Maui and the Sun 6-pack Author: June Melser ISBN: 9780478120486 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: M Strategy/Skill: Grammar and conventions, Text structure, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Myth and Legend Theme/Topic: Ancient Peoples, Problem Solving Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

This is a traditional legend from the Maori people of New Zealand.  It explains how Maui and his brothers slow the sun’s journey across the sky to
make the days longer for eating, fishing, and hunting.

Features of the Book

• The use of paragraphs to break the text.
• The use of direct speech.
• The personification of the sun.
• The possessive apostrophes – “Maui’s” and “sun’s.”
• The distinctive narrative pattern of the story line that allows exploration of characters, plot, and setting.
• The frequent use of the contractive apostrophe – “can’t,” “don’t,” and “we’ll.”
• The word endings – “ed,” “ness,” and “ly.”
• The additional information and map on the inside back cover.
• The stylized illustrations.

Purpose
Maui and the Sun can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• identifying the plot and characters within the story
• recognizing the features of different genres
• recognizing and reading a range of different word patterns, including word endings
• writing using a variety of sentence patterns

For more information please see our Lesson Plan