Old Yeller Review Sixth Grade Unit 1 Week 1

Words to Know lunging romping rowdy slung nub speckled

moving forward suddenly; thrusting lunging romping slung speckled nub lunging rowdy moving forward suddenly; thrusting

nub romping slung speckled nub lunging rowdy A lump or a small piece.

spotted; marked with many spots romping slung speckled nub lunging rowdy speckled spotted; marked with many spots

playing roughly in a boisterous way romping slung speckled nub lunging rowdy romping playing roughly in a boisterous way

rowdy rough, disorderly, quarrelsome romping slung speckled nub lunging rowdy rough, disorderly, quarrelsome

slung thrown, cast, or hurled; threw romping slung speckled nub lunging rowdy thrown, cast, or hurled; threw

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More Words to Know Endings —ed, ―ing You can use the ending of a word to help determine the word’s meaning. The ending ―ed makes a verb show past action and the ending ―ing makes a verb show action that is going on right now.

More Words to Know Endings ―ed, ―ing Sometimes the ―ed or ―ing form of a verb is used as an adjective, to describe. The ending ―ed can also mean “having; characterized by,”as in the sentence The long-legged dog could run quickly.

More Words to Know Endings ―ed, ―ing Sometimes the ending ―ing forms a noun when it is added to a verb. In the following example, barking is a noun: The dog’s barking woke us up.

Setting The time and place in which a story occurs.

Plot The pattern of events in a story. Usually events happen in a sequential order.

Exposition Introduces characters, setting, and the basic situation.

Rising Action Develops the conflict or problem; builds suspense or increases tension

Climax The moment of greatest suspense, emotion, or interest (The most exciting part of a story.)

Falling Action Reveals what happens after the climax.

Resolution Reveals the final outcome and completes the falling action; when the reader learns how the conflict is resolved.

Conflict The problem or struggle in a story.

Old Yeller Climax: Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Resolution Old Yeller attacks the mama bear. Mama Bear charges toward Arliss because he won’t let go of the bear cub. Travis takes off running after he hears Arliss screaming and the mama bear roaring while he chops wood. Mama, Arliss, and Travis run home. Rising Action Falling Action Arliss gets finned by a fish. Exposition Resolution Conflict External- character vs. outside force Character vs. Character The Bear On the frontier of Texas in 1867, Travis, his mother, Arliss, and Old Yeller are left on the homestead while the father is away. When everyone was out of danger, Old Yeller threw the fight to the mama bear and ran for home.

Text-Based Response Write a paragraph in your own words to describe a setting of the scene on page 30 of Old Yeller using the AEC format.

AEC Format Answer/Assertion Evidence Commentary/Explain (title, author, genre) Evidence (Prove it!) Commentary/Explain (Explain your evidence.)