Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources

Sequoyah

---

Sequoyah
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 6 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.91

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		giganteum, sempervirens, syllabary, impressed, wealthy, writing, literate, negotiate, politics, redwood, silversmith, contribution, chief, syllable, miner, trader
	content words:		North Carolina, Cherokee Nation, Nathaniel Gist, George Gist, Native American, Cherokee Regiment, Creek War, Horseshoe Bend, George Lowry, Cherokee Phoenix

---

Print Sequoyah

Print Sequoyah  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format

	Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
	Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format

Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity

Print a proofreading activity

---

Feedback on Sequoyah

Leave your feedback on Sequoyah  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

---

Sequoyah By Mary L. Bushong

---

¹     When North Carolina was established as a British colony, some of the land was in what we now call Tennessee. The mountains and hills were covered with forests. It was in this place that a man named Sequoyah was born. It was through his efforts that the Cherokee Nation got their own written language.
 
²     When Sequoyah was born in what is now called Tuskegee, Tennessee, good birth records were not kept. It is thought that he was born between 1760 and 1770. His father was a Virginia trader named Nathaniel Gist, and his mother, Wut-teh, was the daughter of a Cherokee chief. When their child was born, he was given two names, Sequoyah and George Gist.
 
³     Many times Native American names are words that tell us something about a person. Some people think that Sequoyah was handicapped with a deformed foot. His name Sequoyah in Cherokee is Sikwo-yi. It means "pig's foot." In any case, it did not stop him from growing into a strong, young warrior.
 
⁴     When he was a young man, Sequoyah moved away from home and went to Georgia, because he thought there were too many white people near his former home. While he was there, he learned about the silversmith trade. One day a man purchased one of his silver pieces and told him he should sign his work. Sequoyah had a problem. He had never learned to read or write, so he was unable to put his name on his work.
 
⁵     After thinking about it, he went to a wealthy farmer in the area who was literate. He showed Sequoyah how to spell his name and wrote it out for him. It was at this point in 1809 that he first began to think about making a writing system for his native language.

Paragraphs 6 to 12:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

---

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once!

---

More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets

Back to School Graphic Organizers Alphabet Worksheets Sight Words Math Worksheets Mazes 50 States Education Teaching Monthly Themes January February March April May June July August September October November December

Fractions Place Value Time and Calendar Money Earth Day Solar System Analogies Nouns Following Directions Listening Capitalization Cursive Writing Patterns and Sequencing Dinosaurs All About Me Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade

Multiplication Division Main Idea Cause and Effect Measurement Decimals Rounding Order of Operations Verbs Community Helpers Adjectives Plants Grammar Addition and Subtraction Contractions Bulletin Board Ideas Word Searches Crossword Puzzles Printable Puzzles Reading Comprehension Reading Skills English Language Arts

Copyright © 2018 edHelper