Coyote Places the Stars

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Coyote Places the Stars

• Retold and Illustrated by Harriet Peck Taylor

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Genre

• Native American Tale
• A tale is a story that has been passed down
  through times.

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Vocabulary

• Canyon a narrow valley with steep sides.
• Pride a feeling of happiness and satisfaction
  about doing something well.
• Swiftly very quickly
• Skillful showing skill showing a talent for
  doing something well.

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Vocabulary Continued

• Feast a special celebration with a large amount
  of food.
• Gazing looking with a long, steady stare.
• Arranged put in some kind of order

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Focus Skill

• Compare and Contrast
• When you compare two things, you tell how they
  are alike.
• When you contrast two things, you tell how they
  are different.

• Using a Venn diagram is a wonderful way to
  organize information that you are comparing and
  contrasting.

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Questions to ask while Reading

• What is the problem in the story? How do you
  think it will be solved?
• Tell the main things that have happened so far.
• What do you think will happen next?
• What do you think will happen at the end of the
  story?

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Grammar

• Adjectives that tell what kind can describe
  size,shape, or color.
• Adjectives that tell what kind can describe how
  something looks,sounds,feels, tastes, or smells.