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Compelling question
How does listening to a story differ from reading it?
Standards & practices
RI.7.7
SL.7.1
OSEU 5.1
Staging the question
Read pages 20–23 of The Lakota Way and listen to Joseph Marshall’s narration.
Supporting inquiries
Supporting question 1
How does listening to a story differ from reading it?
Formative performance task
Compare the experiences in a Venn diagram, including benefits and drawbacks. Discuss Marshall’s oral history teaching and what students learn from it.
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7th Grade Reading Lesson Plan
Reading and Listening to “The Story of the Giants”
Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings
OSEU 5.1.6-8 Students are able to defend the cultural
beliefs of the Oceti Sakowin and how they are
demonstrated.
Oceti Sakowin belief system: fortitude, generosity,
wisdom, humility, perseverance, respect, honor,
sacrifice, truth, compassion and bravery
Common Core State Standards
RI.7.7 - Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing
each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the
words).
SL.7.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-
led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing
their own clearly.
Introduction:
• Reading and listening to texts can create very different experiences for the learner. Talk briefly
about Joseph Marshall III being someone who shares stories both through oral tradition as well
as through writing and reading them. Share the Joseph Marshall video as he talks about why he
wrote The Lakota Way. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP6xqVrW7_g)
Lesson: (focus on imaginative visualization during both reading and listening)
• Share that we will be experiencing a story through reading and listening. Hand out copies of an
excerpt from “The Story of the Giants” to students (The Lakota Way, pp 20-23). Have them
read silently to themselves. Ask for sharing of key ideas or thoughts about what they read.
Partners first, then large group.
• Listen to the story as Joseph Marshall reads it.
(https://play.spotify.com/album/5ROKLPBaupi9x3jnjEMxZE) or http://youtu.be/WfWe7c_pj-U
• Compare and contrast the differences between reading it and listening to it.
o Use a Venn Diagram on the board for the comparing and contrasting.
o List benefits and drawbacks for each.
• Share the Joseph Marshall video about oral history from OSEU 5
(http://www.wolakotaproject.org/?page_id=876) Discuss “Learn From” questions.
Possible Extension:
• Real life connection – texting vs. speaking in person or on the phone.
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