1a. How did the grandmother and grandson feed themselves?
2a. How does the boy become blind?
3a. How does the boy gain back his sight?
1b. Why didn't the boy have trouble finding food when he grew older?
2b. What does this reveal about the boy's grandmother? Explain.
3b. What does this reveal about the loon?
4a. What is the narrator's attitude toward the actions of the grandmother? toward the actions of the boy?
4b. What morals does the narrator deliver to his audience about the proper way one should act?
5a. Who do you think is more at fault, the grandmother or the boy? Do you think the boy's revenge was justified, or should he have forgiven her? Explain.
5b. What have you learned about Yup'ik culture from reading this selection?
Transcription and Translation. Why do you think it was so important for this story to be written down word for word as the narrator told it?
Repetition. What type of information and thoughts are repeated throughout the story? Why do you think these are important?
1. excruciating
2. implore
3. cache
4. posterity
5. skittish
6. endeavor
7. harbor
8. provisions
9. malevolent
Correcting Sentence Fragments. Review the Language Arts Survey 3.36, "Correcting Sentence Fragments." Then rewrite each of the following sentence fragments into complete sentences.
1. Kylie and Trent, my best friends
2. Swimming under the water
3. A very large fruit basket
4. Until the traffic clears
5. Writing our English assignment
6. Back to the beginning
7. Remembered a feeling of sadness
8. Sitting in the cool evening air
9. In five minutes
10. The windy, rocky path
