Vocab Vault
The state of being free from outside control; not depending on another's authority.
Answer: What is Independence
In Animal Farm, the pigs get the milk and apples; at Camp Kendall, Caballo gets the best rations. In these books, these characters have all the power making them...
Answer: What is a Dictators
This is the nickname given to the leader of the boys at the camp who creates a "mini-dictatorship" by controlling the food.
Answer: Who is Caballo?
Identify whether the sentence is Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound-Complex.
"Napoleon and Snowball led the animals."
Answer: What is a Simple sentence?
What is symbolism?
Answer: What is symbolism is when an author uses an action, object, or phrase to represent a deeper meaning.
This 11-letter word describes a government that tries to control not just the laws, but the very thoughts and private lives of its citizens.
Answer: What is Totalitarianism?
The moment the animals physically chase Mr. Jones off the farm.
Answer: What is Rebellion (or Revolution)?
To keep his brothers and himself together, Julian has to learn to navigate the rules of this specific camp in Miami.
Answer: What is Camp Kendall?
Identify whether the sentence is Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound-Complex
"The dictator gave a long speech, yet the citizens did not believe his lies.".
Answer: What is compound.
In 90 Miles to Havana, this small piece of jewelry represents Julian's connection to his mother and his home.
Answer: What is the golden swallow pin.
A synonym for "Total Power," this word describes a cruel and oppressive government or rule.
Answer: What is Tyranny?
When the pigs change the commandment from "No animal shall kill any other animal" to "...without cause," they are practicing this.
Answer: What is Erasure or maipulation
What type of fish does Julian fail to catch in the beginning of the book?
Answer: What is a blue Marlin
Identify whether the sentence is Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound-Complex.
"Because Caballo was a bully, Julian felt constant intimidation, and he knew he had to protect his brothers."
Answer: What is compound-complex.
At the start of the book, this object represents the Tyranny of Mr. Jones; at the end, the pigs start carrying them to show they are now the masters.
Answer: What is the Whip?
A type of genre that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or mockery to comment critically on individuals, societies, or ideas, particularly in the context of politics.
Answer: What is satire?
In Animal Farm, Squealer tells the animals that if the pigs don't eat the apples and milk, "Jones will come back." This is a classic example of this vocabulary word.
Answer: What is Fearmongering/intimidation
Why does Alquilino tell Julian not to fight back against Caballo when they get to the camp?
Answer: Because he wants to keep the brothers together and avoid being separated by the camp directors
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
"Because the dogs growled, the animals stayed silent."
Dependent Clause: "Because the dogs growled"
Independent Clause: "the animals stayed silent"
These represent the heavy burden of leaving home; they symbolize the "weight" of everything a Refugee must carry into a new life.
Answer: What are the Suitcases?
his word describes the removal of all traces of something. The pigs do this to the Seven Commandments, and when they take credit for the windmill. Caballo tries to do this to Julian's personality by taking his drawings.
Answer: What is Erasure?
In Animal Farm, the pigs move into the farmhouse and sleep in beds, while in 90 Miles to Havana, Caballo takes the best food and a private space for himself. Which two vocabulary words best describe a leader who takes everything for themselves while others suffer?
What are Dictator and Tyranny
(Totalitarianism also works)
Julian uses this "gut feeling" to realize that the person he should trust at the camp is not a fellow kid, but the cook, Pepe.
Answer: What is Intuition?
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
"Although Julian felt a pit in his stomach, he knew he had to act brave, for his brothers were watching him closely."
Dependent Clause: "Although Julian felt a pit in his stomach"
Independent Clause 1: "he knew he had to act brave"
Independent Clause 2: "for his brothers were watching him closely"
Napoleon digs this up and makes the animals march past it respectfully. It symbolizes how the pigs use the memory of the Revolution to control the animals' behavior.
Answer: What is Old Major’s Skull?