Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend

by Robert H. Bushyhead

Genre: legend - an old story that people have told for many years

Reading Skills: Compare & Contrast, Story Message

Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate

Essential Question: Why are stories from different cultures important?

Student Objectives:

Describe characters by comparing and contrasting their actions and experiences.
Analyze and evaluate characters' actions and traits, using details from the text.

examined: looked at closely

peak: the top of a mountain or hill

fondly: in a loving or caring way

steep: having a sharp slope

rugged: rough and uneven

mist: a fine spray or light fog

pausing: stopping briefly

pleaded: begged or requested urgently