Where the Red Fern Grows红蕨生长的地方.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Chapter 1 Focus question: The narrator doesn’t yet reveal his name. What does he tell and show about himself? Vocabulary Words: sheen squalling Farming in the 1920s Chapter 2 Focus question: How do you picture Billy and his home? Vocabulary: aromatic canebrakes Sparsely squalling Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma A Cherokee Chief The Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma Chapter 3 Focus question: How does Billy change during these two years? Vocabulary: dumbfounded festered quavering The Ozark Mountains Chapter 4 Focus question: Compare Billy to the townspeople. Vocabulary: provisions Chapter 5 Focus question: What bonds are already being forged between Billy and the pups? Vocabulary: muster provisions Chapter 6 Focus question: Are you surprised by his parents’ reaction when Billy comes home with the puppies? Why or why not? Vocabulary: hampering querying Rural Life A corncrib is a slatted enclosurefor storing and drying ears of corn. The spaced slats let air circulate and prevent rotting. Another example of a corncrib Chapter 7 Focus question: What do you learn about raccoons and raccoon hunting in this chapter? Vocabulary: bulldogged gouge wiley Raccoon Hunting Dogs chase the raccoon by scent until it is “treed,” which means that it is trapped in a tree. The dogs then “bark treed,” and then the hunter got the raccoon down by chopping the tree down or scaring it out. It was considered unsportsmanlike to kill a raccoon while it was treed. Chapter 8 Focus Question: How does this chapter demonstrate Billy’s feelings for his dogs? Vocabulary: domain jarred Chapter 9 Focus Question: Based on Billy’s actions, what three adjectives would you use to describe him? Vocabulary: limbered wedge winced Chapter 10 Focus Question: What do you learn about the unusual qualities of Old Dan and Little Ann in this chapter? Vocabulary: abounded nonchalantly