1. February 25 1.Review and note: trickster defs 2.Making Claims / Finding Evidence: Trickster Think Sheet AA 1.Trickster Think Sheet 2.Turn in journal quiz: Smoke Signals Trickster Claims TOPIC: Trickster Claims Drawing Conclusions LEVEL: Drawing Conclusions

2. Friday, we... Quizzed on “Coyote and Buff” Continued Journal Quiz on Smoke Signals

3. Today’s Objectives CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop characters. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on characterization. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.

4. W—P1W—P2W—P3W—P4W—P5W—P6R—P1R—P2R—P3R—P4R—P5 COYOTE TERMS Essential Q : Who are the tricksters in Smoke Signals? What effect does their trickster-ism have on the story?

5. W—P1W—P2W—P3W—P4W—P5W—P6R—P1R—P2R—P3R—P4R—P5 Magical thinking Connection to nature Belief in spirit Power of Story Oral Tradition Myth: a religious and cultural story that explains why things are the way they are. Symbol: an image that stands for an idea. Theme: the message or philosophy in a story. Trickster tales: folk tales that feature an animal or human character who engages in deceit, violence, and magic; often mythic, explaining features of the world. Trickster: the character in a trickster tale who engages in the deceit, violence, and magic. Culture hero — a character who is famous for his contributions to the “culture” (art, history, identity) of a society. Clever deceiver — yeah, that. Numskull — one who creates problems not out of malice but out of ignorance and stupidity.