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Day 1
Page 1 Don’t Judge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3-PHktE34
Page 2 Chapter 1- 11 Vocabulary
Moments
Think about the statement, “Don’t judge a man until you’ve
walked two moons in his moccasins.”
What does this statement mean to you?
The story you are about to read lets you walk in the moccasins of
Salamanca Tree Hiddle. Think of what it might be like to walk in
the moccasins of another person.
Example: If I were walking in my grandmother’s slippers, I would
feel happy to be baking my special apple pie for my grandchildren.
Write this on page 1
If I were walking in ______________’s moccasins, I would feel
______________
_________________________________
_________________________________.
Page 2
Vocabulary
Chapters
1 - 11
1. roost
- verb – page 1 - to perch or settle,
especially for the night
2. diabolic
-adj.
- page 29/26
NB
- evil, wicked
3. divulge
-verb
- page 29/26NB
- to make known,
especially something
secret
4. primly
-adverb
- page 32
- properly
5. Huzza
(say hu zaaaa’)
- interjection - page
37/34NB
- word used to
express joy
6. gullible
-adj.
- page
54/50NB
- easily fooled
7. shrapnel
-noun
- page 54/50NB
- fragments from
an exploding shell
or bomb
8. flinch
-verb
-page 65/60NB
- to draw back
from something
painful or
unpleasant
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Day 2
Page 3: Vocabulary Usage
Select one vocabulary word from page 2 and use it correctly in a
sentence
Page 4: Unique Phrases
1.
What do you think the word “chickabiddy” means?
2.
What do you believe the phrase “catch a fish in the air” implies?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqnx8BpbM2U
Fun Phrases
What is in a name?
Page 3
“My real name is Salamanca Tree Hiddle. Salamanca, was
the name of the Indian tribe to which my great-great
grandmother belonged. My parents were mistaken. The
name of the tribe was Seneca.”
My middle name, Tree, comes from your basic tree, a thing
of such beauty to my mother that she made it part of my
name. She wanted to be more specific and use Sugar
Maple Tree because Sugar Maple is part of her own name,
but Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle sounded a bit
much.
Turn to the Character page for
Mrs. Winterbottom
Read the description from pg 31 or 28 about Mrs. Winterbottom,
turn to the character page, and use the quote to illustrate a
picture of Mrs. Winterbottom.
“For some reason, that surprised me, those little names
She used. She was dressed in a plain brown skirt and white
blouse. On her feet were sensible, wide, flat shoes. She did
not wear make-up. Even though she had a pleasant round
face and long yellow curls, the main impression I got was that
she was used to being plain and ordinary, that she was not
supposed to do anything too shocking.”
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Day 3
Page 5 Reason for the Trip
What two reasons do Gramps and Sal’s father give Sal for going on the trip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BY1bQkj3g
Page 6 Vocabulary Review
Road Trip
Vocabulary Review: Chapters 1-11
Page 6
Directions: Number your page to 8 and do not skip lines. Next, pick the
word from
the word box that best matches its definition and write it on your
paper.
At the bottom of your page select 3 words from your list and use them
correctly in a sentence.
Word Box: divulge
1.
huzza
diabolic
flinch
_____________ is to make known something secret.
2. To draw back, as from something painful or unpleasant is to
______________
3. ___________ is used to express joy.
4. _________ means something evil or wicked.
Word Box: gullible
primly
roost
shrapnel
5. ___________ is easily fooled.
6. Fragments from an exploding shell or bomb are called ______________
7. _____________ is excessively precisely or properly
8. _________ is to perch or settle, especially for the night
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Day 4
Page 7 Messages
Write the 2 messages and explain what you think each of
them means.
Page 8 Vocabulary for Chapters 12-22
Write each message
and then explain what it means
Page 7
Message 1
Don't judge a person until you've walked two moons in his
moccasins.
Message 2
Everyone has his own agenda.
Vocabulary Words
Chapters 12- 22
1. anonymous
- adj.
- page 84
- having an
unknown author
or origin
2. cantankerous
- adj.
- page 98
- bad tempered,
quarrelsome
3. console
Verb
- page 134
- to give comfort in
a time of distress
4.
flail
- verb
- page 95
- to wave about
wildly,
especially one’s
arms and legs
5. malevolent
- adj.
- page 81
doing
evil
to others
6. manna
- noun
– page 81
- a miraculous gift
7. reassurance
- noun - page 128
- renewed confidence or belief
8. skeptical
- adj.
- page 86
- doubtful
or
disbelieving
9. slather
- verb
- page 82
- to spread
thickly
Themes
 Determination- Sal is determined to see her mother on
her birthday. Phoebe is determined to find her mother.
 Family- Sal is depending on her family (her grandparents
and her father) to help her see her mother and Phoebe
struggles with temporarily losing a member and later on
gaining one.
 Knowing where you came from- This is an important
theme because Sal has moved to a new home and left
everything behind and later goes on a journey to see her
mother so she can have closure, all the while
remembering who she is and where she came from.
Salamanca Tree Hiddle (Sal)
 She likes nature
 She didn’t want to move, she wanted to stay with her
mother’s memories in Bybanks, Kentucky
 She has Native American roots
 She likes Ben
 Her mother left Sal and her father but was killed in a bus
crash
 She wants to see her mom on her mother’s birthday
Phoebe Winterbottom
* Has a good imagination
* She becomes Sal’s first real friend
* She is suspicious of Margaret Cadaver
* She’s scared of all strangers (they could potentially be
lunatics)
* Her mom is gone and she thinks it was because of the
lunatic
Ben Finney
 He’s quiet
 He’s Mary Lou’s cousin
 He likes Salamanca
 Doesn’t like using the word ‘lunatic’ because his mother
is in the mental ward
 He’s a weirdo
 He kissed Sal
Setting
 Bybanks, Kentucky- where Sal was born and where her
mothers memories still stand
 Euclid, Ohio- where Sal and her father move to
 Chicago, Illinois
 The Wisconsin Dells- Sal and her grandparents stop at Ella's
Kosher Deli and Ice Cream Parlor
 Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota- Sal has an
empowering conversation with an American Indian about
who they really are
Setting Cont.

