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Boy of the Painted Cave Assignment

Monday, October 6, 2008 Prewrite 1. What are you good at? I am pretty good at golfing. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? I feel good, because its fun. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I would feel bad, sad, and mad.

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 wants to draw pictures but its a taboo, and a wolf is hungry, scared, and hurt. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict. I think Tao will draw because on the cover of the book it says"He dared to rebel against the law of his clan."and Tao will help the wolf.

CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Answer the question below Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter? Tao helped the wolf dog and he becomes friends with it.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? That they could find more food if they hunt together. 2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? To go live with the mountain people. 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 wouldnt feel mad.I would think it was a good idea.We would have found way more food.Plus,I wouldnt think wolf dogs are evil.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 13, 2008Read 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 was a nice person. She loved Tao and woProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-aProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 =0 dn't let him die. When the clan tried to feed Tao to the hyenas because he was crippled,she would fight against them to save her child. She lived on her own so the clan would not get Tao. She cared for him if he was crippled or not. "Again and again they tried to take you away, but she fought like a cave lion, screaming and biting, refusing to give you up."

Finish reading Chapter 5 in class Answer the following questions Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? A wolf dog and a horse. 2. Which is easier for him and why? The wolf dog is easier to draw because Ram is in his sight

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? Hunting with a wolf dog and going to the "forbidden land",the slough. 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? That Tao "makes images",which is drawing. 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? That he is a good man.

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 think Graybeard is right,it is a taboo,and i think the reverse is true.

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?

A boy who wants to work at an animal shelter and wants to care and spend time with cats. But some boys at school think that working with cats is too girly.

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 the boy should follow his dreams and not care what everybody else thinks.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? Because Tao was very eager to draw. What does this tell you about his character? He is a nice man.

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008**
Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? They are the mammoths. 2. What almost happened to Tao? He almost got stepped on by a mammoth.

**CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008**
Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? He is a good teacher because hes teaching Tao how to draw better. Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? Yes,because I like to draw,and I could learn a thing or two with him.

**CLASSWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008**
Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? The ingredients they used were red earth, yellow clay, black charcoal, and surprisingly, egg yolk.I think the egg yolk surprised me the most because I thought they were going to eat it. 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? Tao was afraid for Graybeard.Maybe something bad will happen?

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008**
Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? To find Ram! 2. What decision does Graybeard reach? That he will tell the Valley people about Tao's talent.

CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? The room is completly dark and he does not know where to go.

**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.