Meeting Sweetgrass
This person brought sweetgrass to Turtle Island and left behind heart berries when she died.
Who is Skywoman?
Kimmerer uses an anecdote about her grandfather and his brother doing this activity.
What is collecting/harvesting pecans?
A short, clear description of the main ideas of something (i.e. text, film, presentation). Effective ones are objective (free from bias or evaluation).
What is a summary?
This is the name of the notes style where there is a cues column, a notes column, and a summary box at the bottom.
What are Cornell-style notes?
This month's character strong focus. It involves treating people and things in a kind way.
What is respect?
Kimmerer proposes that humans should view nature as an equal and refers to it as this.
What is ki/kin?
What are the two types of flowers that Kimmerer wanted to study in college to understand why they are so beautiful together?
What are asters and goldenrods? (100 points per right answer)
To restate something you read or heard in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
This is the name of the reading method that requires you to preview a text, take notes, and review what you learned after.
What is SQ3R?
This teacher has a daughter in the TK class
Who is Ms. Siggins?
These are the four sacred plants in Indigenous culture.
What are tobacco, sweetgrass, sage, and cedar (100 points per right answer).
This is the name of the mountain that Kimmerer's father made offerings to in English, and later his ancestor's native tongue.
What is Tahawus?
A conclusion based on your observations and background knowledge. It is NOT directly stated or shown in the original text or media.
What is an inference?
The process of marking up a text as you read. It helps you analyze an author's choices and find key details when you come back to a text.
What is a annotating?
This is the room number for a class where you get to learn social studies with Mr. Coyle
What is D101?
Just as sweetgrass is considered medicine in Indigenous culture for its ability to physically and emotionally heal people, Kimmerer believes that doing this can also be healing or medicinal. It is one of her main purposes for writing this book.
What is storytelling?
Kimmerer's family would make wild strawberry shortcake for her father's birthday. This is what the act of receiving the ingredients for this cake, making and giving it to her father, and exchanging gratitude is called.
What is a gift economy?
A writer's main reason for writing. For example, a writer may want to entertain, inform, or persuade the reader. Sometimes, they are trying to teach a moral lesson or reflect on an experience.
What is an author's purpose?
Something you notice about what you see, hear, or read. It does NOT include opinions, inferences, or assumptions. When you quote it or use it to support a claim, it is called this. (2 answers)
What is an observation? What is evidence? (200 points per correct answer.)
There are this many ducks on posters around Mrs. Kain's classroom (including by the door).
What is 6?
Kimmerer is a part of this Indigenous nation.
What is the Citizen Potawatomi Nation? (400 points if you misspelled Potawatomi)
Kimmerer believes that these two worldviews "can be goldenrod and asters for each other" (63). While one asks plants "Who are you?" and "What can you tell us?", the other wonders "What is it?" and "How does it work?"
What are Indigenous knowledge and Western science?
A central idea about human nature, usually conveyed through 1 word/phrase.
What is a theme?
This is what SQ3R stands for.
What is survey, question, read, recite, review? (100 points per correct answer.)
This teacher used to work for a nonprofit organization.
Who is Ms. J?