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Where the Red Fern Grows. by Wilson Rawls. Chapter 1. Focus question: The narrator doesn’t yet reveal his name. What does he tell and show about himself? Vocabulary Words: dormant – adj. asleep; inactive drastic – adj. forceful; violent. Farming in the 1920s. Chapter 2. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
Chapter 1
• Focus question:
The narrator doesn’t yet reveal his name. What does he tell and show about himself?
Vocabulary Words:
dormant – adj. asleep; inactive
drastic – adj. forceful; violent
Farming in the 1920s
Chapter 2
• Focus question: How do you picture Billy and his home?
• Vocabulary:
sparsely – adv. thinly
bay – v. to bark with long, deep sounds
Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma
A Cherokee Chief
The Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma
Chapter 3
• Focus question: How does Billy change during these two years?
• Vocabulary:mull over – v. to think about
quaver – v. to tremble; to speak in trembling tones
The Ozark Mountains
Chapter 4
• Focus question: Compare Billy to the townspeople.
• Vocabulary:riffle – n. shallow, choppy stretch of water
wince – v. to draw back suddenly
Chapter 5
• Focus question: What bonds are already being forged between Billy and the pups?
• Vocabulary:gawk – v. to stare rudely
runt – n. an animal smaller than the usual size
Chapter 6
• Focus question: Are you surprised by his parents’ reaction when Billy comes home with the puppies? Why or why not?
• Vocabulary:query – v. to ask
hamper – v. to hinder; to prevent from acting
Rural Life
A corncrib is a slatted enclosure
for storing and drying ears of
corn. The spaced
slats let air circulate and
prevent rotting.
Another example of a corncrib
Chapter 7
• Focus question: What do you learn about raccoons and raccoon hunting in this chapter?
• Vocabulary:domain – n. territory under the control of one
ruler
Raccoon Hunting
Dogs chase the raccoon by scent until it is “treed,” which means that it is trapped in a tree.
The dogs then “bark treed,” and then the hunter got the raccoon down by chopping the tree down or scaring it out. It was considered unsportsmanlike to kill a raccoon while it was treed.
Chapter 8
• Focus Question: How does this chapter demonstrate Billy’s feelings for his dogs?
• Vocabulary:gruff – adj. deep, harsh, and hoarselimber – adj. flexible; bending easilylunge – v. to make a sudden forward
movement
Chapter 9
• Focus Question: Based on Billy’s actions, what three adjectives would you use to describe him?
• Vocabulary:drone – v. to make a dull, humming sound
momentum – n strength and speed with which something moves
Chapter 10
• Focus Question: What do you learn about the unusual qualities of Old Dan and Little Ann in this chapter?
• Vocabulary:nonchalantly – adv. Without showing emotion
or care
belligerent – adj. fond of fighting
Chapter 11
• Focus Question: What do you discover about the importance of self-reliance?
• Vocabulary:eddy – n. a small whirlpool or current
ventilate – v. to provide an opening for the escape of air or gas
Chapter 12
• Focus Question: Compare Billy and the Pritchard boys.
• Vocabulary:sidle – v. to move sideways slowly
Prohibition (1920 – 1933)
Chapter 13
• Focus Question: Are you surprised by the outcome of the ghost coon hunt? Why or why not?
• Vocabulary:leer – v. giving a sly, sidelong look
Chapter 14
• Focus Question: This chapter reveals the personalities of Billy’s mother, his youngest sister, and his grandmother. What is Billy’s relationship with each of them?
• Vocabulary:jubilant – adj. joyful
gloat – v. to show too much pride or satisfaction at succeeding
Chapter 15
• Focus Question: What do Grandpa’s actions tell about his character?
• Vocabulary:monotonous – adj. without changing
Chapter 16
• Focus Question: How do you predict the hunt will end? What makes you think so?
• Vocabulary:flit – v. to pass lightly and quickly
falter – v. to hesitate
Chapter 17
• Focus Question: Are the Colmans’ actions during the blizzard responsible or irresponsible? Explain your answer.
• Vocabulary:sear – v. to burn
Chapter 18• Focus Question:
What do you learn about love and loyalty from Billy, Grandpa, and the dogs?
• Vocabulary:defiant – adj. openly resisting
haggard – adj. looking worn from pain, tiredness or worry
slaughter – n. killing, murder
squabble – n. noisy disagreement
Chapter 19• Focus Question:
In what ways do Old Dan and Little Ann help Billy and his family?
• Vocabulary:predatory – adj. living by preying on other
animalsBerserk – adj. carried away by wild furyLithe – adj. bending easilyScourge – n. something that causes great
troubleEntrails – n. the inner parts of the body
Chapter 20
• Focus Question: How does Billy come to terms with the deaths of Old Dan and Little Ann?
• Vocabulary:caress – n. a gentle, tender touch
Credit
The questions and vocabulary presented on this slide were taken from:
NovelWorks: Where the Red Fern Grows. Scott Foresman Literature, 1997.
Jessica Elliott, Sellers Middle School
Garland Independent School District