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For homework, please read pages 65-111 (Chapters 11-18) of Island of the Blue Dolphins

 

Then respond to the following prompt on the forum (250 words minimum):

It is as if Karana speaks to the sea, confides in the cliffs, whispers to the wind--and to the yellow-eyed gray dog, the fearsome enemy that she tames to friendship. Karana reflects, “Because of this I was not lonely. I did not know how lonely I had been until I had Rontu to talk to.” (Ch. 16 p.97)

Describe how Karana interacts with her natural environment. What is your relationship to the natural world?

 

Lastly, please translate the last paragraph on p.70 in Ch. 12 beginning “I put the ribs together with their edges almost touching, and standing….”

 

Below this post are the vocabulary words and definitions we went over for chapters 6-10!

 

Have fun!

--Audrey 

 

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Pg 30 cove: a small bay, where the water may continue in, but it's sheltered from the sky.     

Pg 30 strode: past tense of "stride."  It means to walk quickly.  You can also say a person has "a long stride," which means they take big steps.  

Pg 30 hut to hut: a hut is a small house made of natural materials like sticks or palm tree leaves.  

Pg 32 abalone: a shellfish you can eat  

Pg 36 bobbed: when something moves up and down with water, it bobs.  

Pg 38 flung: the past tense of "fling."  It means to throw something forcefully.  Karana "flung" herself over the boat.  

Pg 38 clutching: to clutch is to hold something very tightly.        

Pg. 39 snarling: If a dog raises its lips so you can see his teeth and growls a little bit, it is snarling.  

Pg 39 slunk into: Slunk is the past tense of "slink."  This is very similar to "sneak into," or walking smoothly and quietly.    

pg 45 trotted off: a trot is when an animal goes faster than walking, but slower than sprinting.  

Pg 59 slanted: when something is not straight up and down, but a little crooked.   Pg 63 chafing: when something rubs against your skin so much that it hurts, makes a rash, or starts to bleed, you can say it is chafing the skin.

Protagonist: the main character of a story.

 

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