Bibliography
Arizona Department of Education. “AZ Report Card-Kayenta Unified School District.” Last modified 2024. https://azreportcards.azed.gov/Districts/detail/4396
This website contains information about the Kayenta Unified School District data for student enrollment, teacher qualifications, student assessment performance for reading and writing, and English Language Proficiency.
Armstrong, Nancy M. Navajo Long Walk, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1994. Census Reporter. “Census Reporter.” Last modified 2023. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US0436990-kayenta-az/
This information is good for searching the population data and the community Kayenta Unified School District serves.
Coello, Yann Ed, and Martin H. Fischer. Foundations of embodied cognition: Perceptual and emotional embodiment. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
This book is good for researching cognition and learning behavior.
English with Steil. “Fun Descriptive Writing Activities to Engage Students.” Effective November 29, 2024. https://englishwithsteil.com/2024/11/29/fun-descriptive-writing-activities-to-engage-students/
This website is great for downloading descriptive adjectives for students to use during writing.
Good Sensory Learning. “Show Don't Tell Descriptive Writing Game: Good Sensory Learning.” Last modified 2025. https://goodsensorylearning.com/products/show-dont-tell-descriptive-writing-game
This website is good for game based activities for descriptive writing.
Kayenta Unified School District. “Message from Superintendent.” Last modified May 14, 2024. https://www.kayenta.k12.az.us/page/home
This website is good for searching Kayenta Unified School District information regarding the different schools and activities.
Killian, Shaun. “The I Do WE Do YOU Do Model Explained,” Last modified 2021. https://www.evidencebasedteaching.org/the-i-do-we-do-you-do-model-explained/
This site helps understand the I Do, We Do, You Do model for teaching.
Learn Easy English, “Descriptive Writing Using 5 Senses: How to Write the Perfect Piece of Descriptive Writing.” moderated by ilearneasy, May 26, 2020, YouTube , 8:46, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-qqguRrYY
This video is a great example of how the lessons will be taught to teach descriptive writing.
Leedy, Loreen, “Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story,” accessed August 1, 2025, https://www.loreenleedy.com/
This website is good for accessing the book needed to complete the lessons in centers.
Leedy, Loreen, “Crazy Like a Fox,” moderated by Mrs. Horstead's Home Classroom, May 11, 2020. YouTube, 5:29. https://youtu.be/EI_NtW_L4_Y?si=n18BWRj3Xh1Vw9qD
This video is good for students to listen to as they are completing their centers.
LOUIS Pressbooks. “Narrative.” Last modified 2022. https://louis.pressbooks.pub/englishcomp1/chapter/narration/
This website is good for researching what narratives are to help students understand the concept of narrative writing.
Marco Lacoboni. Imitation, empathy, and mirror neurons. Annu Rev Psychol. 2009;60:653-70. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163604. PMID: 18793090.
This book is good for researching social behavior such as using empathy when writing narratives.
Nakai, Carlos, “Carlos Nakai: Earth Spirit,” moderated by Spiritual Path (Channel of Spirit), Jan 27, 2017, YouTube, 59:32. https://youtu.be/c_1zw9KGmDo?si=cXKl-lLdACplnDR1
This video is good for students to listen to when they describe sounds of music.
PressBooks. “Chapter 2: Language Proficiency and Communicative Competence,” accessed July 5, 2025. https://opentext.wsu.edu/planning-meaningful-instruction-for-ells/chapter/chapter-2-language-proficiency-and-communicative-competence/
This website is used to research the domains of language for language proficiency and communication competence.
R.C. Gorman Navajo Gallery. “Beauty Way.” Archived 2025 at https://rcgormannavajogallery.com/product/beauty-way/
R.C. Gorman Navajo Gallery. “Corn Lady.” Archived 2025 at https://rcgormannavajogallery.com/product/corn-lady/
These two websites are good for giving background information about the artist and different art he created. The students will use these illustrations to complete descriptive paragraphs.
Richie Billing. “Using The 5 Senses In Writing: Examples To Inspire You.” Effective January 5, 2025, https://richiebilling.com/writing-tips/using-the-5-senses-in-writing#10-why-do-we-use-the-5-senses-in-writing
This website gives information about how a teacher can teach the five senses of writing.
Sutton, Angela, “Examples of Descriptive Writing Using the 5 Senses,” accessed August 1, 2025,https://vibrantteaching.com/examples-of-descriptive-writing-for-kids/
This website is great resource for books that can be used to teach descriptive writing.
Tribal Spirit, “Powwow Drums,” May 22, 2024, YouTube. https://youtube.com/shorts/fg8gZnU3sDU?si=Pxxs7emJxbxPhr4x
This video is used for students to listen and describe the sound of the drums.
Stapleton-Corcoran, Erin. “Backward Design,” University of Chicago. Effective January 25, 2023. https://teaching.uic.edu/cate-teaching-guides/syllabus-course-design/backward-design/
This website is used to research the Backward Design framework.
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