Monday, October 19, 2009

ch 10 voc words, questions and adobe project

Voc Words, sentence and picture
  1. Uncertain
  2. Slender
  3. Coaxed
  4. Admitted
  5. Quarrel
  6. Obstructing
QUESTIONS PaRT 1:

  1. How do you think the boys felt when they were invited hunting and to stay for the feast?
  2. What did his grandmother call him when he would play tricks on his brother?
  3. What specific things did he miss about his family?
  4. Why didn’t they want to hear the story about Bra Spider?
  5. What does the description of the naming ceremony tell you about his village and the members of his community?
  6. Who or what took their meat?
  7. After hearing all the boys’ stories about the rebels attacking, whose story do you think is the worst circumstance?
  8. Do you think the people passing by were ghosts?
  9. What do you think the dogs crying means?
  10. What do you think made Saidu sick and ultimately killed him?
  11. Have you ever experienced feelings like he is describing at the burial? Explain.
PART 2 QUESTIONS:

Ch.10 Questions

1. What is the unsettling thing about Ishmael journey?

2. Why are they boys always on the move?

3. Describe Ishmael’s mood in the beginning of the chapter.

4. What does he compare his journey with?

5. What does Saidu mean by this “I feel like each time I accept death, part of me dies.”pg.70

6. What do spiders symbolize in his culture?

7. Tell me one of your fondest memories with your family?

8. What happened to your meat?

9. What happened to Musa’s family?

10. What was Alhaji doing during the attack?

11. What is Kanei’s story of attack?

12. Tell me Jumah and Moriba’s story?

13. Why was Saidu’s family unable to leave town during the attack?

14. What happened to Sauidi’s sister?

15. What do you think of the crow falling out of the sky? What does it mean?

16. Why were the dogs crying?

17. Which boy in the group died? What did they do for him?

18. Tell me some customs in your culture when someone dies?

19. What do you think was a fore shadow of death?

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