Lesson 7
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Proverbs and Adages activities
Target Vocabulary
1. romp 2. strained 3. picturing 4. wheeled 5. shouldered 6. frantic 7. lunging 8. checking 9. stride 10. bounding |
Comprehension Skill and
Strategies +theme Look at the character's actions and responses to problems and other characters. This will help you understand the characters. +author's word choice Examine the language used in the story. Why do you think that the author selected certain words. +dialect Dialect is spoken and written language. Dialect changes from one region of the country to another. My parents spent their childhood in the south. They used some words that were different than words used here. South North poke sack yonder there +visualize What do you picture in your mind as you read the text? |
Essential Question:
How can dangerous situations bring people closer together? Analyze the Text: Monday: pages 210-211 1. What inference does the author want the reader to draw about Travis's character? 2. How does he author build suspense in the last two paragraphs on page 211? 3. Look at the similes at the end of the fourth and sixth paragraphs. What do the comparisons to "the gobble of a wild turkey" and "a scared wolf" add to your understanding of Travis's character? Tuesday pages 212-215 4. Why do you think that the author chose first-person point of view to tell this story? 5. The bear approaches Arliss. Contrast the actions of Arliss to those of Travis. 6. Based on his actions in this section of the story, how would characterize Old Yeller? 7. How does the author build the impression of several actions happening at the same time on page 215? Use quotes from the text to support your answer. Wednesday pages 216-217 8. Why does Travis suddenly feel frightened again? 9. How does the first paragraph on page 217 connect the events before and after Travis left the spring hole? 10. Travis infers that Old Yeller thought that the fight with the bear was fun. What does Old Yeller do to lead Travis to make this inference? 11. List the details of the bear attack in the proper sequence. Start with Travis rushing to the water hole. Thursday 12. What does Travis mean when he says, "I knew then that I loved him as much as I did Mama and Papa, maybe in some ways even a little more"? 13. How do Travis's feelings for Arliss contribute to the theme of the story? |