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Coyote Places the Stars
Retold and Illustrated by Harriet Peck Taylor
Prediction
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Author’s Purpose
inform persuade entertain
Coyote Places the Stars
Focus Skills:
•To understand the use of comparison and contrast within a text
•To read and understand a Native American legend
•To read and understand a nonfiction article
•To use adjectives for what kind correctly
Genre
Native American Tale- a story that has been passes down through time.
Summary
By shooting arrows, Coyote arranges the stars in constellations. Then he summons the other animals to view his handiwork.
Reading Strategy
Summarize
In legends, like folktales, animals often act like humans. Legends may have unusual names and events. It helps to stop reading every few pages and summarize what has happened so far.
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40 Amazing Things Coyote Does
Compare and contrast our coyote with a real coyote.
Story Coyote
Real Coyote
Both
Coyote Character Traits
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42 What does Coyote discover ha can
do after he reaches the
moon?
What does he do with this new
skill?
How are the pictures Coyote makes in the sky different from each other? How are they alike?
Alike Different
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44
What happens as a result of
Coyote’s howling?
How did the animals move?
bears
squirrels
rabbits
bobcats
porcupines
deer
lizards
fish
mountain lion
buffalo
eagle
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46
How do you think the animals feel
about seeing their pictures in the
sky? Why?
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48What do the other animals do to show Coyote how grateful
they are?
Did Coyote expect the other animals to
react this way? Explain.
Why was this story originally created?
What important things have you learned about Coyote?
Think and Respond
1. How does Coyote place the stars? Why does he do it?
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2. Why do the animals give a great feast for coyote?
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3. How does this story explain why Coyote howls?
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4. What pictures would you have made if you had arranged the stars?
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Use the graphic organizer to follow the following questions.
1. What type of story is this one most like?
2. When does this story take place?
3. What does Coyote shoot one arrow at the sky after the other?
4. Which event happens first?
a. Coyote makes a picture of Bear from stars.
b. Coyote begins to howl.
c. Coyote returns to Earth
d. Coyote hits a star with an arrow and makes it move.
5. Where does Coyote get his ideas from most of the star pictures he draws?
6. What do the other animals think about Coyote’s howl?
7. What type of words are woofing, whiffing, screeching, and squawking?
8. Why does Coyote make animal-shaped pictures?
9. Why do the animals have a great feast?
10. What word would best describe Coyote?
11. What is the purpose of the story?
