1. How can we help protect those we love?
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How can we help protect those we love?
How would you help protect those you love?
How does the Big Question apply to the characters in Old Yeller?
How does Old Yeller protect those he loves?
Why do animals protect those they love?

2. What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care?
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What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care?
What makes us care enough to help rescue someone we love?
How can an animal be a hero?
Why does treating people and animals with loyalty and respect show we care about them?

3. Use two or more words in a sentence.
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Amazing Words
Define our Amazing Words:
Rescue
Saved
Hero
Coordinating
Imperative
Intervene
Shielding
Instinctive
Maternal
Humanitarian
Use two or more words in a sentence.

4. Interactive Review
Setting: time and place in which a story occurs
Plot: pattern of events in a story
What is the rising action on page 34?

5. How does the setting of Old Yeller influence Arliss’s behavior?
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How does the setting of Old Yeller influence Arliss’s behavior?
Arliss spends a lot of time getting close to and trapping wild animals. Can you think of a job that would one day allow him to use his interests and skills in a positive way?
Travis doesn’t understand why Arliss doesn’t let go of the baby bear and run away. Why do you think Arliss hangs on? What would you do?

6. Interactive Review
Synonym: a word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word.
Look at dashing, page 38 paragraph 4. What is a synonym for dashing?
What is a synonym for trembling?

7. How does the setting in this part of the story contribute to the plot?
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How does the setting in this part of the story contribute to the plot?
The characters in Old Yeller have to run to safety, leaving their faithful dog behind. How do you think Travis feels? Have you ever felt this way before?
The plot of Old Yeller involves a dog that helps rescue the main characters from danger. Can you think of another story or book in which animals play an important part in the plot?

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9. Four Kinds of Sentences
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Four Kinds of Sentences
Declarative: tells something. Ends with a period.
Interrogative: asks a question. Ends with a question mark.
Imperative: gives a command or makes a request. Ends with a period.
Exclamatory: shows strong feeling. Ends with an exclamation point.
Identify the following types of sentences:
Tell me the name of the pet store.
Many people in my neighborhood own dogs.
Would you want to have a dog as a pet?
The dog is running toward the bear!