Title of Text: Gluskabi and the Wind Eagle; Life in a Longhouse Village Keepers of the Earth Observations on Text Complexity: Where will students need support? Writing Task Conceptual Planner Elementary Grades:3/4 Title of Text: Writing Standard: W2 Gluskabi and the Wind Eagle (3 selected stories) EVIDENCE Story What ? What happens? Lesson (Cause) (Effect) Gluskabi is tired of There are no animals left If you over-hunt, there Gluskabi and the the animals hiding in the woods. will be not be enough Game Animals from him when he animals for the future. hunts. He tricks the Difficult things can make animals to capture us stronger and wiser. them so he won’t have to work so hard. Gluskabi is angry The air becomes hot and Things are the way they Gluskabi and the that the wind makes uncomfortable. The are for a reason. Without Wind Eagle it harder for him to water becomes dirty and the wind, things will be paddle his canoe. smelly. The fish are out of balance and life He tricks the Wind dying. be good for us and won’t Eagle so the wind future people. bother him won’t when he is fishing. A huge monster People and animals in the Water is for everyone. Gluskabi and the blocks the river village grow sick. Some You cannot be greedy or River Monster upstream from the die because there is no selfish about the things village. He wants water. that nature gives to us. the water for himself.
Title of Text: Gluskabi and the Wind Eagle; Life in a Longhouse Village Keepers of the Earth Observations on Text Complexity: Where will students need support? Writing Task Conceptual Planner Elementary Grades:3/4 Title of Text: Writing Standard: W2 Gluskabi and the Wind Eagle (3 selected stories) EVIDENCE Story What ? (Cause) What happens? (Effect) Lesson Gluskabi and the Game Animals Gluskabi is tired of the animals hiding from him when he hunts. He tricks the animals to capture them so he won’t have to work so hard. There are no animals left in the woods. If you over-hunt, there will be not be enough animals for the future. Difficult things can make us stronger and wiser. Gluskabi and the Wind Eagle Gluskabi is angry that the wind makes it harder for him to paddle his canoe. He tricks the Wind Eagle so the wind won’t bother him when he is fishing. The air becomes hot and uncomfortable. The water becomes dirty and smelly. The fish are dying. Things are the way they are for a reason. Without the wind, things will be out of balance and life won’t be good for us and future people. Gluskabi and the River Monster A huge monster blocks the river upstream from the village. He wants the water for himself. People and animals in the village grow sick. Some die because there is no water. Water is for everyone. You cannot be greedy or selfish about the things that nature gives to us.
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