In Two Worlds: A Yup’ik Eskimo Family from the book by Aylette Jennes and Alice Rivers

1. In Two Worlds: A Yup’ik Eskimo Family from the book by Aylette Jennes and Alice Rivers Scammon Bay, Alaska Powerpoint presentation by Carol Harms, JSD 171, Orofino, ID

2. In this story, the authors compare life as it was for their parents and grandparents to life as it is for people today in the community of Scammon Bay, Alaska.

3. This nonfiction selection depicts the lives of three generations of a Yup’ik Eskimo family. Life for Alice’s and Billy’s children is different than the way their grandmother, Mary Ann remembers her childhood. Yet, many things have stayed the same.

4. Genre: Expository Text • The purpose is to share information • It often includes facts about real people and events • Information is presented in a straightforward way • Events are often presented in the order in which they happened • Nonfiction may be organized by topics • It may include diagrams and maps • The factual information can be checked

5. Intricate very involved, having a lot of detail

6. Precarious unsafe, dangerous

7. resource something that can be used people Water, fish forests Coal, minerals

8. secluded away from others This house is secluded. It is away from the others. This point of land is secluded.

9. Traditional passed from one generation to another These girls are performing a traditional dance, just like their ancestors did. This student plays a traditional drum, just like his father and grandfather.

10. Main Idea and Details Writers often present the main idea of a paragraph in the first or last sentence of the paragraph. This is called the topic sentence.

11. The other sentences in the paragraph give supporting details.

12. Compare/Contrast Comparing and Contrasting identifies the similarities and differences between two or more parts of a selection.