Theme :Trust (Caiyi )

Trust is a relationship of reliance. Karana's father told the Aleuts his real name . This show the trust he given to them. Chief Chowig trust the Aluets and believe that they were share the catch. But however, the Aluets did not keep their promise and even kill Chief Chowig. When the Aluets were coming to catch the catch, Karana's tribe spy on them. This show that they did not trust each other. The dog that had killed his brother, Ramo, was injured. But Karana never left in there to death but she nurse it and took very good care of it. This is the trust that Karana show despite being trick and betrayed the trust by the Aluets. It took her courage to trust other people again.

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theme:moral development
In chapter 1,karana did not agree with her father for killing the otter.but her father laughed instead of agreeing with her.Note: please do not erase this post because im not done with it yet.

theme(trust)

The case of Tutok is the most important of these because it shows the development of Karana's trust in more detail and to a deeper extent. In the case of Tutok, Karana is mistrustful because Tutok is an Aleut. She has seen with her own eyes what happened. Tutok have ever tried to make friendly gestures, Karana is aloof and assumes that Tutok will betray her to the Aleut hunters. It takes a long time for Karana to see that Tutok has no ill intent, but it is some time before Karana makes a gesture of trust on her own. When Karana reveals her secret name to Tutok, it is her ultimate sign of trust, for she ascribed her father's death to his decision to reveal his secret name to someone not worthy of trust. After developing her trust,she was rewarded a relationship that she won't forget. (In Chapter 1 Karana's father told the Aleuts his real name without hesitation.)

Courage

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Island Of The Blue Dolphins[Eric]Chapter4

1]After reading chapter 4,how do you feel about it?
2]Is there anythings you think it worth continue reading?
3]What do you think is going to happen next?
4]Is there anythings from chapter 4 that surprise you?
5]If you are the one who written this book ,what do you think is need to improve?

Resilience

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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/island_of_the_blue_dolphins/about.php

http://www.amazon.com/Island-Blue-Dolphins-Scott-ODell/dp/0440439884/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_img/105-7701184-4127634

What is a Mental Verb?

It is a verb that refers to mental states or activities, emotions, attitudes, desires, perceptions etc.

The following are some of the more commonly used mental verbs:

(1) know
(2) think
(3) suppose
(4) guess
(5) mean
(6) feel
(7) remember
(8) believe
(9) understand
(10) see
(11) find
(12) listen
(13) consider
(14) hear
(15) love
(16) expect
(17) want
(18) like
(19) need
(20) wonder

You are required to use the MENTAL verbs when doing task 2(resonding to group mates posts) today.

What is a Theme?

It is
- a broad idea in a story
- a message
- a lesson conveyed by a work
- usually about life, society or human nature
- usually implied rather than explicitly stated (Shown through character's actions rather then told directly by the author.)

For further readings, refer to Wikipedia.

It is
- a broad idea in a story
- a message
- a lesson conveyed by a work
- usually about life, society or human nature
- usually implied rather than explicitly stated (Shown through character's actions rather then told directly by the author.)

For further readings, refer to Wikipedia.

chapter 7 gabriel aka forgiveness

Good days would have come if only Karana's young brother, Ramo, had not forgotten his fishing spear and gone back to fetch it. The rest of the tribe, including Karana, board the ship in bad weather and rising seas. In an astonishing act of bravery, when Karana looks back to the cliff to see Ramo left behind, she jumps overboard and swims back to him.That time Karana was angry and mad at Ramo because she was strip of the dream of having move to a wonderful place for a better life.Feeling of punishing Ramo drive her to the beach but when she reach the shore she went to her knees and instead hugged Ramo.

chapter 4 - vocabulary finder