1. Skill: Author’s Purpose
Pushing up the Sky
By: Joseph Bruchac
Genre: Play
Skill: Author’s Purpose
Author’s Purpose:

2. Say It!
antler
imagined
languages
narrator
overhead
poked

3. More Words to Know
bumped
randomly

4. antlers bony, branching growths on the head of a male deer, elk, or moose

5. imagined made a picture or idea of something in your mind

6. languages human speech, spoken or written

7. narrator the person who tells a story

8. overhead over the head; on high; above

9. poked pushed with force against someone or something

10. The narrator was telling the story.

11. The narrator was telling the story.

12. Lisa can speak many different languages.

13. Lisa can speak many different languages.

14. The moose had his antlers hung in the tree.

15. The moose had his antlers hung in the tree.

16. I imagined I was a fairy princess.

17. I imagined I was a fairy princess.

18. Grant poked me hard in the side with his finger.

19. Grant poked me hard in the side with his finger.

20. The ceiling overhead was leaking water onto the floor.

21. The ceiling overhead was leaking water onto the floor.

22. Let’s review our words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word.

23. antlers

24. imagined

25. languages

26. narrator

27. overhead

29. poked

31. Spelling Words

32. Review Questions p. 310-317 Where did the Snohomish people live?
What can the bows and arrows be made of?
Why were the people not happy with the sky?
What were some of the problems people were having with the sky being so close?
What was the Seventh Chief’s answer to the problem?

33. Review Questions p.318-319 What was the signal to push up together?
How was the sky pushed up?
What could the people see through the sky after they pushed it up?

34. GREAT JOB!