Book Summary
In this Native American tale, Glooskap, the leader of his people, seeks a way to end the perilous winter that has gripped the land. He finds that a giant named Winter has caused the cold weather. After escaping from Winter' s spells, Glooskap travels far to the south and finds a woman named Summer who can defeat the giant and bring warmth to the land.

Book and lesson also available at Levels I and Q.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand the story and remember information
• Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Identify words with variant vowel /ow/ digraph and diphthong
• Compare and correctly use verb tenses
• Identify and create compound words

Materials

• Book -- How Glooskap Found Summer (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Visualize, cause and effect, verb tense, compound words worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting the book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: bloomed, defeat, escaped, Glooskap, invited, messenger, spell, spoke, thaw