Finding Home PDF

Reader
by Diane Jerome
Illustrated by Pat Paris
Genre Build Background Access Content Extend Language
Fiction • Survival Skills • Labels • Compound

• Native • Definitions Words
Americans • Captions
• Wilderness
Scott Foresman Reading Street 5.1.3
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ISBN 0-328-14219-0
Talk About It
1. What details in the story help you picture Anacapa’s
surroundings?
2. What does Anacapa do that helps her survive her
night alone?
Write About It
3. Anacapa likes the ocean. She likes the ocean breeze
and the shells. Write a short poem about a special place
you like. In your poem, describe the place. Make a web
on a separate sheet of paper to help you get started.
Sound Sight
The Place
Smell Touch
Extend Language
A compound word is made of two words put together.
What are the two words in each of these compound words?
seashells everybody footprints
sunrise redwood shellfish
ISBN: 0-328-14219-0
by Diane Jerome
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Illustrated by Pat Paris
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waves
ocean footprints
For a long time, the Chumash Indians have lived When Anacapa left, the day was sunny. She
along the coast of California. Many, many years ago, followed the trail that led down to the ocean. She
they lived in dome houses made of willow poles. noticed some footprints and wondered if they were
They made beautiful baskets and canoes. They the prints of a coyote or a wolf. Anacapa turned
ate fish and shellfish, meat, pine nuts, and berries. when she heard a whisper. At first she thought it was
Shells were important to the Chumash people. They her mother saying her name. Then she thought she
used shells for fishing, for jewelry, and for money. heard her mother whispering to her, warning her not
But to Anacapa, a Chumash girl, seashells were just to wander so far away by herself. The sounds really
charming objects that she liked to collect. were just the wind blowing through the trees. Then
One day, Anacapa was walking through her she heard a noise in the bushes.
village. She waved and smiled at the women who What could it be? she wondered. She could
were making their beautiful baskets. Some of the not wait until she was on the beach, away from
elders were getting ready to go fishing in their the forest.
canoes. Everybody was busy, so Anacapa wandered
down to the ocean to collect seashells for her family. whisper: soft sound, soft speech
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seashell
lair
Hours passed, and the sun began to set on the

ocean. As the sky grew dark, fog began to roll in,
Anacapa thinks about how happy her family will be when and Anacapa became very worried. She knew she
she gives them the seashells. could not find the path at night. She would have
to look for a shelter to spend the night. She loved
When Anacapa arrived at the beach, she saw the ocean and the coast during the day, but she was
hundreds of seashells that sparkled in the sun. afraid of what might be out there at night. Perhaps
She decided that she would choose the seashells she would find a lair or a cave—a safe place where
carefully. She imagined her mother laughing with she could spend the night. She wondered if her
delight and her father smiling. She inspected every parents were worried too. To ease her worries, she
seashell. Some were pink; some were white. She did started to sing a song she made up.
not have a basket, so she had to be very particular The trees along the shore lands,
about which shells to keep. She kept walking further They rise up to the sun.
down the beach to collect another beautiful shell. The sunrise on the ocean
Anacapa was so busy finding the perfect seashells Will soon light up the sky.
that she lost track of time. The waves out on the ocean,
They sing a lullaby.
particular: very careful; concerned with detail
lost track of: forgot about lullaby: a calming song to put a child to sleep
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clams
Anacapa’s parents tried to think of all the places where

Anacapa might be.
At last, in the morning, the sky slowly grew
Back in the village, Anacapa’s parents were very bright. The rays of sunlight danced on Anacapa’s
worried. They asked the basket weavers and the tired eyes, and she awoke. Anacapa had not eaten
canoe builders if they had seen Anacapa during any food the night before, so she was very hungry.
the day. They wondered if anyone had seen which She stopped to gather berries and dig for clams. She
way she went. Everybody helped to look for her. remembered how her father always used his hands
They searched her favorite places near the redwood when he caught shellfish, and she did the same.
trees and near the fresh water creek. Hours passed, She would tell her parents how she remembered
and the same fog that fell on the ocean was now her lessons, and they would be proud. But then
creeping into the village. The fog did not stop she realized that she must hurry home. Her parents
Anacapa’s family from looking for her. They searched would be worried. Her mother always told her to
all night but did not find her. stay close to the village. She would be in trouble!
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Talk About It
1. What details in the story help you picture Anacapa’s
surroundings?
2. What does Anacapa do that helps her survive her
night alone?
Write About It
3. Anacapa likes the ocean. She likes the ocean breeze
condor and the shells. Write a short poem about a special place
you like. In your poem, describe the place. Make a web
on a separate sheet of paper to help you get started.
trail
Sound Sight
The Place
Smell Touch
Anacapa looked up at the sky. She saw a condor

Extend Language
soaring high, gliding in the breeze. She knew
A compound word is made of two words put together.
condors were considered a good sign. This condor What are the two words in each of these compound words?
would lead her to the trail with the whispering trees. seashells everybody footprints
Soon she would be home. She ran along the beach sunrise redwood shellfish
as though she had wings too. As she approached the
village, she had mixed feelings. She had enjoyed her
adventure near the sea, but she was also nervous.
Her parents would scold her. ISBN: 0-328-14219-0
She was looking down at the trail when she Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc.
heard her mother’s voice. It was not a whisper, but All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
a loud shout of joy. As they hugged each other, they
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laughed and cried—tears of happiness and tears of the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system,
or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
fear. Everyone was happy Anacapa was home again. recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions
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Genre Build Background Access Content Extend Language

Fiction • Survival Skills • Labels • Compound

Scott Foresman Reading Street 5.1.3

This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from

Hours passed, and the sun began to set on the

Anacapa’s parents tried to think of all the places where

Anacapa looked up at the sky. She saw a condor

gliding: flying smoothly, moving in a smooth manner 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05

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