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AFTER (CONSOLIDATING LEARNING):
Discuss the 'big idea' of the story first, then invite students to discuss their immediate reaction
to the story. As a class, discuss the feelings the story evoked.
• Ask students: “Who are the Onkwehonwe?”, “What does it mean when we say
‘Onkwehonwe-neha’?", "What does this 'bundle' have in it?”, “Is everyone’s bundle
the same?”.
• Explain that students are going to look at the important events in the story to examine
the feelings of the characters and the situation that evolved. Discuss the difference
between most important and less important events using examples such as: Everything in
life was provided with original instructions all contained within the ‘bundle’ (important)
- Native Children went to school where they learned about “Dick and Jane”
(less important to story). Reread the story if needed.
• Develop the criteria for ranking the important events (for example, if it did not occur,
the story would be very different).
• Cut copies of Important and Unimportant Events (Blackline Master #2) into cards and
distribute one set of cards to each pair of students. Invite students to rank the cards
between events that are the most important and events that are not as important, using
the established criteria.
• As a class, discuss the order of the events in the story. Students will explain why they
chose the events in the order they did.
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