1. Voice Level = 0, 1 Help = Raise Hand A = Think, Pair, Share, Read P = Everyone Warm Up: Think about a Time when you wanted something so badly that you were; willing to work For it. How long would you be willing to work? Could you save your money? What kind of work would you be willing to do?

2. Author: Wilson Rawls Rawls grew up in the Ozark mountains (which spread out over missouri, Oklahoma, and western Arkansas. He was born in 1913, so the experiences he retells would be from the 1920’s.

3. Flashback: involves recalling events from the past. Where the Red Fern Grows uses this technique.

4. Squalling, p.12 Coaxing, p.12 Dormant, p. 13 Drastic, p. 14 Quench p. 14 Gnawing, p. 16 Mulled p. 25 Eaves p. 26 Pace p. Pangs p. 14 You will create a pictionary by folding 5 sheets of notebook paper in half. Each page will have one word. We will be creating a pictionary. Get out five sheets of notebook paper Fold them Hamburger style The first page put Pictionary Your name Class Period

5. Word: ____________________________ Dictionary Meaning: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ________________________________________ Illustration: Sentence from book: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________ Your own sentence: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________ Word: ____________________________ Dictionary Meaning: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ________________________________________ Illustration: Sentence from book: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________ Your own sentence: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________

6. Word: ____________________________ Dictionary Meaning: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________ synonym:_________________ antonym:_________________ Illustration: Sentence from book: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________ Your own sentence: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________ Word: ____________________________ Dictionary Meaning: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________synonym: ______________________ antonym: ______________________ Illustration: Sentence from book: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________ Your own sentence: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ______________________________

7. Squalling Screaming “...and he took off screaming down the street squalling like a scalded cat.” (Rawls, p. 2) Picture Your sentence

8. Coaxing persuading “I kept coaxing.” (Rawls,p.2) Picture Your sentence

9. Dormant sleeping picture “it is strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man’s mind for so many years.” (Rawls, p.3)

10. Drastic extreme “I figured something drastic had happened in his life because it is very unusual for a hound to be traveling all alone.” (Rawls, p.3)

11. Quench satisfy “Water from a rain puddle or from a mountain stream would quench his thirst....”(Rawls, p. 14)

12. gnawing Biting, nibbling, chewing “It starts gnawing on his heart, and gets all mixed up in his dreams.” (Rawls, p. 16)

13. mulled thought about, pondered, contemplated, meditated “I mulled them over in my mind.”(Rawls, p. 25)

14. Eaves overhang “Far back over the hay and up under the eaves, I hid my can.” (Rawls, 26)

15. pace rate of speed stride “After leaving the mountain stream, my pace was much slower.” (Rawls, p.33)

16. Pangs aches “Feeling the pangs of hunger gnawing at my stomach, I decided I would stop and eat at the next stream I found. (Rawls, p. 33)