Sabrina+R

Monday, October 8, 2007 Prewrite 1. What are you good at? 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? Answers 1. I like to swim. 2. I feel so good because I can feel the cold water rushing in my face. 3. I would be sad because I just learned how to swim. Tuesday, October 9, 2007 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. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict. Answers 1.He has a messed up foot so he can't hunt that well and he loves to draw, but they don't let him go to the cave only the chosen ones. 2.He learns how to hunt with his messed up foot like going a little slower and he could draw outside or sneek in the cave. Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter? Answer 1.Tao helped the wolf get the bone off his lip so he could hunt again and he had a dream that he went into the cave and he started to paint many pictures of animals. Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together?

2. What decision does Tao tell Volt?

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. Answers 1.Tao and Ram learned how to hunt together. 2.That they should have a wolf dog to help them hunt. 3.I'm Volt.I feel mad because he doesn't help to hunt ,and thinks he is going to fed all the time. He should help to hunt because we have a lot of people in our clan not only him. We need to support our kids for they could us hunt in the future. 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. Answer 1. Kala finally told Tao the truth. Tao's mother is very nice."But your mother would not let you go". She goes and hide in a cave because she was suppose to leave him on top of the boulder for the hyenas could eat him. She hold him close to her breast for he could get some warmth. Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? 2. Which is easier for him and why? Answers 1.He tried to draw a horse and Ram. 2. Ram is easier because he was there. Chapter 6 1. 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? Answers 1.That he was hunting with a wolf dog and that he goes hunting in the Slough. 2.That he draws in the cave even though he is not the chosen one. 3.That Volt is nice. 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: was it not true then, but true now? Answer 1.I agree with Graybeard because he cares about Tao's life. If his clan says it is a taboo he doesn't want Tao to get killed. The valley people go in Tao's cave and they find out it is Tao's boom there goes his head.Those rules that they had like drawing are really weird,but now like faking to be a different person is a really good taboo now. 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. In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's rules? Give your opinion. Answer 1. One situation is that a boy wants to be a fashion designer, but his friends and family don't support him with idea and they want him to be a doctor. I think he should follow his dreams and become a fashion designer.

Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? What does this tell you about his character? Answer 1.He saw that Tao was pretty good and he might be chosen one day to be a chosen one. 2.He is nice because he knows maybe one day he could replace him. Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? 2. What almost happened to Tao? Answers 1.They are mammoths. 2.He almost died when the mammoth tried to step on him. Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? 1.I think he is a good teacher because he wants Tao to be very good. I think I wouldn't mind, but if he is a bad teacher I would leave in a heart beat.

Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? Answers 1.The blood surprised me. 2.That Graybeard might die.

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. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. Answers 1.I don't think so because Volt could think that Ram was trying to steel the food. 2.He is going to hide until he could prove that Ram is a good hunter. Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? 2. What decision does Graybeard reach? Answers 1.Because hunters were chasing him and to go get Ram. 2.To let Tao paint in the cave. Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? Answer 1.The candle turned off in the dark cave and he doesn't know where to go. Chapter 16 Answer Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. Answers 1.Tao is really crazy! I can believe he faced the saxon face to face. I wouldn't be able to do it with so much courage. Then Volt giving Tao a spear to be less defence less is really akward,but it ends out that Volt is Tao's father!!! And all the times he was treating him wrong was because he wanted to learn the right way, to hide his secret from Tao,and not let anyone find out that Tao,the disapointment to the clan,find out it was his son. Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? 1.When they captured Tao, and Graybeard let him go they kind thought Tao was a trouble maker, but now he wants to show then want he has become. Extra Credit Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You can introduce new characters. 1. When Tao went to so the Mountain People Ram got pushed away by the water and it was getting dark that he couldn't be possible to find him. when he stepped on their land he anouced that he was the new cave painter and told them about their good friend Graybeard. They teared for a while, but they still celebrated because he was the new shaman. He went back to the valley people and he notice that everyone was crying he had found out that Kala was very ill he stayed over a night to make sure she was well. The next day he set foot to look for Ram and he didn't find him and went and tell his father, but when he got their he notice that Ram was volt arms. He said that the old dog came to the camp. He took him to Kala's hut and notice that she was feeling a little better. Since Tao was kind to all the people all the good spirits returned him the favor.