Transcript Island of the Blue Dolphins (5.4)

Island of the
Blue Dolphins (5.4)
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Author: Scott O’Dell
Themes
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Learning about Oneself and Others
Life as an Outsider
Animals in our lives
Wilderness Survival/The Power of Nature
Coming of Age
Dealing with Grief and Loss
Skills/Strategies
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Set a Purpose
Recognize Sequence
Make Predictions
Recognize Cause and Effect
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 1)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 1-2
Today’s Purpose
 To find out why Karana’s father warns his people
about the Aleuts and Captain Orlov
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 kelp, ravine, parley, profit, prey
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 2)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 3-5
Today’s Purpose
 To understand the confrontation between Karana’s
father and Captain Orlov
Strategy: Make Predictions
Vocabulary
 slain, ashore, wounded, council, burdens
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 3)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 6-7
Today’s Purpose
 To understand Karana’s decision at the end of
Chapter 7
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 flee, fiber, beckoned, forlorn
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 4)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapter 8
Today’s Purpose
 To learn what happens to Ramo, and what vow
Karana makes as a result
Strategy: Make Predictions
Vocabulary
 plentiful, thrust, rites, vowed
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 5)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapter 9
Today’s Purpose
 To learn about the advantages and disadvantages of
Karana’s new home
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 forbade, shaft, lair
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 6)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 10-11
Today’s Purpose
 To understand why Karana leaves the island – and
why she returns
Strategy: Make Predictions
Vocabulary
 Ancestors, befall, omen, headland
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 7)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 12-14
Today’s Purpose
 To discover how Karana is finally able to get a sea
elephant’s tooth
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 scarce, sinew, wary, swollen
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 8)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 15-16
Today’s Purpose
 To find out what event greatly changes Karana’s life
Strategy: Make Predictions
Vocabulary
 bolder, abandoned
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 9)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 17-18
Today’s Purpose
 To learn what makes spring such a happy time for
Karana
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 barb, lure, taming
Island of the Blue
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 19-20
Today’s Purpose
 To find out what Karana discovers upon her return
from Tall Rock
Strategy: Make Predictions
Vocabulary
 singed, mourning, reef, crevice, seldom
Island of the Blue
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 21-22
Today’s Purpose
 To understand how Karana’s feelings toward the
Aleut girl changes
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 fortunate, gestures, deserted
Island of the Blue
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 23-25
Today’s Purpose
 To understand the vow that Karana makes, and the
reason she makes it
Strategy: Recognize Sequence
Vocabulary
 mended, quiver
Island of the Blue
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapters 26-28
Today’s Purpose
 To learn about two major events that Karana
experiences, and how they affect her
Strategy: Make Predictions
Vocabulary
 snares, crest, shuddered, vanquished
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 14)
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Purpose for Reading the Book
 To Understand how Karana overcomes the different
challenges she faces.
Today’s Reading: IOTBD Chapter 29 + Author’s Note
Today’s Purpose
 To discover what is revealed about Karana’s story in
the Author’s Note
Vocabulary
 ornament, port, inhabitants, crude, excavations
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 15)
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Today’s Reading:
 Informational article about earthquakes
Today’s Purpose
 To find out how earthquakes are caused in
order to explain it to a young child
Strategy
 Recognizing Cause and Effect