Explain that the book is fiction although it is based on facts. Read the Foreward to the students and discuss it as a class. Check out 1 book per student. Direct students attention to the interactive bulletin board. As a class brainstorm prior knowledge, and what the students want to learn about the Nez Perce Tribe.
Students are to create a unit portfolio.
Students are to draw their own image of what 'thunder rolling in the mountains' looks like. Also, students are to include their name, book title, and authors on the top right corner of portfolio folder. 1 Reading , Writing - 40 min. Randomly select students to orally read different sections of chapter one 2. Explain that they will be keeping a 'Literature Response Journal'.