Characters
What is Red Hawk's relationship to Bent Oak?
Grandson
Where does the story start?
Modern Pharmacy
How is your life different from Red Hawks?
Not cultivating medicine on a hill, currently
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that says a sound such as bang or ka-boom
What does idly mean?
slacking, standing around
What is Bent Oak worried about?
The Spanish settlers
When does the story start?
Present day
Invasivores, Texan tourists
What is a metaphor?
What does quell mean?
To stop or stall something
What is Bent Oak showing Red Hawk?
How to cultivate medicine
Where does the rising action take place?
California coast hills
Why do we start the story where and when we do?
To compare how we get medicine with how it was done in the past
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
What does purify mean?
To make something clean and pure
What do you think will happen to Red Hawk's village in the coming months?
There is a chance that the southern sickness may overwhelm the village if the medicine
When does the rising action take place?
1500s
Yes, Spanish settlers were not as concerned with preserving nature and did spread deadly diseases
What is hyperbole?
Over-exaggeration, superlative
What does ominous mean?
Something that gives the gitchy feeling, a bad sign
What do you think 'ap means based on context clues?
Chumash straw hut for sleeping in
What are the names of three plants the Native Americans are cultivating?
Toalache, Chuchupate, Rue, Yerba Mansa, Coyote Tobacco
What is one home remedy or cure you learned from this book?
Chuchupate for rattlesnakes and headaches, toalache for pain and strength, Coyote tobacco for stomachaches
What is the difference between alliteration and allusion?
Alliteration: Repeated starting letter of words in a series. Allusion: vague reference to another work in media.
What does cultivated mean?
To grow something