Woodsong

What was one major external conflict that Paulsen witnessed or experienced in this excerpt?

• Severe weather conditions that made finding food difficult

• A doe was hunted, attacked, and killed by a pack of wolves

• Temperatures were dropping making it dangerous to be out in the elements

• His sled dogs were travelling much slower than expected.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What is one internal conflict that Paulsen experiences in this text?

• Once he realized the harsh realities of nature, he felt foolish for believing it was always a fairy-tale

• He struggled making decisions on when it was safe to travel on.

• He constantly worried over his and his dogs safety.

• Because of the conflict he witnessed, he no longer loves dogsledding and struggles with the decision to quit.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

What was the author's purpose for including the following text?

"I believed in the fairy-tale version of the forest until I was close to forty years old."

• He explains his original perspective of the forest as magical and wondrous

• He explains that he loved the forest because he had heard so many stories about them.

• This represents the contrast between fairytales and his experiences in the forest

• He expresses his desire to read more stories about the environment that he lives and works in/

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CCSS.RI.7.6

How does the author's perspective about nature change as a result of the conflict?

• He begins to fear nature and avoids it all cost

• He feels even more passionate about the time he spends in nature

• He still enjoys nature but realized there is a harsh, violent reality that he wasn't aware of before.

• He decides it is not worth the risk to continue dogsledding alone in nature.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which piece of text best represents Paulsen's perspective of the wilderness before he witnesses the doe attack?

• "To the left and rising higher were willows and brush, which made something like a wall next to the trail."

• "This time, it was not to be."

• "In those few moments of going through the ice and getting out she lost her lead on the wolves and they were on her."

• "We were dancing with winter. I could not help smiling, just smiling idiotically at the grandness of it. "

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is connotation?

• The literal dictionary definition of the word

• The understood meaning and emotions attached to words

• A predicted meaning of words.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is denotation

• The literal dictionary definition of a word

• The understood meanings of the words

• An educated guess at the meaning of the word.

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CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which best describes the connotative feeling created by the use of the word jacked in the text below?

"Her mouth was jacked open and her tongue hung out to the side."

• Open

• Terrified

• strong

• surprised

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

I believed in the "fairy-tale" version of the forest. What is the connotation of fairytale as used here?

• A magical story

• A scary story

• safe and exciting

• A fun place to be

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What was the author's purpose of using so many sensory and descriptive details in this text?

• To describe the scene of the forest the morning before the attack

• To persuade readers that the outdoors should be enjoyed

• To entertain readers with a scene from nature

• To criticize commonly held beliefs about nature

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CCSS.RI.7.6