Encounter by jane yolen writing activities

Alfred Kroeber with Ishi in Ursula K. She developed a successful career as an author: Le Guin would later use Oppenheimer as the model for her protagonist in The Dispossessed. She was fond of myths and legends, particularly Norse mythologyand of Native American legends that her father would narrate.

I am so excited to tell you about the book I am linking up today! We teach explorers in 4th grade.

It seems that states teach different ones. However, one that is usually a common one amongst them is Christopher Columbus. To be quite honest, the only thing that I really knew about Christopher Columbus was that he discovered America.

That's the only thing that I ever remember learning about him. Well, this book will change your mind about how wonderful Christopher Columbus was!

Classroom Activities — emily jenkins

Since he discovered America, you'd assume he's a great guy Well, he was definitely famous, but I'm not sure about the rest. If you have never thought about this, you've got to check out this book! Here is the summery by Amazon they are much more concise than I am!

Years later the boy, now an old man, looks back at the destruction of his people and their culture by the colonizers. Now, before we teach explorers, we have already taught about several Native American tribes. So, students already have a connection to how the Native Americans lived. This is definitely helpful when we read this book.

She has a page at the end of the book that gives facts and information about Columbus's voyages and what he did, including taking many Taino back with him to Spain to show King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and then those Taino people became slaves. This is a great book for teaching perspectives and point of view.

It is also great for inferencing. Since the boy has never seen white people before, or many of the things they bring with them, the boy explains things based on what he knows, so students can figure out what the boy must be talking about. Here are a few pictures of the book so you can see what I'm talking about!

The illustration tell as much of the story as the words do! Sorry for the bad pictures- I was getting a horrible glare so they are dark! The first picture is from when the Taino boy has a dream which he takes to be a warning of three great birds sitting in the bay.

This is the very first page of the book. You turn the page, and then you can see the three ships or great canoes as the boy calls them.

Here, the tribe is trying to figure the men out. Look at the language from this page.

Whose Side of the Story? | Lesson Plan | regardbouddhiste.com

There is a lot of great figurative language in this book- personification, similes, and metaphors- because the boy is trying to compare what he sees to what he knows in order to make sense of it all. Here's what the page on the left says, "The baby canoes spat out many strange creatures, men but not men.

We did not know them as human beings, for they hid their bodies in colors, like parrots. Their feet were hidden, also.A talking dog, a housecleaning robot and a three-dimensional “data orb” are among the many cool features that kids might enjoy in the future, according to this lighthearted look at by Jane Yolen, which tells about Columbus’s first meeting with the Native Americans from the perspective of a young Taino boy.

Guided Practice: Explain that Jane Yolen chose to write her story from a particular perspective. • Read aloud Encounter by Jane Yolen. Have student fill in a mind look with the which are more at large set down here in writing. Numbers of the people of the island straightway collected together.

Here Encounter with Christopher Columbus Lesson Plan. Jul 22,  · Encounter by Jane Yolen; Biography: Christopher Columbus worksheet; Related books and/or media.

Whose Side of the Story? Lesson plan. The activities in this lesson will engage students in thinking about how a person’s position, needs, and concerns affect their point of /5(35). This is the story of Columbus’ landing in the Americas, as told by a boy of the Taino people who already lived there.

The th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage was coming up, and my Harcourt editor of the time–Bonnie Ingber–suggested such a book was needed. Title - First Encounter: Columbus and the Tainos By - Alison Wager Primary Subject - Social Studies Secondary Subjects - Language Arts - Writing Grade Level - 4.