Island of the Blue Dolphins
by: Scott O’Dell

Chapters 7 to 12

ALL NOVEL STUDY WORK MUST BE TYPED OR HANDWRITTEN IN PEN!

Reading - Read Chapters 7 to 12. 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 synonyms for each. Then use the vocabulary word in a sentence.

gorged, lair, trinkets, brackish, headland, gnawed, stunted, chaffing, omen, clamor


B. Questions (You must read the chapters before doing the questions)


1. Why did Nanko say, “You are all women of such ugliness that they will be afraid and soon go away?”
2. Why didn’t Ramo get on the ship?
3. What was the strange sound that Karana heard that sounds like running feet?
4. Why did Ramo disappear in the middle of the night?
5. When Karana found him what had happened to him?
6. What did Karana vow to do to the dogs one day?
7. Why did Karana burn the village of Ghalasat down?
8. What did the law of Ghalas-at forbid women to do?
9. Describe how Karana felt being on the island alone?
10. Why did Karana decide to leave the island?
11. Why did Karana return to the island?
12. How did Karana feel about being back on the island?
13. What did Karana use sai-sai for?

C. Literary Activity

Survival

You are stranded alone on an island that is surrounded by salt water. There are animals on the island, but you have no weapons to hunt them or tools to fish. You have only the clothes on your back. Plan a survival strategy. What will you do for food? clothing? shelter? fresh water? How can you ensure your survival on the island?


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.