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Vocabulary:

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 * Garrulous (ADJ): talking a great deal, especially about unimportant things (P 503)
 * Conjectured (V): guessed; predicted
 * Infamous (ADJ): having a very bad reputation
 * Dilapidated (ADJ): shabby; falling apart
 * Interminable (ADJ) endless; seeming to last forever

Read "Davy is Born" by Irwin Shapiro. When you're done reading that, read the "Meet the Author" section and "The True Davy Crockett" page. Compare and contrast the two stories.

=__**For your assignment:**__= You will do a little research someone/something that we have made into a sort of "myth" and explain and tell what you have found out. Along with this, you will also explain how you think the truth eventually became a myth. The post should be about 3-4 paragraphs and be sure to include:

- What you are researching/talking about - Explain the true story - Explain what the 'myth' is now/what we do/think now - How you think it became myth - Concluding statement/clincher - EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT! Your post should be free of errors. It might help typing it on a Word Document and then copying and pasting it onto your post and posting it online!


 * Be sure to pick something you don't already know about!


 * Some ideas you could think about researching are the true story/stories of:**
 * - Christmas**
 * - Halloween**
 * - Easter**
 * - Sacajawea**
 * - Christopher Columbus**
 * - Thanksgiving**
 * - Robin Hood**
 * - Pocahontas**
 * - King Arthur**
 * - the song 'Ring Around the Rosie'**
 * - the song 'Rock-a-bye Baby'**

==Remember, these are only ideas! Feel free to research other things if none of these interest you! Be sure to e-mail or ask me if you have a different idea to research. It has to be appropriate for school and the classroom. **==