Characters
Setting
Solving the Mystery of Camp Green Lake
Quotes & Techniques
Important Events
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Chapter 18. What physical changes do we see in the character of Stanley?
- His muscles are strengthening - "His hands were tough and callused" p.80 - He is finishing digging his holes faster
100
Chapter 20. What is in The Wardens cabin that the boys have no access to?
Air conditioning & TV
100
Chapter 19. FILL IN THE BLANKS: When Stanley was found with Mr Sirs sunflower seeds he was in the .......... place at the ........... time, just like when he was found with Clyde Livingstons shoes.
He was in the WRONG place at the WRONG time.
100
Chap 16. After Stanley enters the wreck room the narrator states "The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones" What technique has the author used here and what does it tell us about he boys experience at Camp Green Lake?
Symbol/ image for how wrecked they are after digging holes all day
100
Chapter 16. Stanley found out that Zero didn't know how to..... and .....?
Read Write
200
Chapter 19. "Stanley was thankful that there were no racial problems" Out of the boys in Group D, which of the boys were of a "black", "white" or of "Hispanic" background. [X-Ray, Stanley, Zero, Armpit, Magnet, Squid & Zig Zag]
X-Ray, Armpit & Zero = "black" Stanley & Zig Zag = "White" Magnet = Hispanic
200
Chapter 21. The phrase "desolate wasteland" is used to describe the setting of Camp Green Lake. Describe what it means.
Desolate wasteland describes an area of land that is uninhabited and empty.
200
Chapter 20. What ingredient is in The Wardens nail polish? When is it most toxic?
- Rattle snake venom - Toxic when wet
200
Chapter 19. After Magnet stole Mr Sirs sunflower seeds he stated "I can't help it... my fingers are like little magnets" What does this imply about his character?
- That he has stolen something in the past and thats what got him to Camp Green Lake. - Suggestion as to how he got his nickname.
200
Chapter 16. Who stole Mr Sirs sunflower seeds and who took the blame?
Magnet stole them and Stanley took the blame.
300
Chapter 23. In three or more points, describe the character of Katherine Barlow.
- She lived at Green Lake 110 yrs before Stanley was there - She made the best spiced peaches - She was a school teacher - She kissed a "negro" - Nickname= Kissin' Kate Barlow
300
Chapter 23. Throughout this chapter Green Lake is described as it was 110 years ago. Briefly describe what it was like back 110 years ago.
- A beautiful body of clear, cool water - Peach trees lining the shores of the lake with pink blossoms - "heaven on earth"
300
Chapter 22. Stanley believed he had seen the gold tube with the letters "KB" engraved in the bottom before. Where had he seen it before?
In his mothers bathroom
300
Chapter 24. "His mouth was as dry and as parched as the lake." What technique has the author used to describe how Stanley felt?
Simile - a comparison of two things using like or as
300
Chapter 25. There were two significant characters at Green Lake 110 years ago that helped other characters get better in times of sickness. Who were they?
- Sam the onion man - Dr Hawthorn
400
Chapter 23. - Who is Trout Walker? - What was his real name? - How did he get the nickname Trout Walker?
- Trout Walker was the son of the richest man at Green Lake, everyone in the town expected him to marry Katherine Barlow. - Charles Walker - He has an incurable foot fungus that smelled like dead fish.
400
Chapter 24. Mr Sir filled up the boys canteens go to Stanley's and didn't fill it up. He let the water drop onto the ground surrounding the truck. What does the quote below make us infer about the environment of Camp Green Lake? The "dark spot had shrunk before his eyes"
That the temperature of Camp Green Lake was so hot and dry, that it evaporated and dried up the water within minutes.
400
Chapter 23. What connection can be made between the character of Trout Walker and Stanley's father?
- Trout's smelly feat. - Stanley's father trying to invent a way to recycle old shoes - their house always smelled of bad foot odour.
400
Chapter 21. A motif is a recurring element that has a symbolic significance to the story. What is one motif that is repetitvley brought up? Hint: Technique- How the past influences the future.
Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather is a Motif. It is mentioned many times throughout the novel as is has a significance to why Stanley is being treated the way he is being treated.
400
Chapter 25. TRUE OR FALSE Hattie Parker saw Sam kiss Katherine Barlow. She didn't care so she returned home.
FALSE! Hattie Parker saw Sam kiss Katherine. Disgraced, she said "God will punish you"
500
Chapter 25. Describe the character of Sam the onion man. - Who was he? - What was his significance to the story/ other characters? - What was he like? - What did he always tell people?
- He sold onions, he walked up and down the dirt road of Green Lake with a cart full of onions. - He had an onion field on the other side of the lake. - he was a strong man who was capable of fixing things. - He was a "negro" and "not much older than 20" - Has a donkey named Mary Lou who is 50 yrs old - He kissed Katherine Barlow - He believed that onions were essential for peoples health. - He always told people that "if a person ate nothing but raw onions, he could live to be 200 years old".
500
Chapter 25. There was a secret onion field hidden in the hills where the water runs up-stream. Where else have we heard about this magical location?
In the earlier chapters with Elya Yelnats and Madame Zeroni's story.
500
Make a list of 5 things we can infer about the story of Camp Green Lake
1. Characters from the past link up/ effect characters from the future - Great great grandfather & Stanley- Relationships 2. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time can effect your life in more ways than one 3. From the early chapter we could infer that there use to be a lake at camp green lake 4. Different events and their outcomes 5. Characters experiences. we are not told a full account of different characters experiences so we infer out understanding of how they may feel.
500
FILL IN THE BLANK: The technique of ......... is used to show the theme of how the past influences the future. It has been used in many chapters allowing use to explore the past of Green Lake and different characters experiences there.
Flashbacks
500
Chapter 25. Describe the differences in the ways "black" people are treated in the past of Green Lake, compared to the present Camp Green Lake.
Past: - Sam the onion man had no right to an education - He was not allowed to kiss a white woman - he was segregated by the colour of his skin Present day: - X-Ray is a leader/ authority figure over the boys in group D - They are treated fairly equal rights to Stanley and the other boys at Camp Green Lake
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