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fromfrom Blue Highways Blue Highways
Travelogue by WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON
Please take notes.Please take notes.
ObjectivesObjectives
1. Appreciate a travelogue (Literary Analysis) (R3.0)
2. Examine author’s purpose (Literary Analysis) (R2.5)
3. Organize details (Active Reading) (R2.0)
Words to KnowWords to Know
1. Precipitatelya) Adverbb) Steeply
2. Contempta) Nounb) Scorn; disdain
3. Begrudgea) Verbb) To resent another
person’s possession of something
4. Genetica) Adjectiveb) Relating to genes;c) The units that
determine and transmit hereditary characteristics
5. Varianta) Nounb) Something that differs
slightly from other of its kind
6. Emergencea) Nounb) The process of coming
forth or coming into existence
7. Evolvea) Verbb) To develop gradually
8. Materialisma) Nounb) A preoccupation with
worldly rather than spiritual concerns
9. ethicala) Adjectiveb) Dealing with priciples of
right and wrong;c) Moral
10. theologya) Nounb) a system of religious
beliefs
SUMMARYSUMMARY
During the author’s travels around the country, he spends the night on a mountain in Utah. The next morning, at a university cafeteria, he meets a Hopi named Kendrick Fritz, who is studying chemistry and wants to be a doctor. They discuss issues concerning Native Americans. Among other topics, Fritz talks about Hopi culture,
explaining that it emphasizes harmony. He invites the author to his dorm room and offers him piki, a traditional Hopi corn bread. He explains that the Hopi believe that life is a series of jouneys and that humanity has evolved through four worlds. When the author asks if it is
difficult for a Hopi to enter the technologically complex field of medicine, Fritz replies that the Hopi believe the spirit can go anywhere – that in fact the spirit is compelled to travel, change, and emerge anew.
Thematic LinkThematic Link
William Least Heat-Moon undertook his journey on the “blue highways” in order to encounterencounter rural America. In his discussion with Kendrick Fritz, he exploresexplores the Hopi Way, discovering how a Native American combines modern and traditional ways of life.
GRAMMARGRAMMAR
COMPLEX SENTENCESCOMPLEX SENTENCES
• A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
• A subordinate clause states an idea that is less important than the main idea of a sentence.– It often begins with a subordinating conjunction
such as • after, although, because, if, since, when, whenever,
where, or while, or that.
ModelsModelsUnderline the Underline the subordinate subordinate
clause.clause.
1. Across the table sat Kendrick Fritz, who was studying chemistry.
2. He looked like a Hopi rather than a Navajo because he was small.
3. Although Heat-Moon could not get an interview in Tuba City, he could get an interview in Cedar City.
1. Across the table sat Kendrick Fritz, who was studying chemistry.
2. He looked like a Hopi rather than a Navajo because he was small.
3. Although Heat-Moon could not get an interview in Tuba City, he could get an interview in Cedar City.
Vocabulary Vocabulary StrategyStrategy
PREFIXESPREFIXESSUFFIXESSUFFIXES
ROOT WORDSROOT WORDS
Word Prefix or Suffix
Meaning of Prefix or
Suffix
Root Meaning of Root
Meaning of Root with Prefix or
Suffix
contempt con- very much -temp-,-temn-
To despise To despise intently
emergence e- out of -merse to plunge plunge out of, rise out
of
theolgoy -ology study of theo- of God the study of religion
HistoryHistoryCross Curricular Link
THE INDIAN THE INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT CITIZENSHIP ACT
OF 1924OF 1924
By as early as 1917, two-thirds of all Native Americans in the United States has acquired citizenship by fulfilling certain legal requirements. The Indian Citizenship Act, passed in 1924, guaranteed United States citizenship to all Native Americans born within the
boundaries of the United States. The New York Times observed the irony of this act in much the same way as Kendrick Fritz: “If there are cynics among the Indians, they may receive the news of their new citizenship with wry smiles. The white race, having robbed them of a
Continent, and having sought to deprive them of freedom of action, freedom of social custom, and freedom of worship, now at last gives them the same legal basis as their conquerors.”