1. Weekly Objectives Understand and appreciate a sacred song Understand author’s use of repetition Apply strategies for reading Native American songs Understand and appreciate trickster tales

2. DOL “Song of the Sky Loom” is an apparently simple yet truly complex poem that expresses peoples longing to be as pure as the natural world. If we could really understand in what sence our mother is the earth and our father is the sky, than we would be more respectful of nature.

3. DOL Corrections “Song of the Sky Loom” is an apparently simple yet truly complex poem that expresses people’s longing to be as pure as the natural world. If we could really understand in what sense our mother is the earth and our father is the sky, then we would be more respectful of nature.

4. Quick Write What’s the name of your favorite song? What’s the song’s message? What feeling does it evoke in you? How might your favorite song’s language differ from a spiritual song’s message?

5. Active Reading Strategies Before Reading: Build Prior Knowledge During Reading: Visualize the singers and the occasions for which the songs were sung. Draw inferences about the deeper, nonliteral meaning of words and phrases conveyed in the song such as “garment of brightness.” After Reading: Complete writing option # 2, p.38.