Island+of+the+Blue+Dolphins+(MI9)

= Island **  of the  Blue Dolphins **    =  Scott O'Dell

Pre-reading questions:

1. What is the name of the tribe that left her?

2. What is her name?

3. Why does she have a dog?

4. What is she sitting on?

5. How old is she?

6. Why was she left behind?

7. Why is the title island of the blue dolphins?

8. What is she wearing?

9. How is she going to survive by herself? Predictions

__Day 1 reflection__
==**What would it be like living on an island? What would you enjoy? Is there anything you'd hate about living on an island? What role / job would you have if you were a character in this novel?** ==


flyingpig25 I think it would be cool but I would get lonely and wouldn’t get that much food. I would enjoy getting to swim everyday and raw clams. I would not like having to hunt or look for my food. I would like to be the hut builder because it is not dangerous and it would be fun.


dancer I think it would be very cool to live on a island, because you would have all the water and fish you would need. You would also get to be alone when you wanted to. I would enjoy being alone when I wanted to. I would also enjoy being able to wander around the island. I would hate eating fish everyday it would be disgusting. I would want to be a cook and cook for other people because I love to cook.

flobble I think it would be a little bit scary and lonely. I would enjoy it having no one(for a little while) so you,or I,could have it to your self. I WOULD HAVE TO EAT FISH FOR A WHILE!! I would love to be the chef, because I love cooking.

Raccoon09 I would be very scared and there would be NOTHING I would enjoy! Maybe I would like exploring the island. I would be the look out because I can sneak around really good! It would be a blast because I would go to the beach everyday. I would hate eating fish because I don’t even like fish except I like to catch fish. I would be a fisher girl. Why? Because I actually caught twelve fish in ten minutes and I love fishing. Mexico **Eeyore** **Scary, really scary! I would enjoy not listening to anybody but I would hate not seeing anybody or talking to anybody! I would be a maid and clean every thing if I was Karana.** **Day 2 Literal comprehension Describe what you know to be true about Karana (the narrator). Be sure not to include subjective statements or opinions, try to keep to the facts.**  Karana is 12 years old, and her father died because some people killed him over otters. She got a new leader that is taking her tribe to new land but when the boat came her brother and her got left behind. Later her brother left in the middle of the night. She went to find him and found him dead over a pack of wild dogs. Then she swore to kill the dogs. **
 * flyingpig25

Eeyore Karana is twelve years old. Her father was killed over some otters! After her father died,(he was the leader)there came a new leader named Kimki. He said he was going to take them to a safe land but it would take many suns. So when they were leaving her brother forgot his fishing spear and went to get it. Ten the boat started to go and Karana’s brother was not on the boat! So Karana jumped off the boat into the water. Raccoon09 Karana is 12 years of age. Her father died because russians were hunting sea otters on her tribe’s island. The Aleuts were on the island on an agreement that the chief (Karana’s father) would get a share to give to the tribe. on the day that the Aleuts left they didn’t pay they’re share of the bargain so the tribe attacked them and they lost more than 1/2 of their tribe. the tribe left and karana was left behind with her brother but her brother was killed by a pack of wild dogs.

flobble karana is 12 years of age. She has encountered Aleuts that killed more than half her tribe. She has a brother(that was killed by a wild pack of dogs.He was six.)She has a sister that is 16 years old, that left tthe island to go to the new land.Her father was one of the who died in the bloody battel. The Aleuts killed otter, and didn’t pay for what they took.

//dancer //
 Karana is lives on an island called The Island of Blue Dolphins. Her Father, Mother, and Brother have all died. She got left on The island of Blue Dolphins by herself in a storm, and her tribe is suppose to come back and get her. Her real name is Won-a-pa-lei but they call her Karana so her name does not get warn out. She is 12 years old, and has an older sister who is 16 years old and is with the rest of their tribe. She loves to watch beavers play in the sea around the island that she is on.
 * Karana was twelve or twenty-four and she had a little brother half the age of him. Her sister was two years older then her. She got swung off a boat and swam back to her island. The island of Ghalas-at . Her sisters name was Ulape and brothers was ramo. Plus her dad died in a battle who was the leader “Chowig”. **

