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//**Boy of the Painted Cave**//

//**Prewrite**// I'm good at skateboarding and i'm really good at guitarhero. I fell like i might get hurt because i might fall. I would still do it because thats what my grandma always tells me not to do.
 * 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?**

//**Tuesday, October 9, 2007**// 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.** He was drawing animals on the ground and he can't do that, also he was trying to give food to an animal. on the floor he might be kicked out of his tribe, and if he tells his tribe about him about giving food to the wolf they might make him go hunt for a wolf.
 * Chapter 1
 * 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.** When he tells the tribe about him drawing

//**Wednesday, October 10, 2007**// What two important events happen in this chapter?** He gos out into the wild to look for a rabbit but it takes him a while so he has to make camp in the will by himself so he enoucnters the wolf dog again and he sees it has bone in its mouth so he takes it out. Also he dreams about him self drawing in a cave, in the cave he draws animals in the wild and how they react with each other.
 * Chapter 2

1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together?** They learn how to hunt together and where they can hunt.
 * Chapter 3

//**Chapter 4**// Tao's mother was a very protective mother. She was a very good person and she cared about everybody in her family. She took care of Tao when everyone wanted him dead. She also risked her life to protect Tao from dieng at a young age. Also she didn't follow the rules of her tribe just to protect her son. Proof from the book that she was good is " all through the long snows she kept you alive." Chapter 5 A horse and a dog. The dog because it is the animal that he sees everyday.
 * 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.**
 * Chapter 5**
 * 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw?**
 * 2. Which is easier for him and why?**

1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they?** He was hunting with a wolf dog and he went into the slough. That Tao was drawing on the cave walls. He explains that Volt is a nice person ,but when other people talk about him they say that he is a bad leader.
 * Chapter 6
 * 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?**

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?** I disagree with Graybeard because Tao should be able to draw on the walls, also yes they had l can rules then and now they don't because its a free country.
 * Chapter 7

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. What situation did you imagine?** I imagined a single mom that went to war without taking care of her babies, she went to Iraq.
 * Chapter 8
 * In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's rules? Give your opinion.**

Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind?** Because he saw that Tao was a good cave painter. This tells that he is a good person not a mean person like he was before.
 * Chapter 9
 * What does this tell you about his character?**

1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"?** Mammoths. He almost got trampled on by a girl mammoth.
 * Chapter 10
 * 2. What almost happened to Tao?**

Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why?** Yes because, he likes to be a challenging person to his student. I would'nt really want t be taught anything because i don't really like to draw.
 * Chapter 11
 * Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why?**

1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most?** Fish oil, animal fat, blood, and eggs, and the ingredient that surprised me the most was the fisk oil. That Graybeard is gonna die. 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.** No, because even if the dog did help hunt, Volt would still want to kill the wolf dog. I think that Tao is also going to cross the river because he wants to help Ram.
 * Chapter 12
 * 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter?**
 * Chapter 13
 * 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene.**

1. Why does Tao cross the river?** Because he wanted to help Ram. That he had to prove to the people from Tao's clan that Tao could to be a chosen one
 * Chapter 14
 * 2. What decision does Graybeard reach?**

What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter?** His lamp goes out because a drip of water burns it out.
 * Chapter 15


 * Chapter 16**

Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction.** I was surprised because Volt always used to be mean to Tao but in this chapter he is really nice to Tao. Also Tao slayed the beast Saxon when he does this the people have respect for him. The most surpising thing in this chapter was that Tao finally figured out who his father is.........Volt!
 * Chapter 17

Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People?** Because he wants peolpe know that he is the next cave painter.
 * Chapter 18