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The Old Woman Who Lived with the Wolves By Chief Luther Standing Bear Week 1 Part 2 The plan…. • Objectives • Review – Vocabulary • About the Author: Chief Luther Standing Bear • Background Information for The Old Woman Who Lived with the Wolves • Reading Skill – Making Inferences • Literary Analysis – Identifying Internal and External Conflict and Resolution in a short story • Read the Story • Evaluation • Preview Objectives • Students will read, analyze and identify conflict, internal and external, and resolution within a short story • Students will read and make inferences Vocabulary Use the following words in an original sentence OR give the definition or a synonym 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Borders n. _____________________________ Considered v. __________________________ Territory n. ___________________________ Wherever conj. _________________________ Foothills n. ____________________________ Journeyed v. ___________________________ Offensive adj. __________________________ Perished v. _____________________________ Chief Luther Standing Bear (1868–1939) Chief Luther Standing Bear Chief Luther Standing Bear Chief Luther Standing Bear Background The Sioux • story from a Native American of the American Great Plains • nomads that followed buffalo and fresh water • had a special understanding of animals in their world • In “ The Old Woman Who Lived with the Wolves,” a young Sioux woman gets lost in the woods. What sort of challenges and feelings might someone have? • Listen to the summary of You? the story to get a better • Use at least three of the understanding following words: obtain, survive, locate, rely, isolate. Reading Skill: Make Inferences •An inference is a logical assumption you develop about information not directly stated. •To make an inference, combine text clues with your prior knowledge, or what you already know. •For example, from the sentence “Tina smiled when she saw the snow,” you might infer that Tina is happy. •This inference is based on your prior knowledge that people smile when they are happy. Because the text states that Tina is smiling at the snow, you can infer that the snow is the reason she is happy. Using the Strategy: Inference Chart Use a chart like this one to make inferences as you read. Details Prior Knowledge Inference Copyright © 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc, or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Literary Analysis: Conflict and Resolution A conflict is a struggle between opposing forces. In a short story, the conflict drives the action. Events in the story contribute to the conflict or to the resolution— the way in which the conflict is settled. A conflict can be external or internal. • External conflict: a character struggles against an outside force, such as another person or an element of nature. • Internal conflict: a character struggles within himself or herself to make a choice, take an action, or overcome a feeling. A story may have several conflicts, which may be related. As you read, think about the types of conflict that each character faces. Copyright © 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc, or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Read the Story • Open your books to page 217 • While we are reading look for our vocabulary and the following words: – Coaxed v. ________________________________ – Traversed v. ______________________________ – Offensive adj. _____________________________ • Any other words you find in the reading that you do not know, come write them on the board! Evaluation • What is conflict? Resolution? • What are the differences between internal and eternal conflict? • How can we make an inference? • List 3 details about Chief Luther Standing Bear? Preview • Finish The Old Woman Who Lived with the Wolves and answer comprehension questions The End Way to be Rock Stars!!