Vocabulary 1
What does the word sleek mean?
smooth
What is birch?
A type of tree/wood
What is the name of the main character in the text?
Kanti
Show me your best dignified pose.
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What is the name of a Algonquin house?
wigwam
Why was Kanti not allowed to go outside and swim?
She had a lesson with her grandmother.
Explain the definition of predict.
To make a guess about something that will happen in the future
Where did the Algonquin people live?
What did Grandmother teach Kanti about?
She taught her about the history of their people through the wampum belts.
Tell me a situation where you might have to be sympathetic.
What is the name of the beads that would go on the generation belts?
Wampum
What did Kanti add to her own belt?
She added beads that showed someone about to leap into the lake.
Make a sentence using the words predict and mischievous.
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What is the name of the tool that is used to make wampum belts?
A loom
What is the theme of the story?
Sometimes we might have to do things we don't want to do, but we might end up enjoying them more than we think.