Island Of The Blue Dolphins-Chapter 8(Vanessa)

1)Mesa

Meaning:A city just east of Phoenix.

Example:The tribe was relativelly safe on the mesa but had to descend into the valley for water.

2)Snarling

Meaning:An angry or vicious expression.

Example:The people snared at us.

3)Trotted

Meaning:A slow pace of running

Example:She trotted the horse home.

4)Rattled

Meaning:Thrown into a state of agitated confusion.

Example:Tom became rattled when he was scolded by his boss.

5)Ledge

Meaning:A narrow shelf which sticks out from a vertical surface.


Example:There were potted plants on the ledge.

Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 8 ( Karyn )

Word Wizard
Book - Island of the Blue Dolphins

1) Slunk
Meaning - to move somewhere quietly and secretly
Sentence - The cat slunk behind the chair.

2) Thrust
Meaning - to push something somewhere suddenly or with a lot of force
Sentence - Dean thrust his hands in his pockets

3) Stride
Meaning - to walk with quick long steps
Sentence - He stride across the room.

4) Solemnly
Meaning - in a grave and sedate manner
Sentence - The judge sat there solemnly.

5) Sifted
Meaning - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out
coarser elements
Sentence - The cheft is sifting the flour.

6) Snarling
Meaning - an angry vicious expression
Sentence - '' Shut up ! '' he snarled.

7) Scurrying
Meaning - to move quickly with small steps
Sentence - A beetle scurried across the steps.

Island of the blue Dolphins (chapter 4) Discussion Director/Questioner

1) why are they involved in a battle?
2) how did karana's father die?
3) what is the example that made the people happy?
4) would people be injured in the fight?
5) what made karana's father angry?

Chpt 15 Island of the blue dolphin Plot Analyser

"I ran towards the house, calling it. He was inside. He was just getting to his feet, strerching himself and yawing. Ho looked first at the fish I carried and then at me and moved his trail."

The dog begin to like Karana. It was because she didn't kill the dog but she saved the dog. The dog know she will give him food to eat and start to like him.

"That night I stayed in the house. Before I fell asleep I thought of a name for him, for I could not call him Dog. The name I thought of wad Rontu, which means in our language Fox Eyes."

Karana start to give a name to the dog. She wanted the dog to be her pet. In another meaning, they started to be friends.

Answers for reflection questions

1)I felt sad.
2)Yes.
3)I think so there is other chapters more interesting.
4)Don't show off.
5)Interesting.
6)When Ramo die.

Chpt 4 Question answer 2

1)I felt quite same as the villagers.
2)I don't like women have to work hard.
3)I felt nothing is interesting in the chapter.
4)Yes.The chapter have nothing that is interesting.
5)Of course.I want to know more about how they live without any help.

Chpt 4 Island of the blue dolphin Grp 4

1)The Aleus wanted to trick their otter pelts.
2)The tribe want them to pay for killing the otters.
3)It is going to rain.
4)They got the pelts without paying.
5)The deal is not enough.
6)The sun is coming out.
7)They are not trustable.
8)They want the otter pelts back.

Chpt 8 Island of the blue dolphin