Island of the Blue Dolphinsby: Scott O’Dell
Chapters 13 to 18
ALL NOVEL STUDY WORK MUST BE TYPED OR HANDWRITTEN IN PEN!
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by: Scott O’Dell
Chapters 13 to 18
ALL NOVEL STUDY WORK MUST BE TYPED OR HANDWRITTEN IN PEN!
Reading - Read Chapters 13 to 18. Please do not read ahead. There are internet based activities for those students who have successfully completed the following work.
A. Vocabulary (You may do the vocabulary before reading the story.) Look up each word in a DICTIONARY or THESAURUS. Write a definition for each. Then use the vocabulary word in a sentence.
forbade, ancestor, abandoned, stalking, venture, pelican, quivering, haunches, lupine,
singed
B. Questions (You must read the chapters before doing the questions)
1. Where did Karana decide to go the next morning?
2. How did she choose the sea elephant she wanted?. What happened to the sea elephant she chose?
3. How many days did Karana stay in the house allowing her leg to heal?
4. What did she do to keep the dogs from attacking her?
5. Why did she go back to the place where the sea animals lived?
6. Who did the leader of the pack belong to before it joined the pack?
7. Which dog did Karana desire to kill the most?
8. What did Karana do with the gray dog?
9. What did she name the dog? What does his name mean?
10. Why did she start repairing the canoe?
11. Why wasn't Karana lonely anymore?
12. Why do you think Karana didn't interfere with the fight between Rontu and the other two dogs?
13. After the Aleuts had killed the men in Karana’s tribe the women in the tribe singe their hair. Why did they do this?
C. Literary Activity
An Animal’s Point of View
Animals play an important role in the main character’s life. They become her friends and companions. Pick one of the animals from the book (Rontu, the red fox, the birds, etc.). Write and illustrate a diary by that animal about life with Karana on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
D. Summaries - Make sure you have made summaries for each of the chapters in your novel. Use paragraph form, indent, and either handwrite or type. The summary should tell what happened, the setting and the characters involved in each chapter.