On the Trapline Read Aloud (Indigenous, Cree, Print and Digital)

On The Trapline, written by David A. Robertson and winner of the 2021 Governor General's Literacy Award, tells the Indigenous story of Moshom and his grandson. They take a trip to the trapline, a place where Moshom's family hunted and lived off the land. Moshom is flooded with childhood memories that he shares with his grandson, including having to speak English at school instead of Cree.

I have included:

• YouTube and website links
• Cree/English vocabulary activity with answers
• 4 comprehension questions in 2 formats
• retell organizer with answers
• sequencing cut and paste
• Venn diagram to compare Moshom’s life and his grandson’s life
• making connections student page with picture box
• part I like and didn’t like with reason, sentence starters, and picture box
• My Grandpa and I student page, with picture box and same sentence starter
• classroom book cover and 2 student pages, with sentence starters
• asking questions template with 3 possible answers
• design your own book cover with explanation
• 36 Cree/English vocabulary cards with pronunciation
• template to research the traplines and trapping
• activity to draw and label a map showing Moshom’s childhood life on the trapline
• creative writing activity to write a story about your adventure on the trapline, with small picture box and lines
• author of The Great Bear, a 2022 Silver Birch (Forest of Reading) junior novel nominee

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