  18. Ch. 6 How Launcelot and Gawain Came to Carbonek
  19. Ch. 7 The End of the Quest
  20. Book IV: The Departing of Arthur Ch. 1 Launcelot and Guinevere
  21. Ch. 2 The Plots of Sir Mordred
  22. Ch. 3 The Last Battle
  23. Epilogue: Avalon

Level 3, Year 2

Choose from the following options, or a book of tales from the the culture of your choice.

Term 1: Tales from India

Jataka Tales by Ellen Babbit

Read 1 or 2 tales per week, saving Week 12 for exams.

  1. The Monkey and the Crocodile
  2. How the Turtle Saved His Own Life
  3. The Merchant of Seri
  4. The Turtle Who Couldn’t Stop Talking
  5. The Ox Who Won the Forfeit
  6. The Sandy Road
  7. The Quarrel of the Quails
  8. The Measure of Rice
  9. The Foolish, Timid Rabbit
  10. The Wise and Foolish Merchant
  11. The Elephant Girly-Face
  12. The Banyan Deer
  13. The Princes and the Water-Sprite
  14. The King’s White Elephant
  15. The Ox Who Envied the Pig
  16. Granny’s Blackie
  17. The Crab and the Crane
  18. Why the Owl is Not King of the Birds

Term 2: Tales from Japan

Kotaro Chiba, Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic

Read one or 2 tales per week, leaving week 12 for exams. 

  1. The Dream of Akinosuke
  2. The Jelly Fish and the Monkey
  3. Momotaro
  4. The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher
  5. The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child
  6. The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi
  7. Yuki-Onna
  8. Diplomacy
  9. Mujina
  10. A Dead Secret
  11. Rokuro-Kubi
  12. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
  13. The Farmer and the Badger
  14. The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower
  15. The Mirror of Matsuyama

Term 3:  Australian

Australian Legendary Tales (LBP)

Read and narrate 2 lessons per week. 

  1. Dinewan the Emu, and Goombleubbon the Bustard AND The Galah, and Oolah the Lizard
  2. Bahloo the Moon and the Daens AND The Origin of the Narran Lake
  3. Gooloo the Magpie, and the Wahroogah
  4. The Weeoonibeens and the Piggiebillah
  5. Bootoolgah the Crane and Goonur the Kangaroo Rat, The Fire Makers
  6. Weedah the Mockingbird AND The Gwineeboos the Redbreasts
  7. Meamei the Seven Sisters
  8. The Cookooburrahs and the Goolahgool
  9. The Mayamah AND The Bunbundooooeys 
  10. Oongnairwah and Guinarey AND Narahdarn the Bat
  11. Mullyangah the Morning Star AND Goomblegubbon, Beeargah, and Ouyan
  12. Mooregoo the Mopoke, and Bahloo the Moon AND Ouyan the Curlew
  13. Dinewan the Emu, and Wahn the Crows AND Gooahwilleel the Topknot Pigeons
  14. Goonur, the Woman-Doctor AND Deereeree the Wagtail, and the Rainbow 
  15. Mooregoo the Mopoke, and Mooninguggahgul the Mosquito Bird AND Bougoodoogahdah the Rain Bird
  16. The Borah of Byamee (first half)
  17. The Borah of Byamee (second half)
  18. Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees AND Deegeenboyah the Soldier-Bird
  19. Mayrah, the Wind that Blows the Winter Away AND Wayarnbeh the Turtle
  20. Wirreenun the Rainmaker
  21. Catch-up/Exams

Level 4 

Semester 1: American Indian tales 

The Girl Who Helped Thunder by Joseph Bruchac

Read and narrate 2 tales per week.

Northeast

  1. How Stories Came to Be (Seneca)
  2. The Girl Who Helped Thunder (Lenape)
  3. Maushop, the Good Giant (Wampanoag)

Southeast

  1. The Ball Game Between the Birds and the Animals (Cherokee)
  2. Turtle’s Race with Wolf (Seminole)
  3. How Rabbit Got Wisdom (Creek)
  4. The Coming of Corn (Choctaw)

Great Plains

  1. The Sister and Her Seven Brothers (Cheyenne)
  2. How the Buffalo Came to Be (Lakota)
  3. Old Man and the Rolling Rock (Blackfoot)
  4. The Bear Man (Pawnee)

Southwest

  1. How the People Came to the Upper World (Hopi)
  2. The Hero Twins (Navajo)
  3. Why Moon Has One Eye (Isleta Pueblo)

California

  1. Moon and Frog Old Woman (Maidu)
  2. The Story of Tu-tok-a-nu-la (Miwok)
  3. How Earth Elder Made the Acorn Tree (Pomo)
  4. Why Owl Lives Away from the People (Wiyot)

Northwest

  1. How the Drum Came to the People (Salish)
  2. The Two Sisters Who Married Stars (Yakama)
  3. The Boy Who Went with the Seals (Wasco)

Far North

  1. The Beluga-Skin Bedaarka (Aluutiq)
  2. The BLind Boy and the Loon (Inuit)
  3. How Raven Brought Back the Sun (Koyukon Alhabascan)

Semester 2: African American Folk Tales

Virginia Hamilton, The People Could Fly

Read and narrate 2 tales per week.

  1. Introduction
  2. He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit
  3. Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby
  4. Tappin, the Land Turtle
  5. Bruh Alligator and Bruh Deer
  6. Bruh Lizard and Bruh Rabbit
  7. Bruh Alligator Meets Trouble
  8. Wolf and Birds and the Fish-Horse
  9. The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower
  10. A Wolf and Little Daughter 
  11. Manuel Had a Riddle (2 days)
  12. Papa John’s Tall Tale
  13. The Two Johns
  14. Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man (2 days)
  15. John and the Devil’s Daughter
  16. The Peculiar Such Thing
  17. Little Eight John
  18. Better Wait Till Martin Comes
  19. Carrying the Running-Aways
  20. How Nehemiah Got Free
  21. The Talking Cooter
  22. The Riddle Tale of Freedom
  23. The Most Useful Slave
  24. The People Could Fly

 

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