Who Speaks for Wolf? Intro

​Who Speaks for Wolf

By Karen Shields

​Content Focus

Authors Purpose: TEACH Importance of respecting nature without being selfish about our own needs

-consider others' points of view before your own

​Type of Text: literature/legend

​-Text can be literature or informational
Legend: A legend is considered fiction, but it is based in fact.
-In English a legend lives on in the stories that people tell each other

A legend includes imaginative material that makes the story seem larger than life

Multiple Choice

What is a legend?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

​Author's Purpose

Sometimes an author's voice is neutral and as a reader, you are not sure how the author feels about the topic.

Most of the time, however, you can get a sense of the author's point of view. It expresses an opinion or offers an argument

Authors use carefully chosen language to paint the picture they want the reader to "see." They usually have a clear purpose for writing. Their point of view, or opinion, can often dictate how and what they write.

Background Knowledge

Who Speaks for Wolf is subtitled "A Native American Learning Story." The author cited her ancestors as believing "......learning is so valuable....that it is therefore sacred."

Open Ended

Why do you think the ancestors in this story consider learning sacred?

This story has been told year after year, generation after generation. This story is ageless and can be read or retold on multiple levels. This book was designed to make you think, understand, consider, and remember, regardless of your age. Each time you read this story you may think of different questions or reveal new meanings.

Multiple Choice

This story can be

• read

• told

• retold

• all of the above

Eventually, you will see that asking the question "Who speaks for Wolf?" can be used as a springboard to look for new ways to solve a variety of problems.

Multiple Choice

If something is a springboard for something else, it ....

• makes it possible for that thing to happen or stard

• it stops something in its tracks

• it prevents something