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 * Theme: ** Stories of the Earth and Sky
 * This four-week unit pairs Native American stories with informational text about the earth and sky. **

===The unit begins with a discussion about stories that explain nature’s mysteries, and how these stories are often passed down orally from generation to generation. Students are asked to share any personal stories about the earth and sky that they have been told. After a brief introduction to Native Americans’ reverence and respect for the earth and sky, students read Native American stories and compare and contrast them as a genre. Students alternate reading stories, such as The Earth Under Sky Bear’s Feet by Joseph Bruchac, and related informational texts, such as Zoo in the Sky: A Book of Animal Constellations by Jacqueline Mitton. Class discussions focus on how the informational text helps us to appreciate literature and how authors use artistic license to make a good story. Students also conduct and present research on constellations. After discussing Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night and El Greco’s View of Toledo, students write their own story and publish it on a class web page. This unit ends with a class discussion and informative/explanatory essay in response to the essential question. ===


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