The Missouri River in South Dakota-Sal’s grandma gets a poisonous snake bite
when they go wading in the river. A boy who lives near the river comes and
sucks the venom out

The Badlands and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota- Sal feels like her mother
is really with her because that is where Sugar went when she left Sal and her
father

Old Faithful in Wyoming- Sal gets to see the beauty of this geyser, and Gram
starts feeling sick

Coeur d'Alene in Idaho- Gram is taken to the hospital because she is very sick.
She later has a stroke and passes away. While Gramps is with Gram at the
hospital, Sal takes the car to Lewiston to see her mother in time but she is
stopped by the police ( why is she driving anyway? She's only 13!)

Lewiston, Idaho- Sal makes it to her mothers grave in time to say happy
birthday
Top Ten Story Events
 Salamanca’s mother (Sugar) leaves Sal and her father after
having a still-born baby
 Sal and her father move from Bybanks, Kentucky to Euclid,
Ohio
 Sal meets Phoebe who tells her that she thinks Margaret
Cadaver is a murderer, she also meets Ben who likes her
and attempts to kiss her
 Someone anonymously starts leaving odd notes on Phoebe’s
front porch such as: Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked
two moons in his moccasins, Everyone has his own agenda,
In the course of a lifetime what does it matter?, You can’t
keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head but
you can keep them from nesting in your hair, We never
know the worth of water until the well is dry
 A strange boy comes to Phoebe’s asking for Mrs.
Winterbottom and Phoebe calls him a lunatic
Literary Techniques
 “Her voice is like dead leaves blowing around on the ground” –
simile
 “She scares me half to death” – hyperbole
 “Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears” – simile
 “Strong as an ox” – simile
 “The air screamed ‘hurry, rush, hurry, rush’” – personification
 “She looked as if a whole family of the birds of sadness had nested
in her hair” – simile
 “I could practically see the birds of sadness pecking at his head” –
metaphor
 “There was something about Phoebe that was like a magnet” –
simile
 “Gramps barreled through Wyoming like a horse afire” - simile