Scott odells novel, sing down the moon,tells the story of the navajo long march, when they are forced from their home in the four corners area of the southwest united states bordering. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The book club novel guide outlines a complete themebased unit with book club lesson plans focusing on sing down the moon. This book is so sad because their tribe goes through a lot. For the 2003 theater of the first amendment remount, 9 actors were used with the following character assignments. Appalachian wonder tales a play in two acts for 4m, 5w, playing multiple roles. It is an historical fiction that is based on real events in 1863. Sing down the moon is a fictionalized retelling of a littleknown and shameful part of american history. That happiness is short lived when she and a friend are. Main character bright morning is a brave american indian girl.
Fourteenyearold bright morning and her best friend are grazing their sheep on a beautiful spring morning when two strange men suddenly appear. They tribe had been so strong for fighting for what is theirs, like they fight for their village and for their food and their place. This study guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of sing down the moon. Sing down the moon by scott odell synopsis on a beautiful spring morning while grazing their sheep, bright morning and her friend running bird see two men coming toward them. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. Told in the first person through the character of bright morning, a navaho girl on the verge of adulthood, the novel relates the crushing of the spirit of the navaho people at the hands of white people. Conflict the characters bright morning and running bird wanted to escape from the two spaniards.
Sing down the moon, scott odell, linda stephens, kidsgeneral, kids, recorded books, 2. Enhancements were made to more precisely measure materials read in k2 classrooms. Some of his many books include the island of the blue dolphins, the road to damietta, sing down the moon, and the black pearl. This novel study divides sing down the moon into seven sections for study.
The theme of sing down the moon is about the hardship faced by the navaho indians. Research hogans to find out what they look like, what they are made of, and how they are built. Summary of sing down the moon chapters 15 by brittany. Summary written by scott odell, sing down the moon is a story of courage, loyalty, honor, peace, and forgiveness. Newbery honor book, 1971 a young navaho girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to fort sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers notes. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the moon is down by john steinbeck. At the beginning the characters were bright morning,running bird,white deer,tall boy,long knives,and the two spaniards. From the publisher the very simplicity of the writing, at times almost terse, makes more vivid the tragedy of the eviction and the danger and triumph of the return.
That these two men are government officials is significant, as it foreshadows the clash between the villages local officials and the invaders much broader network of power. Chapters 15 vocabulary for the novel sing down the moon learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. My project needs 30 copies a class set of a book called sing down the moon. Book rating 4 narrator rating 1 sing down the moon. Bright morning gets her first taste of the importance.
Running bird, bright mornings friend who also gets taken into slavery with her. Although the vast majority of books that have lexile measures did not change, a small. The reader of this historical novel is able to learn about a small portion of indian history, as told by bright morning. This classroomtested book club novel guide for sing down the moon by scott odell contains a complete thematic unit that focuses on an excellent novel. Sing down the moon, by scott odell by raphael taffy. Subscribe book has been uploaded for student travelers who need to read this book. Bright moming, a young navaho woman, remains loyal to her family, her homeland, and her people. In scott odells novel sing down the moon, the most vital lesson the navajo protagonist bright morning learns is the importance of loyalty. Odell called sing down the moon an adventure about loyalty.
Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Recorded books is the largest independent producer of audiobooks in the world. It is an historical fiction that is based on real events in 18631865. The men are spanish slavers who have come to the navaho country to steal girls and sell them to families in. In the book sing down the moon where does tall boy get. Sing down the moon by scott odell, 1989, cornerstone books edition, in english sing down the moon 1989 edition open library. This is a novel study for sing down the moon by scott odell.
Steinbeck immediately establishes the moon is down as a tale of conquest by showcasing the policeman and the postmans complete helplessness as they watch enemy invaders storm their town. Sing down the moon by scott odell abebooks passion for books. Our rbdigital platform distributes the broadest array of digital content typesincluding audiobooks, video, magazines, ebooks, education, and entertainmentall in one powerful app. Obtain a copy of page 6 from your teach er to learn about this event. Sing down the moon 1970, a childrens novel by american author scott odell, focuses on a fourteenyearold navajo girl named bright morning who lives peacefully with her people until spanish slavers come to the navajo country to kidnap girls. If each student in my class had a copy of sing down the moon, a fictional story about how nativ. Book trailer created by jo brumsfield of perrin, texas summary. The journey begins with the main character, 14yearold bright morning. Bright morning is happy to be alive, as the story opens. Bright morning is the central character in the novel and the first one to be.
Sing down the moon was originally produced with 10 actors. The setting is a fictional northern european town that has just been invaded by an unnamed country fighting russia. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. We read it in the seventh grade and it wasnt awful, just not enough going on. Sing down the moon by scott odell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sing down the moon novel study by thebookumbrella tpt. We kick off with a bang when tj gets deployed to the vietnam war only a couple weeks after enlisting. The guide elaborates on the novels major themes with related readings, writing activities, and unit projects. The book received several major awards, beginning with recognition as a newbery medal honor book, 1971, followed by selection as a booklist contemporary classics for young adults, 1984 and phoenix award honor book, 1990 childrens literature association. The moon is down by john steinbeck is a novel and play published in 1942, not long after the united states entered world war ii. His younger sister, jamie our leading lady is thrilled. She escapes from slavery after being captured by spaniards. Sing down the moon by scott odell, paperback barnes. Sing down the moon is a 1970 childrens novel written by scott odell.