1. VOCABULARY Define these eight vocabulary words for your next reading
After Reading
VOCABULARY
Define these
eight vocabulary
words for your
next reading
assignment. Pg
Ransom
Provisions
Collaborate
Diatribe
Impudent
Comply
Proposition
Commend

2. VOCABULARY
Ransom- money demanded for the release of a person or property
Provisions – necessary supplies
Collaborate – work together on something
Diatribe – bitter, abusive criticism
Impudent – disrespectful
Comply – to obey a command or request
Proposition – a suggested plan
Commend – to speak highly of; praise

3. VOCABULARY
09. IRONY: when the opposite of what is meant or expected is said or occurs
10. Verbal Irony – sarcasm; when the opposite of what is said is what is meant.
11. Situational Irony – when the opposite of what is expected happens/occurs
12. Dramatic Irony – when the audience/reader knows something characters in the narrative do not know

4. Copy Questions down & answer in your Reading notebook.
1. What is the first clue that the kidnapping might not turn out as Bill and Sam planned?
2. Describe Red Chief.
3. How does Red Chief feel about being kidnapped?
4. Who is in charge of the situation at the cave? Explain.
5. Why does Mr. Dorset ask the kidnappers for money?

5. 3. How does Red Chief feel about being kidnapped?
Reading Check
1. What is the first clue that the kidnapping might not turn out as Bill and Sam planned?
2. Describe Red Chief.
3. How does Red Chief feel about being kidnapped?
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6. 4. Who is in charge of the situation at the cave? Explain.
Reading Check
4. Who is in charge of the situation at the cave? Explain.
5. Why does Mr. Dorset ask the kidnappers for money?

7. Copy the questions or answer in complete sentences except for #3 & 5.
After Reading p. 59
Do questions # 1-6
Pg. 59
Copy the questions or answer in complete sentences except for #3 & 5.

8. Comprehension 1. Why do Sam and Bill need two thousand dollars?
After Reading p. 59
Comprehension
1. Why do Sam and Bill need two thousand dollars?
2. Why does the boy prefer to stay with Sam and Bill rather than go home?

9. Comprehension continued
After Reading
Comprehension continued
3. Reread lines 24–26 on page 50. Use the details in this paragraph to draw a simple map showing Summit, the mountain, and the cave.
Your map should show the cave as two miles from Summit on the back of a small mountain.
Town of Summit, AL
( 2 miles away)
CAVE HERE
Mountain
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10. Literary Analysis After Reading
4. PREDICT Look back at the chart you created as you read. Which outcomes surprised you and which did not? Tell what unexpected circumstances affected Bill and Sam’s plan to get money.
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After Reading
Literary Analysis continued
5. When an outcome is the opposite of what might be expected, it is said to be ironic. Which of the resolutions to this story’s conflicts are ironic? Show your thinking in two graphics like the ones shown.
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12. Literary Analysis continued
After Reading
Literary Analysis continued
6. DRAW CONCLUSIONS Look back at lines 8–16. From the vocabulary Sam uses, as well as the way he presents himself and Bill to the reader at the beginning of the story, do you think the partners are typically successful in their schemes? Cite evidence to support your conclusion.
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