Vocabulary
The dogs were working evenly, the gangline up through the middle of them thrumming with the rhythm it has when they are working in perfect TANDEM.
What is the definition of TANDEM?
What is an arrangement in which there is a group of two, one behind the other.
Why does Paulsen’s feeling of calm change?
What is? The doe was running scared, and Paulsen could smell the fear
Which pair of details most strongly supports the interpretation that the narrator notices both the beauty of the environment and the movement of the dog team?
A. “ten below” and “winter morning”
B. “grandly beautiful” and “thrumming with the rhythm”
C. “the temperature” and “the middle of them”
D. “bright sun” and “ten below”
What is B?
Which statement best explains how the author's different types of word choices work together to develop meaning?
A. Technical vocabulary establishes the narrator's emotions, while connotative language provides equipment instructions.
B. Connotative language and technical vocabulary serve different purposes, but both help readers build a fuller understanding of the experience.
C. Technical vocabulary is necessary only when a passage lacks a central idea.
D. Connotative language distracts readers from supporting details and prevents them from understanding the text.
What is B?
"There were seven of them and not one looked down the trail to see me as they jumped across the sled tracks after the deer. They were so intent on her, and the smell of her, that I might as well not have existed."
What does the word INTENT mean in this passage?
What is very focused on the doe.
Why was Paulsen innocent about nature for a long time?
What is he thought life in the forest was like a fairy tale.
"I lived in innocence for a long time. I believed in the fairy-tale version of the forest until I was close to forty years old. "
Using context clues from the passage, what connotation does the phrase "Fairy-Tale version" have?
A student claims that thrumming contributes more to the reader's experience than the phrase the dogs were working evenly. Which evidence-based evaluation is strongest?
A. The claim is reasonable because thrumming adds a sensory impression of rhythmic movement, while evenly emphasizes consistency; the stronger choice depends on which aspect of the scene is being analyzed.
B. The claim is correct because descriptive words always contribute more than words describing actions.
C. The claim is incorrect because thrumming is a technical term that provides an exact measurement.
D. The claim is incorrect because evenly and thrumming have identical meanings.
What is A
He SUSTAINED one small bite on his tail.
What does the word SUSTAINED imply?
What is the doe suffering from something unpleasant?
What lesson do you think Paulsen learned from his experience in the wilderness?
- Nature is not what it seems to be.
- Reality is not what it seems.
What Connotation does the word Exploded have in this passage? "I was in and of beauty and at that precise moment a doe, a white-tailed deer, exploded out of some willows on the left side of the team, heading down the bank toward the lake."
What is Surprised and amazed.
A reader argues, “The passage is mainly about cold weather because the author mentions that the temperature is ten below.”
Evaluate this interpretation. Use at least two other details from the passage to support, or challenge the reader's claim. Explain how the author's word choices develop a broader understanding of the story.
MAY THE BEST EXPLANATION WIN.
-Did you use two supporting details from the passage?
He sustained one small bite on his tail and INFLICTED terrible damage with his teeth on the wolves, killing one and wounding the other three. I have seen rabbits outwit foxes and watched red squirrels tease martens and get away with it, but this time it was not to be.
What does the word INFLICTED imply in this passage?
What is to cause harm or damage
Which detail best supports the idea that the narrator finds the winter landscape impressive?
A. The temperature is below zero.
B. The dogs are working evenly.
C. The sunlight shines through ice crystals, making everything seem to sparkle.
D. The gangline runs through the middle of the dogs.
What is C
"It was a grandly beautiful winter morning."
What is Paulsen's feelings towards the setting of nature based on his description in the sentence ?
What is amazed, excited, or intrigued.
"They were so intent on her, and the smell of her, that I might as well not have existed." What does the word "INTENT" imply in this sentence?