Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Myths and Legends: Level 17: The Legend Of Gilgamesh - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Myths and Legends: Level 17: The Legend Of Gilgamesh write by Geraldine McCaughrean. This book was released on 2014-01. Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Myths and Legends: Level 17: The Legend Of Gilgamesh available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Legend of Gilgamesh is a retelling of the oldest recorded story in the world. The cruel King Gilgamesh forms an unlikely friendship with a wild man, Enkidu. Together they plan to battle fearsome monsters. Can they succeed and live to tell the tale? TreeTops Myths and Legends are a fascinating selection of the best traditional stories.
The Legend of Gilgamesh
The Legend of Gilgamesh - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Gilgamesh write by Geraldine McCaughrean. This book was released on 2014. The Legend of Gilgamesh available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The marvellous yet cruel King Gilgamesh strikes up an unlikely friendship with a wild man, Enkidu. Together they plan to take on the fearsome monster, Huwawa, and the giant bulll of Heaven"--Back cover.
The Legend of Gilgamesh
The Legend of Gilgamesh - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Gilgamesh write by Timothy Knapman. This book was released on 2010-01-18. The Legend of Gilgamesh available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. These exciting new TreeTops Myths and Legends are guaranteed to appeal to all your junior readers - whatever their cultural background, gender or enthusiasms. These are the oldest and most enduring stories in the world, retold by leading contemporary children's authors to bring out all of theaction, drama, humour and depth of the original stories in a way that makes them as exciting and meaningful today as ever.The strand is comprised of 24 books, telling a total of around 65 traditional stories from around the world. All of the stories are fully illustrated with stunning, vibrant images. The stories are carefully levelled, making them accessible to the average 7-11 year old reader. A thought-provokingletter from the author explains something about the background of the stories and the process of writing or retelling them. The letter also encourages the reader to make links between stories in a collection - prompting a fascinating investigation of the similarities and differences between storiesthat have evolved from different cultures around the world.Free teaching notes with each pack offer suggestions on how to develop higher order comprehension and writing skills. They also provide short introductions to many of the stories and discussion points to promote meaningful speaking and listening, and reflective reading. The stories are ideal formaking strong links to other areas of curriculum.
A Gilgamesh Play for Teen Readers
A Gilgamesh Play for Teen Readers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Gilgamesh Play for Teen Readers write by Jerry L. Parks. This book was released on 2009-02. A Gilgamesh Play for Teen Readers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The oldest story known to man. In a teaching unit, performable play format, A Gilgamesh Play for Teen Readers tells the essence of the Gilgamesh story without the archaic (and often inappropriate) language. It is the only such format of the story, and furnishes teachers a thorough and interesting background regarding the world of young people in ancient Mesopotamia. The author is a National Board Certified Teacher, and has taught middle school for over twenty years. Because there are so few plays on the story of Gilgamesh geared to teens, this play was created to fill the void. Although not an exact retelling of the story, the play furnishes a great deal of insight into the ancient Mesopotamian culture, as well insight into the story of Gilgamesh. The play features: Probing questions on various themes for teenage discussion Themes listed for the teacher use in a quick-reference A quick-reference Sumer-cabulary with keywords bolded in the play Pre-teaching suggestions for teachers A complete Sumerian further reference list for teachers to utilize The story is the legend of the great king Gilgamesh, and the eventual tragedy of his friendship with Enkidu lord of the wild. It was written by a Sumerian, but was absorbed into later Babylonian culture. Because of Gilgamesh s arrogance and pride, the gods created Enkidu a warrior as powerful as the king in order to teach the king humility. The warriors became friends and had many adventures together. But the evil goddess Ishtar punished Enkidu with an untimely death sentence, and Gilgamesh undertook a long journey in search of Utnoa (Utnapishtim) the Faraway survivor of the Great Flood who possessed the secret of immortality. At the story s end, the fruit benefits neither the king nor his friend, but ironically, Gilgamesh through his timeless story has indeed become immortal.
Plumes from Paradise
Plumes from Paradise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plumes from Paradise write by Pamela Swadling. This book was released on 2019-12. Plumes from Paradise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after was the bird of paradise. Their magnificent plumes bedecked the hats of fashion-conscious women in Europe and America, provided regalia for the Kings of Nepal, and decorated the headdresses of Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Plumes from Paradise tells the story of this interaction, and of the economic, political, social and cultural consequence for the island's inhabitants. It traces 400 years of economic and political history, culminating in the 'plume boom' of the early part of the 20th century, when an unprecedented number of outsiders flocked to the island's coasts and hinterlands. The story teems with the variety of people involved: New Guineans, Indonesians, Chinese, Europeans, hunters, traders, natural historians and their collectors, officials, missionaries, planters, miners, adventurers of every kind. In the wings were the conservationists, whose efforts brought the slaughter of the plume boom to an end and ushered in an era of comparative isolation for the island that lasted until World War II.
