Island+of+The+Blue+Dolphins

10 questions about the book Island of the Blue Dolphins we have are.... 1)Does the girl get rescued 2)How old is the girl 3)Are there other people there 4)Does she swim with the dolphins 5)Does she have special abilities 6)What is her name 7).How old is she 8)What tribe did she come from 9)Why did they leave her 10)Does she have any animal friends 11)Why did they sail to the east 12)Do they know she was left behind
 * __Pre-Reading Questions__**

__**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? I think that it would be fun to live on a island because I like hot places like that. A way I wouldn't wouldn't like to because I would like to be out there by myself. I would enjoy being on the island because the hot weather. I would hate living on the island is the hurricanes would come. I would like to fish or hunt. - hgymnast

I think that living on a small island would be a lot of fun because you would have all of this time to be alone.You could always swim and play is the water.You could run and play and have all day.But you wouldn't have anyone there to be with you no mom no dad no brother no sister.No one to play with at all. NO FUN. - pistons123 I would like to live on an island because i like to do things for myself sometimes.It would be a great experience living on an island.I would enjoy the challenges of having to do things on my own.I would probably not be able to sleep at night knowing that there were wild animals living nearby.If I had to have one job that I had to do on the island to help everyone survive, it would be gathering berries,making stuff, and gathering fish. summer07

I would like to live on the island because you can do almost anything and you can roam the whole island and there is no one on the island that might harm you or something like that.

I would not like to live on the island because you will be counted on and if the animal supply is low than you might not get to eat that day or what if there is no water it would be really hard to not to start eating wood and other nasty things like that.

I would like to hunt because I like to hunt and I would like to feel like a I am contributing to the village.

Milk Shake

What would it be like living on an island? What would you enjoy? It would be hard because you have to find your own food. Also there would be no T.V or video-games. I would enjoy a late bed time and no school.

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? I would probobbly hunt or gather food. Or maybe when I get older, be a warrior. By:Eragon

__**Day 2 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 that same situation?

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 that same situation? I'm home alone every day except for Monday. It is important to know if you can/ can't do something, because if you break a rule you get in huge trouble. I am left with instructions which are taped on the pantry door. I think that if someone lives by a lake they shouldn't be able to go near it. Also they should have a certain thing they can eat as a snack, and a plan to answer the phone unless they have caller ID. I think Karana was going through a lot of shock because she had two choices, stay on the boat and watch her little brother go and most likely die, or go save her brother and hope the ship will come back, both are hard choices. I think she made a good choice because at least her brother would be safe... for a while. I would of probobly done the same thing. She did the right thing. -JHoop

Yes I have been left alone at home by myself. I am not allowed to answer the phone unless I know who it is (caller ID). I say the if the have another sister or bbrother I say that they NEED to get along don't make big messes and they can't go anywhere unless I go with them. I think that she would feel worried about him because I am worried if I don't know where my brother or sister is sometimes. I think she was scread,worried,and nerves. I think that I would of stopped and got him because something could happen to her and she might need him. I would of stopped and got him. -Hgymnast

I have been left home alone a couple of times.The responsibility is HUGE because whoever left you home alone is expecting you to not goof-up and to take care of the house for whatever reason.I have never been left home on accident but I have been left alone with expectations.I would think no unnecessary food, don't open the door to anybody you don't know, don't answer the phone, don't let anybody know that you are home alone.I would think that she felt scared and that she was the only one that cared about Ramo being left behind. I would of jumped of the boat, because I wouldn't of been able to deal with him on the shore all alone and me safely on the boat.I would of jumped off of the boat knowing that he might have no chance anyway. summer07

Yes, I have been home alone a couple of times. The responsibility is not very fun, like with me I have a list of chores that I have to do including homework and by the end of the day they all have to be done. You also need to not touch anything that might hurt you are damage something around you. This how it should be with most people to. I think she felt scared and a little bit angry because she had told him not to go back but since he didn't listen something bad might of happen like he trip and get hurt ore be attacked by wild animals. I think she made a good choice because because that was the only part of her family that was still alive and alone he had no chance even though he died he would have died quicker to live if she hadn't been there. -Milk Shake

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?**
 * __Day 3 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? Probobly the Baudilare series because their parents died and they got stuck with an evil weird guy. She basicly has to gather food and defend herself by making weapons to defend herself from the wild-dogs. The wild-dogs and getting off the island. by-Eragon
 * __Day 3 Response questions:__

The most tragic thing that happened that I** **know is that my friend from gymnastics got in a car accident and the sister and her both died. It was really sad. That she survived on the island with no food or water. - Hgymnast**

i though that it was very sad and trgic when her father died.That would be horable to lose the man who raised you.and that she stayed all alone and on a island without food or water -pistons123

- Milk Shake**
 * The most tragic event that I read in the book is probably her brother dieing. That probably frustrated her because she had jumped off the boat to make sure he didn't get hurt and that boat would have taken her to a better life and her brother ended up dieing anyway. The daily events are hard for her because she needs to be aware at all times so she doesn't get attacked by a wiled animal or something that might leave her dead or lying there with no one to help her. The biggest obstacle would probably to get over her brothers death.

