Homework for Class #28: Island of the Blue Dolphins

For homework, please finish the book, reading pages 141-174 (Chapters 23-29) of Island of the Blue Dolphins!

Please write an essay answering the following (250 word minimum):

Imagine that you had been left on the island under the same circumstances as Karana. Describe how you would have survived some of the hardships and threats to survival that she faced (earthquake, wild dogs, the Aleut invasions, etc.).

Translate the paragraph on p.159 in Ch. 27 beginning “The air was suddenly tight around me. There was a faint sound as if…”

Then, come up with one or two discussion questions that you can ask your classmates.

For your review, here are the vocabulary words that were discussed last class:

length
entangled
abalones
pelican
tossed
disoriented
dizzy
calm

11/8/1510:55 PM

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