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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival |
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by Velma Wallis
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Trade Paperback
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Published by Epicenter Press, 1993
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145 pages
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ISBN # 0060975849
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Price: $11.00
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Booknotes
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--FREE US media mail--
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 ...by Dorothea Susag
A variety of accounts of survival by decision is legend to Native American and other cultures. Two Old Women dramatizes the fate of two elderly women abandoned by their tribe. The women are abandoned so the more able-bodied may survive. This powerful story enables teens to discuss issues of aging, care of the elderly and individual rights versus common rights.
The words of this author illustrate writing conventions. Velma Wallis confesses that punctuation challenges and often confuses her. As an object lesson on conventions use Wallis’ writing. Take two paragraphs from Two Old Women, one without punctuation, one with dialogue and one without. Have the students punctuate each. Discuss the use of periods, commas or question marks in a particular sentence and how punctuation changes the tone of communication or its meaning. The students learn by making comparisons with Wallis’ finished text.
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