The most tragic event that I have ever experianced would be my mom and dad getting a divorce. Karana has to get food foe herself, keep up hope, take care of Rontu and brace herself for the cold winter ahead. The biggest obstacle that she faces is trying to suvive by getting herself food with nobody to help her but Rantu. - summer07

__**Day 4 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.

in my base ment at my dads house with some of my grandfathers old stuff we are russin and polish and i like to haved stuff that was my grandfathers because i never met him so like she did have a spot so do i. A place where I fell a connection to my ancestors is at an aquarium and zoo. Mostly because the Hooper family came from way across the ocean and on the voyage my great great great something died. Also because my parents and grandparents and everyone else loved sea animals. At the zoo everyone in my family loves lizards and snakes (reptiles). My family is strongly against harming any animals. I very strongly disagree with harming them. by:Eragon

I feel strongly about being in my room because I am in there a lot. A place that I don't feel strongly about is by a "graveyard". I don't really know why I just don't know why. I hate to be by them at night. I feel really comfort at my room I am just really use to it. -Hgymnast

I feel strong about my basement at my dads house it is full of all kind of old stuff.One of the coolest thiings that is in my base ment is my grandfathers boxing speedbag he was a boxer.But i never met him.my grandpa was a real good guy he owned a store like the iga.it was really cool still today we drive by there __**Day 5 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?

I think this is a progression of the story's events because now she has to make a new enemy. Well Rontu is the same wolf who killed Ramo. She is kind of disturbed by the fact that he did kill her brother, but she needed a new friend because she was about ready to leave and try to find out where her tribe went. Rontu helped her by finding where the devil-fish lives and she found a new hiding place so when the Aleuts come she can hide. by:Eragon it is weird how she gets stuck on the island but there is someone there with her all the time.But when she mett the person it really changed the lif style and flat out life of her.--pistons123.

It is an ironic twist because she tried to kill the dog because the dog lilled her brother. She endeds up saving the dog. I think that Rontu replaces her brother. I think she is clad that she is not alone. Rontu just help save Karana from the dogs attacking her. - Hgymnast

I think that Karana gaining a new friend was an ironic twist in the story. One reason I would think this is because her friend is a wild dogs ans wild dogs were responsible for her brother's death. I would think that she would never have had one as a friend because of that. The wild dogs connect to Ramo because Ramo was killed by a pack of wild dogs like the ones Rontu used to be in. Karana feels confused about why she didn't kill Rantu before they became friends, but now that they are friends, she is glad that she didn't kill Rantu. Rontu proves useful in Karana's life because he gives her company and he gives her hope. Rontu also proves useful because he acts like a true friend to Karana and he never leaves her. -summer07

This Connects to earlier events in the story because the stuff Ramo did Rontu is now replacing him and doing those jobs. She has a very good connection to her new friend because the dog had started to attach her and she shot him then she nursed him back health and then they both just stuck together from now on. Rontu helped Karana survive because he helps her hunt a lot and keeps her safe from other creaturs that might her. -Milk Shake

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?
 * __Day 6 - 6 questions to answer__

The discovery that Karana made about herself was that she didn't want to kill the animals anymore because they were her friends. I think that it wouldn't be a lot different because back then, the "Indian" tribes used their own recourses like Karana did in the story. I think that the purpose of writing would be to show people that you don't need to depend on people to survive. I also think that another purpose would to be to show people how much you would miss the help of the people living around you to help you survive like Karana did. I thought that the author could of used a little more detail to describe things better. I don't think that Island of The Blue Dolphins would be a book that I would want to read again. My favorite part was when Karana found the wounded otter.- summer07**

I think she realized that women could have the same things men can, even if they don't want to. If the ending were in today's futuristic time then the ending would of been with a car rather than a ship, also there could of been emails in the book. I think the book's purpose was to show, even when all hope is gone there is still a light. I liked the novel a lot more than I thought I would, it was alright. My favorite part was when Ramo died.**
 * 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?


 * The discovery that Karana had was that she decided that she wasn't going to hunt animals anymore. Or she wasn't going to kill the animals. I think that it would be the same because the Indian tribe would probably still do the same stuff they did back then. It was a cool setting because she was on the island and that was pretty cool.I think that her purpose could of been if she had like a daughter and she was writing it about her. Also it could of been someone that she made up. I don't like the novel at all it was just boring and I wasn't really into it. My favorite part was when she meet the otter. Also the wild dogs. -Hgymnast**

-Milk Shake**
 * The Discovery that Karana made about herself was that she could do the same things as the men that she could make weapons and they did not break at the time her life was in danger. The setting is Different because there would probably be a big city today and there would have been a gun fight with the Aleut's not a spear fight, and Karana probably would be sailing away in a Yacht or a Cruise. I think the Author wrote the book to sort of tell us about history and to entertain us. I loved this book it was very exciting and interesting. My favorite part of the book was when karana helped Rontu.