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Monday, October 6, 2008 1. What are you good at? I am good at playing basketball, I'm planning to be one when I grow up. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? What I feel when I play basketball is that I feel free to do whatever I want without anyone telling me what to do. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? What I will feel when people wouldn't let me play basketball is that I'll get angry at them, and I'll also get sad and find other things to do.

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!). Another problem is that if his clan catches him creating images he will be banished from his tribe.Another problem was that Tao had a really bad foot and he can't run fast enough. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict? I think that he will have to hide his images, so that he doesn't get banished and still be able to draw. What I also think that'll happen to his leg is that it will get healed and he will be able to walk perfectly again.

CLASSWORK: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Answer the question below Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter? One important thing that happened in the story was that Tao heared a weird noise that creeped him out, and also thought that it was a bad spirit. Another important event that happened in the story was that after he found the wolf he helped it by taking a sliver of his muzzle for it to hunt and eat.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? What Tao and Ram learned to do together was that they learned how to be a hunters. 2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? The decision that Tao told Volt was that they should have wolfs help them with the hunting. 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 If I was Volt I will be real mad at him because his idea might fail, and the wolfs might betray them. Also another way that idea might fail is by if instead of the wolf helping them the wolfs might attack them. The last way Tao's idea might fail is by if the wolfs run away with their food and other supplies.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 13, 2008 Read Chapter 4 in class. Answer the following questions 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 a really nice mother because of plenty of reasons. One of those reasons is that because Kala kept Tao even though he had a bad leg. Another reason that proves she is nice is that she protected her son from her clan from killing him.The last reason that I think that Kala is nice because she gave free stuffs away to other people of her clan.

Answer the follwoing questions Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? The two animals that Tao learned to draw we're a horse and a Ram his pet wolf. 2. Which is easier for him and why? Tao thinks that Ram was easier to draw because evrytime he draws the horse it keeps coming out messed up.
 * CLASSWORK Friday, October 17, 2008**

Answer the following questions Chapter 6 1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? The two taboos that Tao had done was that he's keeping the wolf dog and protecting it from his clan. Another taboo that Tao did was that he went hunting to the slough. 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? The taboo that Tao doesn't know about yet is painting in caves wall. 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? That graybeard is a nice and friendly person, but he doesn't believe in evil spirits. Volt is different because he is cruel and selfish plus he believes in good or evil spirits.
 * CLASSWORK Monday, October 20, 2008**

CLASSWORK Thursday, October 23, 2008 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 GrayBeard because every member of his clan must be treated equally. Why I think everyone must be treated equally so no one will be treated differently and so no one will be made fun of by others.

Friday,October 24, 2008 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? 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 people must follow their dream rather than following the society's rules. Like if a boy wants to grow up as a beautician they shouldn't give up their dream and believe what they think is right. Another example is if a girl wanted to grow up to be a construction worker and her parents doesn't want her to be one she should do what ever she thinks is right.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? Why I think Graybeard changed his mind is because he thought that Tao was a really good artist and that he wanted to teach Tao how to draw. What does this tell you about his character? What this tells me about Graybeard is that he is a really nice man and that he doesn't like to be hard on other people;plus he let Tao get away from keeping the wolf dog and hiding it from his clan.

CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? The "mountains-that- walk" are just giant mammoths that walk. 2. What almost happened to Tao? What almost happened to Tao was that he almost got killed by the mammoth, luckily Ram saved him from getting killed.

CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? I think that Graybeard is a bad teacher because he is really strict and has not no patience, plus he was being really strict to Tao. Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? No I would not like to have be taught by Graybeard because he is really strict, rough, and not encouraging.

CLASSWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008 Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? The name of the ingredients used to make paints are charcoal, fat, and blood.Which ingredient surprised me the most was the blood because this is the most nastiest ingredient ever. 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? Tao was scared because he saw that Graybeard can't stop himself from a continuous coughing.

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. Yes. Why I think he should show off Rams abilities so that his clan will appriciate Rams and start training wolf dogs to help them gather and hunt. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. What I think will happen next is that his clan will appriciate Ram's and the wolf dogs abilities and start training more wolf dogs to help them.

CLASSWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? Why Tao decides to cross the river because he heard Ram's howl and he assumed he was in trouble. 2. What decision does Graybeard reach? What Graybeard decides to do is to 'give the word' to the clan about Tao being a good painter, and for them to accept him even though he isn't one of the Chosen One.

**CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008**
Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? The problem at the end of this chapter is that Tao has to return to his clan and secretly paint in the Secret Cave that Tao only knows about.

CLASSWORK Thursday, November 6, 2008 Chapter 16 Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question.

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. My reaction was that I was amazed, tensed, surprise. I was amazed how Tao bravely faced "Saxon the Sacred Bull". I was tensed because Tao almost got killed by the Saxon until Volt distracted the Saxon from getting killed. I was also surprised to what Volt told Tao about him being his father.

CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008 Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? Tao decided to go to the mountain people because they think that Tao is a painter and that they believe that he didn't kill Graybeard.