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Core Literature Books - __**Where the Red Fern Grows**__ by Wilson Rawls

This is a book which will capture your heart and entertain your mind. The writer didn't write very many books. To find out more about him, click below.


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 * The following words will be yours to learn and use meaningfully. You may copy and paste them**
 * from this wiki and make a learning game to share with the class.**
 * dormant**
 * grieve**
 * festered**
 * provisions**
 * trance**
 * submerge**
 * riffle**
 * limber**
 * belligerent**
 * resistance**
 * foliage**
 * jubilant**
 * jinx**
 * haggard**
 * jugular**
 * Day 1 - Read Chapter 16,17 and answer question 5.**
 * Click on the DISCUSSION tab above and answer the journal questions.**


 * __Journal Question 1__ - Would you work for two years to get something you wanted badly enough? What? Write in complete sentences**
 * using good punctuation. Entries are due by March 25.**
 * __Journal Question 2__ - Should children do things without telling their parents; like when Billy went to Tahlequah to get his dogs? Under what conditions is it o.k. to do things without telling your parents and at what age?**
 * __Journal Question 3__ - Billy and his dogs have a special kind of relationship. How do you think Billy's relationship with his dogs will change over the course of the book? Also, compare Old Dan and Little Ann. You may use the Venn Diagram on the link provided below. You will have to print your own copy to hand in.**
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 * __Journal Question 4__ - Billy had a unique relationship with his parents and grandfather. What does Billy mean when he says no one in the world can understand a boy like his grandfather? Do you feel the same way about a grandparent?**
 * __Journal Question 5__ - Why was the hunt important? How was Billy's family supportive during the hunt?**