Boy+of++the+painted+Cave++by+Daniel+A

Type in the content of your new page here.Monday, October 6, 2008 Prewrite 1. What are you good at? Im good at doing nothing just kidding. I good at being a kind person A good basketball player I'm ok in soccer.Im good at using computers. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at I feel good inside I feel awesome like Im better at nothing else.I feel inergizied 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I would feel bad I would be bored the whole time.I would feel like a dummy doing things Im not good at.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 CLASSWORK Chapter 1 1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more (not having anything to do with the rabbit!). Tao draws with the fear of getting caught and getting in big trouble because its a taboo in his clan. Tao has no food and gets hungry. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict. I predict that the clan will at one time finally understand but after kicking him out. He accepts that he should hunt and gets plenty of food and his clan likes him.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Answer the question below Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter? Tao is getting very hungry and is looking for spare acorns in tree's and on the ground. Tao found a wolf that's mouth is hurt so it can't eat plus it's hungry and will die without food.

Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? Together they learn how to hunt. 2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? Tao asks Volt if they could hunt with the wolf dog. 3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel. I will feel mad at Tao for being with a wolf dog.I will feel like i have no power.I will feel like no one listens to me

Chapter 4 In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter. Tao's mother is not with him in the story. The old woman said Tao's mom was "Vedra of the Mountain People"She refused to let Tao get eaten by hyenas that was what happened to crippled babies. She lived in a cave so they wouldn't take Tao.

Answer the following questions Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? First, he try's to draw a horse and then he draws the wolf dog. 2. Which is easier for him and why? The wolf dog is a lot easier for him because for the horse he did it by memory and for ram he was right there with him.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 20, 2008 Answer the following questions Chapter 6 1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? One taboo he broke was being with Ram the wolf dog and the other one he broke was 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? Graybeard says Volt is a good man but often dreams of spirits and demons

Chapter 7 Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Is what he says true for those times, but not now? Or is the reverse true: is it true now, but wasn't true then? I disagree with with Graybeard because I think that since he is a chosen one he wants to be special. I think he wants Tao to feel bad because he draws. Graybeard thinks Tao is disrespecting the Chosen one's

Chapter 8 An important theme in this novel is that people should follow their dreams and do what they believe is right, even if they don't follow their society's expected ways. The author examines this theme in a stone age setting. Imagine a similar situation today, where a person's desires go against society's expectations What situation did you imagine? Someone want's to marry the same the sex and no one should mess that up.

In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's rules? Give your opinion I think that some should be able to do what to do what they feel is right.Not rob a bank, but they should follow there dreams. It's like a football player that can score 50 touchdowns ,but not let him play.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? I think that Graybeard changed his mind because he knew that was the right thing to do. What does this tell you about his character? I think it says Graybeard cares I bet if someone needed help he would be the first one to help. So I think that he cares for people even if he is a little mean.

CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? The mountains that walk are the huge brown tall mammoths. 2. What almost happened to Tao? What almost happen to Tao is he almost got stepped on by an animal.

CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? I think Graybeard is a good teacher because he taught Tao how to draw better. Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? I want to draw better because my best drawing is a stick figure I want to draw like Graybeard draws neat and full of life

CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? He gets scared and he goes back and takes a wrong turn and will probably get lost later.