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The Voyage of the Frog. Gary Paulsen. Author Notes. Gary Paulsen. Character Development: Keep a character chart throughout the story. Setting: Draw a picture of the Frog using details for the story. Label the parts from the vocabulary list.
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The Voyage of the Frog Gary Paulsen
Author Notes Gary Paulsen
Character Development: Keep a character chart throughout the story. • Setting: Draw a picture of the Frog using details for the story. Label the parts from the vocabulary list. • Conflict: Explain the main conflict in this chapter. • Figurative Language Chapter 1Pages 1-8 Vocabulary bowsprit pulpit mast boom portholes sheen hull opaque scrabbled cremated hasp
Character Development • Setting: Continue to add to your picture of the Frog. • Conflict • Figurative Language: Onomatopoeia • Describe David’s relationship with his uncle, Owen. • Why do you think the author spends so much time explaining what the Frog looks like? Chapter 2Pages 9-15 Vocabulary bow lazaret spinnaker trysail stanchion winches jib sustain halyard battens clambered
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • What can you infer when David mentioned that his uncle always checked the weather before setting sail and that David had not done so this time? Use evidence to help support your thinking. Chapter 3Pages 16-22 Vocabulary cleated tiller helm knots placid reverence omens
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • List the clues that David has mentioned that have given him an uneasy feeling regarding his trip out to sea. Chapter 4Pages 23-29 Vocabulary drudge heed stern phosphoresced squall
Character Development • Setting • Conflict: Describe how the conflict of the story has changed. • Figurative Language: Symbol (storm/weather) • Do you believe that David will be able to survive the storm? On what do you base your thinking? • Why do you think the storm appeared right after David threw his uncle’s ashes overboard? Chapter 5Pages 30-38 Vocabulary wallowed galley frothy resonance scudding
Character Development • Setting • Conflict: Now that the storm has passed, what is the new conflict in the story? • Figurative Language • How would you be feeling if you were David? • How do you think his parents are feeling? Chapter 6 Pages 39-48 Vocabulary foundered horrid scow
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • What thinking skills does David employ to help him in his dire situation? • Explain the saying, “One hand for the sailor, one hand for the ship.” Chapter 7 Pages 49-54
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • Why does David now believe that knowledge is everything? Explain using evidence from the text. • Make a list of dangers that David needs to be aware of while out at sea. After you have made your list, prioritize the items on it from most important to least important. Explain your top three most important items on the list. Chapter 8 Pages 55-66 Vocabulary aggravated gouges detonated endurable
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • Has David changed since the beginning of the story? If so, how? Use evidence to support your thinking. Chapter 9 Pages 67-74 Vocabulary lateral raking becalmed ravenously
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • Do you think David’s uncle would mind David reading the captain’s log book under the circumstances, even though it contains some personal information? • How do you think the log book will impact David’s situation? • Do you think David will be rescued by the oil tanker? Explain your reasoning. Chapter 10 Pages 75-84 Vocabulary dinghy baleen
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language: Symbol(candle/light) • How do you think David is feeling after being so close to being rescued by the oil tanker? What would something like that do to your spirits? Would you give up the will to survive? Chapter 11 Pages 85-91 Vocabulary sluiced turbulence
Character Development: Describe David’s emotions throughout the chapter. Is he changing? If so, how? • Setting • Conflict: Has the conflict changed since the storm ended? If so, how? • Figurative Language • Make a list of things David could do while waiting for the wind to come. Chapter 12 Pages 92-99
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • What major change occurs in this chapter, and how might this change have an impact on David? Chapter 13 Pages 100-106 Vocabulary frittered contrail burbling
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • How is David coping with his journey? How do you think his parents are coping? • How did David feel about the killer whales? Was he afraid of them? How would you have felt if you were in his place? Chapter 14 Pages 107-115 Vocabulary tandem
Character Development • Setting • Conflict: How has the conflict changed? • Figurative Language • Where could David possibly be if he isn’t near Los Angeles or San Diego? • How do you think he must be feeling at this point in time, to know he has found land but not civilization? How would you be feeling? Chapter 15 Pages 116-120 Vocabulary nautical astounding reveled elation
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • Why do you think David said that he had never felt so secure in his life, especially when he hasn’t been rescued yet and could still possibly run out of food and water? Chapter 16 Pages 121-126
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • Imagine you are on the boat in the bay with the pod of whales. Write a poem or a descriptive paragraph using sensory details and figurative language. • Do you think David and the Frog can survive another storm? On what do you base your opinion? Chapter 17 Pages 127-132 Vocabulary putrid vile gingerly flukes
Character Development • Setting • Conflict • Figurative Language • Is it proper for David to call himself the captain of the Frog? Explain. • Would you have made the same decision as David, to stay with the Frog and not get home for two or three more weeks, or would you have had the whale research ship take you home and be there in three to five days? • Describe how you think David’s parents must be feeling thinking he has died just after Owen? How do you think they will feel once they hear from the captain of the whale research ship? Do you think they would want David to sail home alone after what has transpired? Chapter 18 Pages 133-141 Vocabulary gale prevailing eddy
Novel Projects Research: Do some research on sailboats and sailing. Write a report to share with your classmates. Research: Research one of the ocean animals mentioned in the story (orca/killer whale, whale, shark). What types of whales and sharks can be found off the coast of southern California and Baja? Write a report to share with your classmates. Narrative: Write a series of entries for the Frog’s log book describing David’s journey home after he leaves the whale research ship. Argument: Imagine you are David. Write a letter to your parents persuading them to let you go sailing again, despite what you and they have suffered through with your last experience. Provide strong reasons to support your request. Theme: Explain the theme of the story using evidence to support your position.