Island of the Blue Dolphins - Think Questions+

"Just as I was about to throw the spear, he raised his head a little from the earth and then let it drop." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

"The spear was the better of the two weapons at this distance, but I could not use it as well as the other..." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

"He would not take the fish from me so I ad to put it on the ground." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

"Why I did not send the arrow I cannot say. I stood on the rock with the bow pulled back and my hand would not let it go." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

"I had a second arrow ready should I need it. I fitted the arrow and pulled back the string, aiming at his head." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

"All I day I was among the rocks gathering shellfish and only once did I think of the wounded dog, my enemy, lying there in the house..." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

"Once I held out my hand to him, but at this he back away..." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

"The head of the arrow was in his chest and the broken shaft was covered in blood." Here shaft means...

• the long, narrow body connected to the head of an arrow or spear

• the distance covered in a series of steps

• tangled into a thick mass (especially hair or fur)

• a way in which a thing is done or happens

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The thick fur around his neck was matted from the rain." Here matted means...

• the long, narrow body connected to the head of an arrow or spear

• the distance covered in a series of steps

• tangled into a thick mass

• a way in which a thing is done or happens

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RL.6.4

The two events that tell you something has changed between Karana and the big gray dog are...

• "I called out, "Dog, Dog," for I had no other name for him."

• "But now was crawled under the fence I did not feel the same."

• "He looked first at the fish I carried and then at me and moved his tail."

• "That night I stayed in the house."

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A