English Language Arts Catalog 2018 ELACAT 2018 | Page 11

Guided Reading
• Provides the framework for the
teacher to guide students through
the reading process.
from
The Flight of Red Bird:
The Life of Zitkala-S̈a
A Memoir re-creat
re-created
tedd from the w
writings
ritings of Zitkala-S̈a a and
nd
Rappaport
the research of Doreen Rappapo
ort
Build Background
Cultural Context Until the mid-nineteenth century, the
Yankton Sioux hunted buffalo herds across the Great Plains.
After the U.S. government forced the Yankton Sioux onto a
reservation, they stopped hunting buffalo, but some traditions
remained. Zitkala-S̈a’s mother showed her how to find wild
turnips, cherries, and plums that grew on the prair