Matt
Strategies
Attean
Setting and Penobscot Culture
Indian Words
100

Matt keeps track of the days going by using these.

What are sticks?

100

Making a movie in your mind.

What is visualization?

100

Attean's grandfather's name.

Who is Saknis?

100

The name for a female Indian.

What is squaw?

100

The meaning of the Indian word Nda.

What is no?

200

Matt is from here.

What is Massachusetts?

200

The message, lesson or moral the author wants you to learn.

What is theme?

200
What Attean uses to fish.

What is spear?

200

Attean's tribe uses this to mark their hunting grounds.

What is the sign of the beaver?

200

The meaning of the Indian word seba.

What is tomorrow?

300

He stole Matt's rifle.

Who is Ben?

300

Using context clues to guess what will happen next.

What is prediction?

300

The name of Attean's tribe.

What is the Beaver tribe?

300

This surrounds Attean's Indian village.

What is a stockade?

300

The meaning of the Indian word piz wat.

What is good for nothing?

400

Matt uses these to hunt rabbits.

What is a snare?

400

We add plot points to this as we learn more about our characters.

What is story mountain?

400

Attean's dog had a fight with this animal.

What is a porcupine?

400

Matt's home in the woods is in this current state.

What is Maine?

400

The meaning of the Indian word qwa bit.

What is beaver?

500

Matt's father was going to be gone this long.

What is 6-7 weeks?

500

Name two common themes.

What is good vs. evil, friendship, courage?

500

The name for the type of home Attean's grandmother lives in.

What is a Wigwam?

500

The name of the god in the "great rain" story.

Who is Gluskabe?

500

The meaning of the Indian word Aremus.

What is dog?

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