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** Prewrite **
1. What are you good at? I am good at ice skating 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? When i am doing the thing i am good at i feel happy because i improve a lot every time i go. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? If they wouldn't let me ice skate i will be sad because that is the thing i love to do

** 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!). there was a hungry wolf and he liked painting but he wasn't able to because it was a TABOO for his clan 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.


 * Example**:
 * sample conflict** : Tayo needs to find a rabbit.
 * sample predicted resolution**: He will find the one he lost.


 * conflict 1**:
 * predicted resolution 1**: I think the wolf is going to find food he likes and then start eating it

Answer the questions below
 * conflict 2**:
 * predicted resolution 2**: I think he will be able to draw without any one getting mad or finding out

** Chapter 2 **
1. Why wasn't the wolf eating? The wolf wasn't eating because he had a bone stuck to its jaw 2. What was the resolution of the wolf's problem? Tao had to pull the bone off. 3. Tao entered the slough. Why was this a good idea? Why might this be a bad idea? It was a good idea to enter the slough because there was alot of food in there. It was a bad idea because it was a taboo

Answer the questions below 1. In chapter 1, what does Tao really want to learn to do? __A. draw__ B. hunt C. make a flint knife D. control fire

2. In chapter 2, what is stuck in the wolf's jaw? A. food __B. a bone splinter__ C. part of a tree D. a flint knife

** Chapter 3 **
3. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? A. walk on a leash B. swim the river __C. hunt__ D. escape Volt

4. What decision does Tao tell Volt? A. he is going to hunt with the dog B. the dog's name is Ram C. he is going to look for his parents since he doesn't know who they are __D. he is going to hunt alone but bring back food to the camp__

5. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel.

hi my name is Volt, I am a leader of a clan. I have a few people in my clan. Today Tao was so selfish because he forgot the rabbit. And we are starving. So i told him to go look for it. That boy doesn't have manners, he forgets to bring food and he is always out wondering around doing

In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. What are the qualities of her character? List 3 qualities. Find evidence in the chapter to support your ideas.
 * Chapter 4 **

Taos' mother Vedra was caring and protective. She is caring and protective because she wouldn't give her son away to the clan to take to the hyenas. Like Kala told Tao she said "but your mother wouldn't let you go." She was also very brave because she would fight the people in the clan that tried to take her son Tao away. Kala also told tao that she fought like a cave lion she would scream, bite refusing to give you away. Vedra was very creative. She was a great artist she would make beads and make jewelry and would give it away for free

Answer the following questions

** Chapter 5 **
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? Tao drew a horse and a wolf dog. 2. Which is easier for him and why? The one animal he didn't had trouble drawing was the wolf dog because he saw it everyday CLASSWORK Friday, October 16, 2009 Answer the following questionsChapter 61. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they?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? HOMEWORK Friday, October 16, 2009 Read Chapter 7 CLASSWORK Monday, October 19, 2009 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?

**CLASSWORK Monday, October 19, 2009**
Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. 1. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Explain your answer. I agree with greybeard because it's the law and you need to respect the law just like we do today. 2. What about if someone today told you about the thing you most love to do that, "It is taboo. Whether you believe in it or not makes no difference. It is taboo. It is the rule of our society and you must live by it." Would you agree with them? Explain your answer. If someone told me that ice skating is a taboo i would check the computer to see if it's a taboo. Or i would ask sertain people if it is a taboo.

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 20, 2009**
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. what if a boy wants to be a cheerleader does he have to stop his dream because people make fun of him and his parents talk bad about him being a cheerleader. I think he should follow his dream because he could get very far.

Imagine a similar situation today. Imagine a young person who wants to do something with their life that is different from what is normally expected in our society. What situation did you imagine? I imagined that the boy is cheerleading and that everyone is laughing at him but he just doesn't pay attention to them.

In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's expectations? Give your opinion. I think he should follow his dream because he could get really far with his dream.

**CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 21, 2008**
Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? i think that Greybeard changed his mind because he felt bad for Tao maybe he even had to go through that when he was little What does this tell you about his character? this tells me that Greybeard felt bad for Tao because he might have gone through that when he was little

**CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 23, 2008**
Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? the mountains that walk are the mammoth. 2. What almost happened to Tao? He almost died because a mammoth stepped on him.

**CLASSWORK Thursday, October 25, 2008**
Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? I think Graybeard is a good teacher because because he pushes you to learn how to paint really good. Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? I would like to have been taught by graybeard because i am a horrible drawer and i would like to learn how to paint better.

**CLASSWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008**
Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? to make paint they used bright red dirt and to make white and yellow they used limestone pouder. The one that suprised me was that they used dirt to do paint wich they call red earth. 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? he was afraid that something was going to happen to his old friend.

**CLASSWORK Monday, November 3, 2008**
Chapter 13 1. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain. i think it was not a good idea because hunting with a dog was a taboo 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. i think volt will try to find the dog to kill it.

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008**
Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? tao crosses the river because he wants to see if volt finds ram 2. What decision does Graybeard reach? graybeard tells tao that they need to get to the cave before dark. Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? tao's problem is that people think that he killed graybeard when he did not
 * CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008**

**CLASSWORK Thursday, November 6, 2008**
Chapter 16 Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: [] Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question. 

Read Chapter 17 together in class (not for homework)

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. i was suprise to hear that Tao's father is Volt. I was scare of what was going to happen to tao.

**CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008**
Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? tao feels he needs to go to the mountain people because he could prove himself again.

Extra Credit Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You can add new characters if you want.


 * My friends and I follow all the latest fads. yes
 * I have my own unique style. yes
 * I always do what my parents and teachers expect of me. sometimes
 * I will follow my own dreams, even if others try to stop me. yes
 * I want to live with my family when I go to college. no
 * I want to go to a college far from home. no
 * I wouldn’t marry someone if my parents disapproved. no
 * I will marry whomever I choose. yes
 * Being popular is important. no
 * I don’t care what other people say about me. no

Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks. To have broken through the surface of stone, to live, to feel exposed to the madness of the vast, eternal sky. To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea, carrying my soul, my seed, beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre I'd rather be unseen, and if then shunned by everyone, than to be a pleasant-smelling flower, growing in clusters in the fertile valleys, where they're praised, handled, and plucked by greedy, human hands. I'd rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac. If I could stand alone, strong and free, I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.