Vocabulary
To enlarge a fact or statement.
What is exaggerate?
The narrator's name
What is Martin?
Something that represents something else
What is symbolism?
To cry or call out
What is holler?
An aromatic plant
What is Sacred Sage?
Holy and religious
What is sacred?
Who embarrassed Grandpa by embracing him?
Who is the mom?
The thing that Martin was required to place in the medicine bag
What is sacred sage?
To send away
What is dismiss?
The tribe of Native Americans that Martin's fmily belonged to.
What is the Sioux?
Tiredness from work or stress
What is fatigue?
The younger sister
Who is Cheryl?
The emotion the children felt because of their grandfather and their friends.
What is embarrassment?
Because she was a female
What is the reason the mom could not receive the medicine bag?
The central idea or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is the theme?
To draw in a breath sharply
What is gasp?
Made Martin angry
The neighborhood dogs
The feeling that brought Grandpa to visit his family?
What is loneliness?
Because he carried the last name of a white man
What is the reason Martin almost did not inherit the medicine bag?
Details such as examples, explanations, or reasons that support the main idea.
What are supporting details?
Impressively grand in appearance
What is stately?
Died after completing his final task
Who is the grandfather?
A character that changes throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
Because the line ends with him
Why does the tradition of passing down the medicine bag end with Martin?
A broken piece of an iron kettle, a pebble from the butte and a piece of the sacred sage
What are the items in the medicine bag?