__**Day 3 Reflection:**__
==**Have you ever been left at home alone? What was that responsibility like? Were you left with specific instructions or was it on accident? What types of rules would kids have it they are left alone? Describe IN DETAIL the feelings Karana felt when she realized Ramo was not on the boat with the rest of her tribe. Did she make a good choice? What would you do in t**hat same situation?== I have never been left alone for a long time. Karana felt really sad and scared for her brother, she did NOT make a good choice by flinging her self into the ocean and going to her brother because even if she went to go with Ramo he still got killed by the dogs. What I would have done is just sadly wait for the boat to return and get my brother if I was in that <span style="color: rgb(0,255,162); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">s  <span style="color: rgb(0,255,162); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">ituation-Raccoon09<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);">flyingpig25 <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);">  <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);"> <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);"> <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);">Yes I have been. My responsibility/instructions were to clean up the house, don’t let anybody in, and don’t do anything dangerous. She felt horrible she was not watching him. I think she did the right thing. I would have did the same but I would have left my things just in case I would get back later. <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);"> <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);"> <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);"> **Eeyore** **Yes I’ve been left alone with my best friend b ball. It was fun, it made me feel older! Sometimes I was left with specific instructions but all the time. They would not do their homework and stay up really late and not go to school!** **Karana was very worried about her brother so thats why she jumped of the boat to stay with him! Not really because he would of died any way. Maybe because I would miss my brother but I would not him to die!** **<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">flobble ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Yes I have. It wasn’t that hard, I only had to do my chores. My chores are: clean the cat box, clean my room, and do my home work. ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">I was left with specific instructions. ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Don’t burn down the house, do my home work, do chores, and don’t fight with my brother and sister. ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> ** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">She was terrified.Yet she wanted to kill him.Yes she made a good choice, because she helped her brother.I would have done the same thing. **<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(13,145,66);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);"> dancer <span style="color: rgb(174,52,223);">Ye<span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">s, I have been left alone once. <span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">The responsibility was not very bad I was just playing on the computer and doing some homework. <span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">I was left with specific instructions. <span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">I think kids would have rule such as; No answering the phone, or the door. Be good, and don’t catch the house on fire. Don’t use matches, or the fireplace, and make sure that the house is the exact the same. <span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">She was mad and was surprise that her brother disobeyed her. Her first instinct was to run and try to find her brother. <span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">I think that Karana made a really good chose to go and get her brother. <span style="color: rgb(200,0,255);">That would have been what I would have done. <span style="color: rgb(255,12,9);"> **Yes it was fun! I just blasted music. To clean and not awnser the door. She must of felt like that was it and she had no one. Plus it was all her fault to her. Yes defenitly! I probably would of just put my suit case on my leg. Mexico**   <span style="color: rgb(0,27,254);">

__**Day 4 Wiki Response Question:**__
In reading, strong readers often make connections to help make their book more interesting, exciting, and desirable to read. One type of connection is a text to text connection. This means that the reader is connecting some aspect of the current book they're reading to another book they've read. List two (2) text to text (t-t) connections you've made so far about your novel. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(239,124,26);">flyingpig25 One connection I had was in Maximum Ride Max goes out of her way to sacrifice her life for her sister. In IOTBD she jumps of the ship to save her brother. Another connection I had was in The 39 Clues the kids get tricked by their Uncle and he took a book from them. In IOTBD her father gets tricked by white people. They also took otters and her fathers life(they killed him). <span style="color: rgb(239,124,26);">  <span style="color: rgb(239,124,26);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(97,251,45); line-height: 16px;"> <span style="color: rgb(239,124,26);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(97,251,45); line-height: 16px;"> Flobble <span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">I have made a conection with the book __<span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">Hachet. __ <span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);"> In __<span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">Hachet __ <span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">Brian, the main character, gets stuck in the wiled forced to survive with barly anything. <span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">I also made a conection with __<span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">My Side of The Moutain __ <span style="color: rgb(218,7,7);">. Sam ran away from his home, so he can get away from the city. <span style="color: rgb(255,0,102);"> dancer <span style="color: rgb(255,0,102);">One connection that I had was when Karana built a house out of wood in the woods. It reminded me of when Laura, from Little House on the Prairie, helped her Dad build their cabin after they moved. My Second connection that I had was when she her sister left on the boat with her tribe while Karana, and her little brother were still on the island it reminded me of when Elizabeth Blackwell, from Elizabeth Blackwell Biography, had her sisters leave her and the rest of her family behind so her sisters could get jobs. <span style="color: rgb(255,0,102);"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,102);">  <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(121,224,26); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">This reminds me of a book called “hatchet.” When Karana built her shelter it reminded me of when the main character had to build his house. When Karana’s father was tricked into thinking that the russains would give them their share reminds me of in the 39 clues when the uncle of the main characters had a book tricked out of them by their uncle- Raccoon Eeyore Like in a book I read called __Little House In The Prairie__ and Laura gets lost and her mom and pop came to find her but they finally find her. There’s a book called __Chasing Vermeer__ and they where in the library and went outside and got lost in the woods. <span style="color: rgb(133,0,175);">

