by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Prompt students to imagine what life must have been like in Shi-shi-etko’s community with no children around for many months of the year. What impacts would this have had on the adults who were left behind?
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: What do you think is the underlying theme of the story? What do you believe the author is trying to teach us by writing this story? What is the author’s message?
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: Where did Shi-shi-etko decide to put her memories? Why do you think she didn’t take this object with her to residential school? Why did she take a sprig of fir and hold it close to her heart as she left in the back of the truck?
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: How would you be feeling if you had only one sleep left until you had to leave to go to school for many months? How is Shi-shi-etko feeling? How do you know?
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: How was Shi-shi-etko feeling when she heard her yayah’s cane? How do you know? Where does it say she was excited or happy in the text, or does it? What connections do you make with your grandparents, relatives or other important people in your...
