Book Summary
Travel back in time as Eagle Feather, an old Native American warrior, tells his grandson Sagastao the stories of their people, the Algonquins of eastern Canada. Through the words of Eagle Feather, readers will learn about the history of the tribe and its trials and glories through the ages. Readers will also learn about the effects of the "white man's" arrival on native peoples in North America. Illustrations, nonfiction features, a photo, and a map support text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Sequence events in the text using a timeline
• Identify and use prepositional phrases
• Identify English words with non-English origins 

Materials

• Book -- The Algonguins (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Map of North America
• Dictionaries
• Sequence events, prepositional phrases, word origins worksheets
• Discussion cards

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

Vocabulary

• Content words: allies, ancestral, anthropologists, conviction, federation, muskets, ravaged, reserves, stronghold, treaties, tribute, wigwam