<span style="background-color: rgb(204,0,255);"> It kind of reminds me of island and how they get stranded. But it also reminds me of Flight 29 Down how they have to make a shelter and survive Mexico

__Day 5 Response questions:__
=After the tragic events you read about, what is the most tragic event you've read about or experienced? What are the daily events like for Karana to survive alone on the island? What is the biggest obstacle she faces?= <span style="color: rgb(237,80,144);">dancer The most tragic event that I’ve read about was probably when I read about slavery and how they would separate families or kill people. Her life is very hard for her. She has to hunt, or fish each day to eat food. She also has to build houses, and build things to hunt with. She also has to be alone all day and not even be able to talk to anyone. The biggest obstacle she faced was probably when she had to build her house, and go against the rule of her tribe, which was girls can’t build bows, or arrows or they will break when they go to shoot them. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: normal; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">flyingpig25 The most tragic event I think was Rontu (her dog) fighting against other wild dogs. She usually leaves Rontu at home then goes out to get food and water in a basket comes back feeds Rontu and makes weapons (repeat). The biggest obstacle she faces is probably is her finding her brother dead. The most tragic event I read was a nonfiction book on WW II it made me very sad because of all the people who were killed for no reason! And many civilians were killed and had to leave their homes! Her biggest obstacle was when her brother died, it made her very depressed and hard for her to live with- Raccoon09

Eeyore Probably __Red Cap__ because there were so much sadness and so much dyeing. Why there was so much dyeing, because it was about world war 1. Always finding food for herself. Warmth, food and the Aleuts! **flobble** **9/11,was the most tragic event that I experienced. She has to kill fish, devilfish, and collect albones, so she,and her dog, can eat. She has to kill wild dogs so they don’t kill her. The biggest obstacle is trying to get back to her tribe.** <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(237,80,144); font-family: 'Century Gothic'; white-space: normal;">She gets flung over and thinks she might lose her brother and maybe even her! Karana must go and get fish without encountering the wild dogs. Plus she has to have no one to talk to and no human entertainment. She had her brother get killed and doesn't even have any time to be sad. Mexico

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 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I recalled what I know about the topic.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I asked myself questions as I read.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I was reminded of personal connections.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I thought about the reasons why things happened.** ===
 * ===<span style="color: rgb(21,133,10);">**I pictured what was happening.** ===

**dancer** **I used asking myself questions as I read. One example that I used asking myself questions was when Karana cought the devil fish and the fish was flopping all over the sand. That part seemed kind of confuising to me so I asked what was happening and reread. Another time that I used asking myself questions was when the Aleuts came and she was watching the boat get closer and closer I pictured the island and the boat sailing around it.**

I thought about the reasons things were happening. Like when Rontu was fighting, it happened because he had left before. Also when Karana jumped off the boat to be with her brother, it happened because she knew he couldn’t survive by himself. ** **Eeyore** **I ask myself questions as I read** **Like for example I ask my self will Karana’s dog be the leader of the dogs?** **I pictured what was happing** **like when the Aleuts killed every body and they were laying there**
 * flyingpig25

**flobble** ** I pictured what was happening.When she was trying to kill the devilfish, how the rope titend and how the water flew off.** ** When she got stuck in that cave I pictured how the skeleton had the flute.** <span style="color: rgb(36,130,26);">

