Pocahontas
Squanto
Pocahontas
Vocabulary
Level R/40
learned he had been
injured
went to pay a visit
told he had died
• Use description to determine word meaning: What does the word nickname
mean in this book? Look for a clue for the meaning of this word on page 8.
(Answer: substitute of a person’s name; Clues/evidence: Her real name
was Matoaka; Pocahontas was her nickname; it meant “playful” or
“mischievous” one)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension
• Identify facts and details: When was Pocahontas born? (in about 1595, page 8)
• Identify facts and details: Rebecca and John Rolfe had a . . . (son, page 11)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension
• Identify sequence of events: What happened after Pocahontas learned that John
Smith had been injured in October? Use a sequence-of-events chart for help in
answering the question. (she went to pay her friend a visit; the settlers told her
that Smith had died, page 9)
• Identify cause and effect: What happened when the relationship between the
settlers and the tribe soured? (mistrust and fear grew; the tribesmen and the
settlers often kidnapped one another, page 9)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension
• Make inferences: There is information to support the inference that Pocahontas
helped the newcomers survive. What clues on page 8 tell you this? (she showed
the newcomers how to plant corn, beans, and squash; she told them how the
men of her tribe hunted)
• Draw conclusions: There are clues to support the conclusion that the marriage
of Pocahontas and John Rolfe did build . . . (Answer: better relations; Clue/
evidence: Chief Powhatan and Governor Dale realized that the marriage might
build better relations; they agreed to Rolfe’s request; the wedding took place;
the Native Americans and colonists stopped fighting)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension
• Evaluate author’s purpose: Why does the author probably begin the biography
by telling how Chief Powhatan is about to kill John Smith? (to get the attention
of the reader)
• Analyze text structure and organization: The author summarizes why
Pocahontas will always be remembered. Find this summary. (page 12)
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Squanto
Vocabulary
• Use direct description to determine word meaning: What does the word rumors
mean in this book? Look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 15.
(Answer: untrue stories; Clues/evidence: Squanto spread rumors among the
settlers; he told them that the Wampanoag were going to attack; then he went
to the Wampanoag; he told them that the Pilgrims were going to send out a
new sickness)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension
• Identify facts and details: Squanto spoke fluent . . . (English, page 15)
• Identify facts and details: What did the Patuxet farm? (fields of corn, squash,
and beans, page 16)
saw hardships
began
negotiations
became key
figure
Readers’ & Writers’ Genre Workshop
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Based on the Comprehension
Through Deductive Reasoning
Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
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Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension
• Identify stated main idea: What sentence best states the main idea of the second
paragraph on page 15? (Without Squanto’s help, it is likely that the Plymouth
colony would have failed.)
• Identify cause and effect: What happened as a result of Squanto seeing the
hardships that the colonists faced? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in
answering the question. (he immediately began negotiations for a peace treaty;
he became a key figure to early American history, page 15)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension
• Analyze character: What clue on page 20 tells you that Governor Bradford felt
grateful to Squanto? (Clues/evidence: Governor Bradford refused to give him
up; he could not send the man who had saved his colony to a punishment that
might mean death)
• Using graphic features to interpret information: What does the map on page 17 tell
you about Squanto’s travels? (Answer: Squanto traveled between the New World
and England a number of times; Clues/evidence: the map is titled “Squanto’s
Travels”; the map shows arrows and lines with dates between the New World and
England; there are a number of lines; it shows that Squanto traveled between the
New World and England a number of times)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension
• Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author probably include the quote
from William Bradford on page 18? (to support information with a quote from
someone who knew Squanto)
• Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author probably include the map on
page 17? (to show Squanto’s journeys)
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