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Yup'ik Raven This collection of student work is from Frank Keim's classes. He wants to share these works for others to use as an example of culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These documents have been OCR-scanned and are available for educational use only.


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As we came to the fork in the road, we started to argue about which way to go. Mark wanted to go right and I wanted to go left. We finally decided to go straight. As we drove along, we talked about the beautiful country. We were so busy talking, we didn't notice the three bald eagles flying above us. When we finally saw them, we went crazy. They were beautiful! It was the first time I saw any type of eagle in my whole life. It filled me with joy.

"Are you OK, Janine? You look kind of funny."

"I'm fine, Mark. I've just never seen anything so big and beautiful."

We stopped and watched the birds. And guess what! They came down and landed on the hood of our car! Their big eyes were looking straight at us. It was the best experience ever.

Then, all of a sudden, we heard a bang. It was some loud mouth kids shooting at the birds. We yelled at them to stop, but they wouldn't at first. After about 15 minutes though, we convinced them to stop. Thank god!

Written by: Karma Cole
Grade 8

My First Eagle

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