<span style="color: rgb(0,255,75); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I pictured what was happening. <span style="color: rgb(0,255,75); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">I pictured what she was doing and how she did it, like a movie in my head. When she had the battle with the devilfish REALLY made me think up what was happening! -Raccoon

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(204,0,0); line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;">I pictured things in my head happening. I pictued the war and her family at the beginning because it was a little confusing but I figured it out. This is none of the above. I discussed what was happening outloud. I also for picturing things, pictured Karana's house she built herself. Mexico

__**Day 7 Response Questions**__
==Karana finds a spot on the island that she feels a strong connection to her ancestors. What "place" do you feel strongly about that has a "connection" to your family & family's history? Explain - describe the place in GREAT DETAIL (at least a paragraph)! Paint a picture with words that will help the readers of this wiki to visualize that place.==

**Eeyore** **Probably my house because I lived in that house since I was born and we had so many wonderful events and activities. I love my house so much! My house looks like a log cabin and it has a pool in the back yard, has a play house and a sand box. my house is cool because sometimes you can hear a woodpecker tapping on the wood to find bugs!** Karana found A old cave that had strange figures of her ancestors and a skeleton with a pelican bone flute, she and Rontu were very scared of the place. She had to spend the night there because the Aleuts were coming so she hid until morning so she could escape. She slept very little that night, she thought she could hear the bone flute being played all night.

Karana found A old cave that had strange figures of her ancestors and a skeleton with a pelican bone flute, she and Rontu were very scared of the place. She had to spend the night there because the Aleuts were coming so she hid until morning so she could escape. She slept very little that night, she thought she could hear the bone flute being played all night. - raccoon09 **Raccoon09** I <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">feel very connected to my grandmother’s house everyone in my family has lived there. My grandpa’s old paramedic radio keeps going off. My grandma keep’s it to remind here of my G-pa. dancer I fell connected to my ancestors when I am at my Great Grandma’s kitchen and living room, and when I am at my Grandpa’s living room. My Great Grandma’s kitchen is very small and kind of old. She has a very big kitchen that has flowers all over the wall paper it also has very white oven, refrigerator, microwave, and it doesn’t have a dish washer, it also has a little bar in it so people can sit at it. My Great Grandma’s living room is very small also it has a big TV, and has a lot of places to sit down in. It is very comfy. My Grandpa’s living room is very big it has a big TV lots of toys, and two couches, and one big chair. It also has a pathway that leads to the kitchen, and the hallway. The carpet is brown and the ceiling is white. FlyingPig25 One place I love that has a connection to my family is my great grandpa’s farm. It has a connection because my great grandpa built it. It has a couple of shelves and cobwebs on them. I like it because it is empty besides a seat that my grandma put in. I also like it because it is quite and I can read without my brothers bugging me. It has big doors and in it, it has stables that are broken. It has no animals and is very, very, VERY, old.

**Flobble** **I love my room, because we(as a family) put it together. We put the room together resently.My room has the bed is on the left side. My little toy chest is on the right side.The door is on the top. My shelving unit is in the NW side of my room. My Dresser is on the bottom of my bed. My game sorter is at the end of my bed.**

**I feel connected to my ancestors in my basement. Because of all the pictures and scrapbooks so I love seeing what they did a long time ago. Mexico** <span style="color: rgb(250,81,103);">

<span style="color: rgb(216,3,3);">__**Day 8 Response Questions:**__
===Karana makes a new friend on the island. Is this an ironic twist or a natural progression of the story's events? How does this story event connect to earlier events involving Ramo? How does Karana feel about the "connection" she has to this new friend? Explain. How does Rontu help prove useful in Karana's struggle for survival?===


 * <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The ironic twist is that Rontu and his pack killed Ramo then Rontu became her best friend. Rontu helped her in her survival is by helping her find food and fighting the devilfish and keeping her from getting lonley - Raccoon09 **

