Thursday, May 2, 2013

Canyons by Gary Paulsen

Chapters 1-3

Who are the two main characters?  Create a table and list difference in their times/lives/families/etc?

Vocabulary:
tolerance (10)
guidance (15)
courtesy (17)
boundary (18)

Chapters 4-6

What is the problem with Bill?  If you were Brennan would you have agreed to go camping?

Vocabulary:
mesquite (25)
formations (33)
bluff (36)
staggering (38)

Chapters 7 -8

Make a prediction about how the stories of these two main characters will interact.

Vocabulary:
moisten (44)
overhang (50)
condensing (53)
peaks (54)

Chapter 9

Detail the outcome of the horse raid.  Create a plot outline that has at least 6 events from the chapter.

Vocabulary:
gully (58)
vaquero (59)
halt (64)
reluctant (68)

Chapters 10 - 11

Why would the animals, the horse/snake/eagle, be a part of Brennan's dreams?  What is the connection with the skull?

Vocabulary:
irritation (81)
compartment (84)
coiled (91)
drenched (94)

Chapters 2 - 14

Do you think Brennan should trust Mr. Homesly with the skull?  Why or why not?  Would you have?

Vocabulary:
squint (98)
lope (99)
numerous (102)
medic (113)

Chapters 15 - 18

What are your thoughts concerning the violence surrounding the historical reports of the Apache raids and the military responses?

Vocabulary:
precise (119)
urgency (126)
cantina (137)
redundant (135)

Chapters 19 - 21

Give your opinion of Brennan's decision to flee the police.  Do you think it is worth the consequences?

Vocabulary:
originating (141)
era (145)
"run to earth" (148)
confiscate (155)

Chapters 22 -24

In your opinion, what was the reader supposed to learn from this novel?

Vocabulary:
fitful (160)
remorse (164)
exulted (171)
fissure (179)

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