The Double Life of
Pocahontas (5.9)
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Author: Jean Fritz
Themes
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Life as an Outsider
Coming of Age
Dealing with Grief
Skills/Strategies
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Set a Purpose
Identify Main Idea and Detail
Recognize Sequence
Understand Sequence
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 1)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas-and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 1 (part 1)
Today’s Purpose
 To find out who Pocahontas is and learn about her
early life
Strategy: Identify Main Ideas and Details
Vocabulary
 sacred, expedition, peninsula
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 2)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas-and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 1 (Part 2)
Today’s Purpose
 To learn what agreement John smith made with
Powhatan
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 kinship, sponsor, disgruntled, captivity
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 3)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas-and why she is
remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 2 (part 1)
Today’s Purpose
 To learn how John Smith’s and Captain Newport’s ideas
differed about how to deal with Powhatan’s people
Strategy: Identify Main Ideas and Details
Vocabulary
 ambassador, ravenous, translation, bungling
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 4)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas-and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 2 (part 2)
Today’s Purpose
 To learn what Powhatan decided about how his
people should deal with the settlers
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 captives, coronation, mutiny, shirking, resentment
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 5)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas-and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 2 (part 3)
Today’s Purpose
 To find out where John Smith decided to go – and
why.
Strategy: Identify Main Ideas and Details
Vocabulary
 charter, scheme, prominent, authority, moreover
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 6)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas-and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 3 ALL
Today’s Purpose
 To learn who the settlers took as a captive and what
they hoped to gain
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 contrary, expectations, hostage
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 7)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas – and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 4 ALL
Today’s Purpose
 To learn where Pocahontas went – and why
Strategy: Identify Main Ideas and Details
Vocabulary
 heathen, parsonage, conversion, ransom, backers
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 8)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas – and why she
is remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Chapter 5 ALL
Today’s Purpose
 To learn when, where, and how Pocahontas died
Strategy: Identify Main Ideas and Details
Vocabulary
 engraving, impressions, interpreter, neglected
Epilogue - noun
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1. a speech, usually in verse, addressed to the
audience by an actor at the end of a play b. the actor
speaking this
2. a short postscript to any literary work, such as a
brief description of the fates of the characters in a
novel
3. ( Brit ) (esp formerly) the concluding program of
the day on a radio or television station, often having a
religious content
etymology: [C15: from Latin epilogus, from Greek
epilogos, from logos word, speech] 1564
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 9)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To find out where life took Pocahontas – and why she is
remembered today
Today’s Reading: TDLOP Epilogue
Today’s Purpose
 To find out how the relationship between the settlers and the
American Indians developed between 1619 and 1622 – and
learn what happened to the settlers and the American Indians
Vocabulary
 epilogue
The Double Life of
Pocahontas (meeting 10)
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Today’s Reading: Informational Article about Sacagawea
Today’s Purpose
 To learn more about Sacagawea and why she is
remembered in history
Strategy: Understanding Sequence