“Don’t Forget The Pants!”
Developed by Sylvia M. Vardell and Cynthia Leitich Smith from INDIAN SHOES by Cynthia Leitich Smith (HarperCollins, 2002)(Heartdrum, 2021).
CAST:
Narrator: As Ray and Grampa Halfmoon climbed a flight of stairs to the front terrace of the rented mansion,
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by Cynthia Leitich Smith | illustrated by Marybeth Timothy | Publisher: HarperCollins | List Price: $5.99 | Pages: 66 | Format: Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-06-442148-5
What do Indian Shoes look like, anyway? Like beautiful beaded moccasins—or hightops with bright orange shoelaces?
Introduction
Ray Halfmoon prefers hightops, but he gladly trades them for a nice pair of moccasins for his Grampa.
Verbal/Linguistic
Throughout the story, Cassidy Rain keeps a journal. Keep a journal for at least ten days. The pages can remain private. If you’re in a classroom, just fold them lengthwise, so that a teacher can see they have been written on.
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In the story, Mrs. Della Owen writes a letter to the editor. Choose a local issue that you are concerned about and write a letter to your local editor.
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Introduction
Cassidy Rain Berghoff didn’t know that the very night she decided to get a life would be the night her best friend would lose his.
It’s been six months since Galen died, and up until now, Rain has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. But when controversy arises around her aunt Georgia’s Indian Camp in their mostly white Kansas community,
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Pre-reading
Predictions
Verbal/Linguistic
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