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** Prewrite **
1. What are you good at? I am good at sports. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? I feel happy playing what I am good at. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I would feel mad because I love sports and I like to express my self.

** 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!). 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**: Tao likes to paint but it is a taboo for his tribe.
 * predicted resolution 1**: the tribe allows him to paint and they start to paint with him.


 * conflict 2**: Tao meets a wolf who will not eat any thing that Tao will give him, also it is a taboo.
 * predicted resolution 2 ** : Tao sees a bone splinter in his jaw and pulls it out of him.

Answer the questions below

**Chapter 2 **
1. Why wasn't the wolf eating? He was not eating because he has a bone splinter in his jaw so he can not chew. 2. What was the resolution of the wolf's problem? The resolution for the wolfs problem was that Tao took the splinter out of his jaw so now he could hunt and get food for his clan. 2. Tao entered the slough. Why was this a good idea? Why might this be a bad idea? It was a bad idea because it is a taboo and the evil spirits would come and get him. It was a good idea because he could get food for him like beries and nuts to eat.

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

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.​ If I were Volt I would feel angry at Tao because he is not sapose to hunt with a wolf dog alone when he could cath more food with the rest of the hunters and have a lot more food for the tribe. 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.​ I think Taos mother Vedra was a caring mother because in the book it said that she would never let him go. She was also brave because every tim the men tried totake Tao she fought like a cave lion screaming, biting, refusing to let you go. Vedra was very artistic because she was always making jewerly and clothes for the people. Answer the following questions
 * Chapter 4 **

** Chapter 5 **
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? Tao trys to draw a horse and a wolf. 2. Which is easier for him and why? The easiest animal he tried to draw was the wolf dog because he was right next to him ,but the horse he had to guess how it looked.

**HOMEWORK Monday, October 19, 2009**
Read Chapter 8

**CLASSWORK Monday, 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.

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 a boy who wants to work at Jack in the Box ,but his parents want him to be a rich doctor.

In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's expectations? Give your opinion. For a job like that I think that the boy should do what he wants to do because its sometimes better when you follow your dreams.

**HOMEWORK Monday, October 20, 2009**
Read Chapter 9

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 21, 2008**
Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? Graybeard changed his mind because he wants Tao to follow his foot steps and continue to paint. What does this tell you about his character? It tells me that we is artistic and wants his paintings going from place to place.

**HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 22, 2008**
Read Chapter 10

Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? The mountains that walk are the mamoths because they are the size of a mountains, that walk. 2. What almost happened to Tao? Tao almost got stepped on by a mammoth, mountains that walk.
 * ====**CLASSWORK Thursday, October 22, 2009**====

**HOMEWORK Thursday, October 22, 2009**
Read Chapter 11

**CLASSWORK Friday, October 23, 2009**
Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? I think he is a good teacher because he wants Tao to be a good cave painter like him. Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? NO! because he would probably be mean to me and yell at me.

**HOMEWORK Friday, October 23, 2009**
Read Chapter 12

**CLASSWORK Monday, October 26, 2009**
Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most?T he ingredients were red, white, and yellow earth, charcol, clay,and limestone powder, the thing that suprized me was the red, white,and yellow earth because how can you use the earth to make paint. 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? He was afraid because he heard Graybeard cough which means that he could die of oldness.

**HOMEWORK Monday, October 26, 2008**
Read Chapter 13

**CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 27, 2009**
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. If Ram would have succeeded it would have been a bad idea to "show him off" because if Ram would have killed the deer maybe the hunters would have killed Ram and the deer. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. I think that Tao and Ram are going to go hunt for more food and go into the slough and get berries for Kala and the tribe.

**HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 27, 2009**
Read Chapter 14

**CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 28, 2009**
Chapter 14. Why does Tao cross the river? Tao crossed the river because he herd Ram howling in the mountains so he wanted to go see if it was him. 2. What decision does Graybeard reach? The decision that Graybeard makes is that he is going to leave Tao for a while.

**HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 28, 2009**
Read Chapter 15

**CLASSWORK Thursday, October 29, 2009**
Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? Tao could not remember the path that Graybeard told him to take so he is lost.

**HOMEWORK Thursday, October 29, 2009**
Read Chapter 16

**CLASSWORK Friday, October 30, 2009**
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 predicted that Volt was Tao's father because I remember when Kala would not tell Tao who his father was, but then Idid not believe it any more in till I herd Tao say that Volt was his father.WOW I was shocked that he was really his dad because he was so mean to Tao and he wanted to send him with the hyenas to get killed if Volt was his own father.

**HOMEWORK Friday, October 30, 2009**
Read Chapter 18

**CLASSWORK Monday, November 2, 2009**
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 wanted to prove himself to them.

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. || I think that tao is going to visit the mountain people and become the chosen one. Then he is going to hunt for his tribe, paint, and become the leader like his father volt. I also think that maybe volt and ram are soon going to pass away.

REBECCA'S IDENTITY ANSWERS .
 * 1) My friends and I follow all the latest fads. disagree
 * 2) I have my own unique style. agree
 * 3) I always do what my parents and teachers expect of me. agree
 * 4) I will follow my own dreams, even if others try to stop me. agree
 * 5) I want to live with my family when I go to college . agree
 * 6) I want to go to a college far from home. agree
 * 7) I wouldn’t marry someone if my parents disapproved. agree
 * 8) I will marry whomever I choose. disagree
 * 9) Being popular is important. disagree
 * 10) I don’t care what other people say about me . agree