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Lexile, ® and Reading Recovery ™ are provided

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ISBN 0-328-13508-9

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Genre Comprehension

Skills and Strategy Historical

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• Setting and Theme

• Author’s Purpose

• Visualize

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Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,

Lexile, ® and Reading Recovery ™ are provided

in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide.

ISBN 0-328-13508-9

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by Carol Talley illustrated by Kate McKeon

Genre Comprehension

Skills and Strategy Historical

fi ction

• Setting and Theme

• Author’s Purpose

• Visualize

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Reader Response

1 The main setting for this story is the village of

Shisholop If you painted a picture of the village, what are some of the things that were important to the narrator that you would include in the picture?

Make a web to help you organize your thoughts

2 At the end of the story, the villagers celebrate the

return of the traders Did you visualize this scene?

What are some of the words that helped you to see the scene in your imagination?

3 It is Stuk’s job to bail water from the bottom of the

canoe when the men go on fishing trips Find bail

in a dictionary Then find both a homograph and

a homophone for the word Use all three words in sentences that show you understand their meanings

4 In time and with practice, Stuk will learn to make a

tomol as well as his father does Can you think of a skill you are learning from a parent or other adult?

Tell about it

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My name is Stuk I live in the Chumash village of Shisholop Our village is on the California coast My family has lived in this village for a very long time

I think they have been here since the First People joined the Sky People in the Upper World

I am the youngest in my family Our house is built

of willow poles and rush grasses All my family lives there: my mother and father, my older brothers and their wives, and my two unmarried sisters I like my fine round house It is roomy on the inside All the beds are made from rushes and woven mats Our pillows and blankets are made from fur and animal skins Lots of light comes in

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The tomol, or canoe, is made from split wood cut into planks

The rough surface is smoothed with sharkskin The planks are

sewed together with strong cords made from milkweed fiber

Finally, the tomol is painted bright red.

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We have many family houses in my village We

have some houses for everyone to use, such as the

storehouse Also, there is the village sweathouse

There the men can relax and get clean We play

games on the playing field, and we hold special

meetings on the sacred ground

My family’s house is one of the largest in

Shisholop It is near the house of the wot, our village

leader My father ranks high in our village He and

my brothers belong to the Brotherhood of the

Canoe These are the men who build and use the

canoes we call tomols Men go out to the deep sea

to fish in these canoes They make long voyages to

trade with other villages along the coast

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Cords hold together the wood planks

on the tomol.

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When my father and brothers build a canoe, they are not in a hurry First, they collect the trees that have fallen in storms and have washed up on the shore They split the wood and shape it into planks

Then they smooth the planks with rough sharkskin

Sometimes, they let me make holes in the planks with a stone drill Then they sew the planks together with strong cords Some people in my village make these cords from milkweed fiber

Next, my father and brothers mix tar and pine pitch They use it to seal up the holes and cracks along the edges of the planks Finally, they let me help paint the tomol a bright red color

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They let me watch and help because one day I will

be a canoe maker No one stands around just to see

how the canoe is made Everybody helps

Then my father and brothers push the canoe into

the surf and set off across the water No matter how

carefully the holes and cracks are filled with tar,

water will leak into the tomol It is my job to bail the

water from the bottom of the boat and pour it back

into the sea Since the time I was a small boy, I have

been allowed to go with them to help

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A fishing trip takes many days Sometimes we drag wide nets behind our canoe Then we catch big flounder or bass Sometimes we dip small nets into the water to catch sardines Some days we take along spears and harpoons for catching tuna and swordfish

My family’s special skill is making cords to sew the canoe planks together Others in my village are good

at making the nets Still others are expert at carving spears and harpoons There are also families who make beautiful baskets; needles from bones; strong rope from animal sinew, or tissue Some make drills from a hard rock called chert

