This week I chose to read the Tejas Legends unit by Florence
Stratton. All of the stories seemed to incorporate nature one way or another,
which was really nice. In the story When
the Storm God Rides, the author did a great job at describing what the
thunder bird Hurakan looked like. I think I would have been scared too if I
ever encountered a bird like that! Throughout the story I wondered though why
they were afraid of the storm god and the thunder bird if they were just
looking for feathers? I could maybe elaborate on this in my storytelling. They
also gave the reader good imagery of the God coming in anger to the Texas coast
with lightening and thunder coming from all around him! I thought it was a
creative way to explain where the islands around Texas came from. Why the Woodpecker Pecks immediately got
my attention when it said that woodpeckers used to be Indians… It automatically
made me curious as to what happened! This story reminded me of Adam and Eve
since the Indians were told not to eat from the mescal plant but of course they
were tempted and gave in. I also noticed a common theme of birds in the stories
in this unit. This was a creative way to explain the story behind woodpeckers,
why the peck at trees, and where they came from! I enjoyed reading The Cloud That Was Lost because it was
such a cute story! It could be told at bedtime to children. I could use this in
my storytelling to elaborate more since it’s so short. Grandmother River’s Trick like the rest of the stories in this unit
had great imagery throughout! I had a vivid mental image of the cloud ringing
out her wet hair to send rain down to the river to make it over flow. I thought
it was a clever story about how the garfish were tricked out of the river. I
also liked that the river had a personality!
(Image of Tejas Indian Legends book.
Source: UnTextbook)
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