Shaped by Tradition

What do you know about Michael Naranjo?

• He is a Native American and a veteran of the Vietnam War.

• He is a blind sculptor.

• He grew up in the Tewa Indian Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico.

• All of the above

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How did Michael Naranjo learn about clay?

• He loved playing with mud as a young boy in New Mexico.

• His father taught him how to work with clay.

• Michael helped his mother prepare her clay.

• He took pottery classes in school.

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How did Naranjo's mother prepare clay?

• Naranjo's mother added water and mixed the clay in a bucket.

• Naranjo's mother put brown clay on a canvas and sprinkled white clay on top of it. She pressed the clay into a log shape.

• Naranjo's mother had her daughter dance on the clay to blend it and make it stronger.

• Naranjo's mother worked the clay with her feet because they were stronger than her hands.

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What does Naranjo mean when he was "playing with the clay."

• Michael took the clay outside and played with his friends.

• Michael was making sculptures along side his mother.

• Michael made clay by collecting mud outside and combining it.

• Michael danced on the clay to blend the two types of clay together and make it stronger.

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What events made Naranjo wonder if he could ever be a sculptor?

• Naranjo didn't have confidence in his ability as an artist.

• Naranjo wasn't interested in becoming a sculptor.

• Naranjo lost his sight and partial use of one hand while serving the the army in Vietnam.

• Naranjo needed to make money and he didn't think his sculptures would sell.

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How does Naranjo "see" with his hands?

• Naranjo remembers what things look like. He uses his hands to shape what he sees in his mind.

• Naranjo has someone describe what something looks like and he uses his slight vision and hands to sculpt what they say.

• Naranjo feels object and copies them. He has no memory of what he is sculpting.

• Naranjo can see a little and is able to see what he sculpts.

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Where did Naranjo grow up?

• Naranjo grew up in a pueblo in Texas.

• Naranjo grew up in a pueblo in Arizona.

• Naranjo grew up in a pueblo in New Mexico.

• Naranjo grew up in a pueblo in Nevada.

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What does the word tradition mean?

• A tradition is a modern way of doing things.

• A tradition is not passed down from one generation to the next generation.

• A tradition isn't important for families to learn.

• A tradition is a historical custom.

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What genre is the story Shaped by Tradition?

• Interview

• Historical Fiction

• Biography

• Autobiography

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Writers write to...

• Look, Listen, and Inform

• Persuade, Inform, and Entertain

• Edit, Draft, Publish

• See, Speak, Feel

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