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Trading is important in our village When

we have more useful things than we need

in our own village, we trade them for other

things that we do not have Sometimes my

father goes north in his tomol to trade with

villages up the coast He often goes as far as

Syuxtun, where a thousand villagers live

Sometimes we travel in our canoe to the

islands that lie out beyond the horizon The

most distant voyage of all is to the small island

of Xalashat This journey takes many days

To make this long trip, we launch our

tomol before the sun appears over the eastern

mountains The sun is halfway up by the time

we pass the first island, called Anacapa My

father and brothers pull their paddles strongly

through the water They raise and lower their

blades, first on the right side, then on the left,

always together

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Syuxtun

Shisholop

Anacapa

Xalashat

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When we are hungry we eat dried fish When we

are thirsty we drink water from a basket jar made by

one of our villagers

I have watched our basket makers waterproof the

jar with lumps of tar The basket maker drops the

tar down into the tightly woven jar Then hot stones

are dropped in The stones melt the tar Then the

jarmaker spins and turns the basket This makes the

melted tar coat the inside of the basket Soon it is

sealed tight so that it holds water very well We also

use this tar to fill the holes and seams of our tomol

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The sun sets and rises high again Finally we see the headland of Xalashat rise from the waters

Ravens, seagulls, and cormorants fill the sky

All through the year, the wind rages over this small island My father and brothers paddle through the choppy waves They must fight both wind and water Around the sandspit on the east edge of the island, we head the tomol toward a sheltered cove

Dolphins rise from the water to greet us Islanders run to the shore My father and brothers raise their paddles over their heads to celebrate our safe arrival

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The waters around Xalashat are rich in kelp beds

Kelp are tough, brown seaweeds Herds of sea otters

spend their days swimming and floating in the kelp

They like to eat the shellfish that live there We come

to the island to trade for the skins of these otters,

which the islanders have cured and prepared for us

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We bring things the island people want We have fine baskets and sinew rope made in Shisholop We bring acorns gathered in the valley above our village

We have dried deer and elk meat, rabbit skins, wild cherry seeds, and pine nuts from villages in the hills

We have pieces of soapstone, which we get in trade with another island people This soapstone

is easily carved into animal shapes and into bowls that do not crack when put in a fire That is why it is valuable

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While the grown-ups trade, I go off with the

island boys and girls to collect shellfish in tide pools

Or we gather wild sage, a flavorful herb, on the sand

dunes Often we see a small island fox that has left

his lair to hunt white-footed mice We may spot the

gnawed remains of his dinner

My father bargains well The next day we set

off on our return journey to the coast Our tomol is

loaded full We have many otter skins We also have

sealskins and sometimes the dried meat of sea lions

We have beautiful beads and jewelry made from

abalone and shells by the people of Xalashat

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One time, as we made our way home, the skies darkened and the waves rose around us Because of the heavy cargo, the tomol rode low in the water

The sea came into the canoe from the seams, as well

as over the sides The water came in faster than I could bail it out Finally, to save our lives, my father said that we must lighten our load Many skins were thrown into the water and lost

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On that day, the people of our village waited

fearfully on the shore They saw the storm at sea

When at last they saw us returning, they wept with

joy People ran to meet us at the water’s edge They

sang songs of gladness as strong men rushed into the

water and pulled us ashore Then these men lifted

the tomol, still full of cargo, onto their shoulders and

carried it into the village

Always when we return from trading with the

islanders, the village celebrates We prepare a feast

of shellfish, roasted fish and meat, and acorn soup

We dance and sing Some people make music with

deer bone flutes and bird bone whistles Some

people shake rattles made from turtle shells with

small stones inside My brother strikes a clapper stick

against his hand to keep the rhythm of the music

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Later we sit around the fire, and storytellers tell old, old stories I like the Sky People stories best of all

One story tells how two brothers in the Upper World make thunder and lightning when they play the hoop-and-pole game That’s the same game

I play with my friends on our village playing field One brother rolls the hoop and makes the thunder The other brother runs after the hoop and throws the pole through it to make the lightning

Another story tells how the stars are made All day the Sun travels across the sky carrying a torch to light the world When night comes, the Sun breaks the torch in two The sparks that fly are the stars in the heavens

When I listen to all the old stories,

I am happy I think the people of Shisholop will tell these stories forever

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The Chumash People

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For thousands of years before Europeans came

to the Americas, the Chumash made their homes in

villages along the coast of California They also lived

on four islands in the Santa Barbara Channel:

San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz

Island, and Anacapa Island The Chumash village of

Shisholop was located in this area, near the

present-day city of Ventura The village of Syuxtun was near

the present-day city of Santa Barbara

Xalashat is now called San Nicolas Island It is one

of four islands located farther south in Santa Barbara

Channel, along with Santa Catalina Island, Santa

Barbara Island, and San Clemente Island The people

who lived on these four islands were not Chumash,

but they knew the Chumash and traded with them

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