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Coyote in Trouble
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478124859
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
J
Strategy/Skill:
Making predictions, Sequencing
Genre:
Folk Tale/Traditional Story
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects, Humor, Relationships
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
In this collection of Native American tales, Coyote is tricked or makes mistakes, and he ends up in trouble. The book ends with a letter from Coyote to Grandma in which he apologizes for being so much trouble.
Features of the Book
- A collection of separate but related tales
- Native American tales from an oral tradition
- Direct speech
- Predictable outcomes
- Exclamations and onomatopoeia – Crash!, Ouch!, Kerplunk!
- Punctuation – ellipses
- Contractions – he’ll, he’s, didn’t, don’t, wasn’t, I’ll, I’m, can’t, that’s, what’s, it’s, you’ll, they’ll
Purpose
Coyote in Trouble can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:
- exploring the genre of traditional tales
- making, confirming, and revising predictions
- reading and writing procedural texts
- describing a sequence of events
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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