Island of the Blue Dolphins (5.4)
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Island of the
Blue Dolphins (5.4)
Author: Scott O’Dell
Themes
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
Set a Purpose
Recognize Sequence
Make Predictions
Recognize Cause and Effect
Island of the Blue
Dolphins (meeting 1)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Dolphins (meeting 10)
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
Dolphins (meeting 11)
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
Dolphins (meeting 12)
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
Dolphins (meeting 13)
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)
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)
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