Paige

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?

1.I am good at singing,soccer,and arts and crafts. 2.I usually feel proud. 3. I would feel sad because that is what I like to do.

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.

1. He is not accepted in his tribe because he has a bad foot. Another problem is that he likes to draw but only chosen people are able to. 2.He will not be accepted still in his tribe, because he won't be able to hunt as well. Tao may be able to draw if he can show the others he can.

Chapter2 What two important events happen in this chapter?

1. He loses the rabbit in the meadow and has to go find it. Another thing is that he hears a scary noise.

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.

1.They learn how to hunt. 2.He says that he wants to join another clan. 3.I am Volt. I just want to feed my clan so they will not go hungry, but when Tao came back without the the rabbit he had caught,I wasn't happy about that.So I told him to go find it because our clan would go hungry. When he came back with more than one rabbit I was suprised and happy that he found that many rabbits ,but when he said he wanted to join another clan ,that was to much. I started to yell and then Tao walked off.

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 was an artist