Sif's Golden Hair

Sif's Golden Hair

Characters in Norse Mythology

Odin

Frigga

Balder

Hon

Valkyries

Freya

Sif

Thor

Loki

Siguna

Poll

Today's chapter is titled Sif's Golden Hair. Did you choose Sif as you favorite character yesterday?

• Yes

• No

Making Predictions

It is always a good idea to preview what you will be reading and make predictions about what you will read. Flip through chapter 1 Sif's Golden Hair and write what you think the chapter will be about.

Open Ended

I think Sif's Golden Hair will be about ...

Read pages 10 and 11 and think about what the setting of the story is.

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of this chapter?

• Vallaha

• Asgard

• Jotunheim

• Midgard

Multiple Choice

Odin has two ravens, Thought and Memory, what was their job?

• to bring food to Odin

• they protected Odin from evil

• they spied on the world and reported the news back to Odin

• they were Odin's servants

Multiple Choice

What does the word enraged mean in this sentence from the chapter?

Thor was enraged.

• very fiery

• very red

• very angry

• very bulged

Open Ended

Explain how you knew what enraged meant. Provide evidence from the text to support you answer.

Read pages 14 and 15 and think about what you learned about Sif on this page.

Multiple Choice

Based on Sif's actions, you can tell that Sif...

• does not care about her looks

• has many enemies

• has no friends

• cares about her looks

Read pages 16 and 17 to find out why Odin blames himself for the problems with Loki.

Multiple Choice

Why does Odin blame himself for the problems with Loki?

• Because Loki was his friend

• he told Loki to cut Sif's hair

• he had invited Loki to join the gods in Asgard

• he told Thor it was Loki who did it

Multiple Choice

Which event happened first?

• Thor arrives in his goat cart.

• Loki arrives.

• Sif pulls off the veil.

• Thought and Memory return to Odin with no news to report.

Multiple Choice

Which event happened last?

• Thor arrives in his goat cart.

• Loki arrives.

• Sif pulls off the veil.

• Thought and Memory return to Odin with no news to report.