**//dancer//** **//I think that her new friend, Rontu, is just a ironic twist that the author wanted to happens so the readers stayed interested. This event connects to earlier events because a dog from Rontu’s tribe killed her brother, Ramo, when he was going to get a canoe the dog killed him. She was excited that she had someone to talk to and someone to hunt with and play with. She had said that she didn’t realize how long it had been since she talked or played with anyone. She also said it felt good. Rontu helped her by catching fish for her and by helping her have a friend.//** ** Eeyore ** Ironic twist because her best friend was a dog and his pack killed her brother. She doesn’t really remember that her brother got killed by his pack because when Ramo died she wanted to catch his son! It felt It felt so good to to talked to somebody because no one is around on the island to talk to her so she talks to Rontu and he helps catch fish! Her brother Ramo was killed by the dogs which are now Karanas friends. Then her friend Tutuk is with Aleuts. She has like a friend like a human. He helps her hunt and be used to humans. Mexico FlyingPig25 It is a ironic twist. Ramo went out in the night without asking Karana and he got killed Ronto’s wild dog pack and Toutok’s people killed her father. She at first felt scared of her but after a while she felt happy to actually communicate with somebody but she felt sad when Toutok had to leave. She also kind of forgets that Toutok lives with people that killed her father. He can help her hunt, fish, and scar off other enemies. ==flobble:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"> **This is ironic, because the dog (Rontu) could have of killed Ramo! (Rontu became her new best friend.)She loves it. She had no friends,at the time.He can kill fish,help scare away seagulls,and he can help kill Aluets,** __**//IF NECESSARY//**__ ! == =<span style="color: rgb(250,0,0);"> __Day 9__ = ===The novel ends with a rescue & escape. What discovery did Karana make about herself during the choices & trials she faced? How was the setting & ending different than if the novel took place during today instead of in the 1900's? What was the author's purpose for writing Island of the Blue Dolphins? How much did you enjoy the novel? What was your favorite part?===

Flyingpig25 She discovered inside herself that she could live and survive by herself. Nowadays Karana’s tribe would probably stay at the Island of the blue dolphins and fight the Aleuts. I think the author’s purpose was to describe the way of life of this native tribe. The author also wanted to show the strength and resolve of the human spirit when facing adversity. I enjoyed this book immensely. My favorite part was when Rontu killed the other two dogs. Eeyore Karana discovers new friends and found out out that she could do a lot more then what she could do. Probably her tribe would stay at the island and fight the Aleuts. I think the purpose of the author’s purpose of writing this book was to tell people what it would be like living on an island without anybody and tell you what you you would have to do. I loved the book! My favorite part was.... __ALL OF IT!__ = = = = = = **Flobble** ** She figured out that sh has the strength and knowhow to survive alone.Beginning:Her tribe probaly would have of got the otter peltts,and (if they had a fight) would win.End: They would have been abel to stay at the island.I think it would be how to survve, and how hard it would be without family.Well, to be ohnist it was all right, but it was very sad.When she got Rontu’s son.** = = = = <span style="color: rgb(20, 133, 33);">dance //<span style="color: rgb(20, 133, 33);">r // <span style="color: rgb(20, 133, 33);"> <span style="color: rgb(20, 133, 33);"> //<span style="color: rgb(20, 133, 33);"> She discovered new friends and she discovered that she can do a lot more things than she thought she could do. It would have been different because she would have been able to call someone and have them help her other than just staying there for days, and months, and years. The authors purpose for writing this book was for teaching us about living in the 1900’s and how the tribes got along also so you can learn how people survived and what happens in the 1900’s. I really enjoyed this novel it was fun for me to learn about her and the Indians. My favorite part was when Karana found Rontu and she decided to keep him. // mexico <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 102);"> She realized she could do things she used to think that she could never ever do!! Karana could live in a nice house and would not be in a native American tribe. To teach how hard it was to survive. But also to teach more about how tribes lived back then. I loved it because it was sad how Rontu died but it was cool how she trained him to become her pet. My favorite part is when Karana almost like adopts Rontu! **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace; color: rgb(19, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 76);">She discovered that no matter how hard the going gets she can tough it through and live to see the boat taking her home to white men. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace; color: rgb(19, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 255, 76);">The trials she faced was mainly staying alive, surviving and NOT GETTING KILLED! I really liked the novel it was great! My favorite part was when she healed and made friends with Rontu.-Raccoon09 **