Thursday, August 15, 2013

Woodsong by Gary Paulsen


Chapters 1 - 2
What do you think Gary Paulsen means when he says "knew nothing" about the doe or the dogs?
Vocabulary:
paradox (1)
tandem (2)
"run amuck" (9)
ignorant (11)

Chapters 3 - 4
Why was Gary Paulsen motivated to kill Scarhead?  Why didn't he do it?  How do you think you might have reacted?
Vocabulary:
clarity (21)
allieviate (22)
melancholy (32)
lope (33)

Chapters 5 - 6
These chapters are all about odd, unexplainable things.  Have you ever had something happen to you that you could not explain?  Write about it.
Vocabulary:
bachelor (42)
forlorn (44)
stark (49)
intricate (54)
frantic (58)

Chapter 7
What are some of the  ways that Storm was like a person?  Think of his personality and actions.
Vocabulary:
initially (64)
idiocy (67)
mutiny (68)
emit (76)

Chapter 8 - Day 1
In what wats is the lead dog important?  What does it do?  How does it get treated?
Vocabulary:
duration (80)
competence (83)
leper (90)

Day 2 - Day 6
Which of the dangers in the Iditarod sounds worst to you so far?  Why?
Vocabulary:
enormity (94)
pandemonium (95)
deprivation (96)
expanse (105)
indignant (106)

Day 7 - Days 16-17
After reading about the Iditarod, do you think it's something you would like to try?  Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
interior (12)
stultifying (113)
amiably (116)
primitave (122)
abate (128)

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