Pushing Up the Sky

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Pushing Up the Sky

• By Joseph Bruchac

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What are we doing today?

• Talk about how people explain things in nature
• Explore authors purpose
• Practice summarizing

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Question of the WeekDont Answer it Yet

• How do people explain nature in order to
  understand it?
• This question sets the purpose for our read aloud
  today.

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Listen as I read Greek Mythology by Mary Pope
Osborne

• Remember, listen for an answer to our question of
  the week and also for the authors purpose for
  writing this article.

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• Why do you think the author wrote this article?
  (Authors Purpose)
• (Turn and Talk)

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As a Group

• Lets identify one comparison (way they are the
  same) and one contrast (way they are different)
  the author makes between civilization today and
  ancient Greek civilization.
• Let me give you some hints

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Compare and Contrast Alike
and Different
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• Question of the Week
• How do people explain nature in order to
  understand it?
• (Think-Pair-Share)

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• What kind of writing do you do most often?
• Lets list them
• When we talk about why we or someone else writes
  something, we are talking about authors purpose.

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Lets Explore Authors Purpose

• The authors purpose is the reason an author
  writes something.

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An Author Writes for Four Reasons

• To persuade (talk you into something)
• To inform (teach you something)
• To entertain
• To express ideas and feelings

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One piece of writing can have different purposes

• Example Beginning- inform Middle-persuade E
  nd-entertain

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Lucky for Us We Have a Strategy to Help

• SUMMARIZE
• Summing up the main ideas and details as you
  read can help you figure out the authors
  purpose.

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Lets Practice Recognizing Authors Purpose

• Listen to me read
• An Up and Down Story
• In Olympia, Washington, you will find a tall
  pole. However, this pole is not just any pole.
  It is a story pole.
• I can summarize that paragraph by saying that it
  tells me about a story pole and where it can be
  found.
• I think the authors purpose is to entertain and
  to inform.

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Lets Read Together

• A story pole is different from a totem pole. A
  totem pole tells about a family. A story pole
  uses animal stories to teach children about their
  culture and responsibility. The story pole in
  Olympia has 21 carved figures on it. Each
  teaches a lesson about life.
• In summary, this paragraph describes what a
  story pole is, and it also compares and contrasts
  story poles and totem poles.
• What do you think is the authors purpose?
• (Turn and Talk)

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Whisper ReadThe story pole was made by
Snohomish Chief William Shelton. It was carved
from a great cedar tree. Chief Shelton worked on
the pole for five years. When he died in 1938,
other people in his tribe finished the
carving.
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• Turn and tell your partner a summary of this
  paragraph.
• Think Time What is the authors purpose?
• Group Response

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• Choral Read
• In 1940 the pole was done, but there was no
  money to put it up. Children from around the
  state each gave one cent. Together, they raised
  enough money.
• If you are ever in Olympia, be sure to visit
  the story pole. You will learn about the
  Snohomish culture. And you will see a beautiful
  work of art.
• Authors Purpose I believe at the end of the
  story the author has moved to persuading you to
  visit the story pole. Are you persuaded?

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What Do You Know About Native Americans?

• (Think Pair Share)
• What Do You Want to Know about
• Native Americans?
• (Write one thing on a post-it)

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Vocabulary

• Antlers- bony growths on the head of male deer,
  elk or moose
• Imagined- pictured in your mind
• Languages- spoken or written speech
• Narrator- the person who tells a story
• Overhead- over the head / high
• Poked- pushed with force

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THE END