dasheni

1)The loud sputtering of a car engine bought her hurrying to the windows as well as back to the present. The heatness of the spring day was unbearable,the sky looked like a golden blanket .



2)"Ooops!"I groaned as i dropped to the floor , scooped my books into my arms and felt around desperately for my spectacles.Fortunately, for me they were right in front .I put them back on and stole a furtive look around.The other students were too busy rushing to their respective classes, that they did no notice me at all.I picked myself up hurriedly and pretended that nothing had happened.


3)There was a moment of silent anticipation, and then the curtain drew in slow motion, and during the breathless stillness , John heard two whispering voice behind him.

Forgiveness - NuRuL aka IfAh X)

The first enemy Karana forgives is not a person, but a dog. Rontuis an enemy because he is the leader of the dog pack that killsRamo and threatens Karana. He is also an enemy because he isan Aleut dog, and the Aleuts are Karana’s enemies.

After Ramo is killed and Karana is left alone on Ghalas-at, she has many enemies and no friends. She is harassed constantly by the wild dogs of her island, and lives with the vague fear in the back of her mind that one day the Aleuts that killed her people will return to the island. Eventually, Karana is forced into confrontation both with the wild dogs and with the Aleuts. In each case she has the opportunity to take her revenge, but doesn't. The case of Tutok is the most important of these because it shows the development of Karana's trust in more detail and to a deeper extent (in the case of Rontu, the only thing Karana and Rontu to show trust was refrain from killing each other). In the case of Tutok, Karana is mistrustful because Tutok is an Aleut. She has seen first hand what happens when one deals with these people, and has likely inherited some of the dislike and mistrust her father had for them. Even when Tutok makes friendly gestures, Karana is aloof and assumes that Tutok will betray her to the Aleut hunters. It takes a long time for Karana to see that Tutok has no ill intent, but it is some time before Karana makes a gesture of trust on her own. When Karana reveals her secret name to Turok, it is her ultimate sign of trust, for she ascribed her father's death to his decision to reveal his secret name to someone not worthy of trust. What Karana receives from her trust is a rewarding relationship that she will remember and think about for the rest of the novel.



Links :
http://www.scholastic.com/Kids/homework/pdfs/Island_of_the_Blue_Dolphins.pdf
http://www.sanedraw.com/NOTEBOOK/ISLANDBD.HTM
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dolphins/themes.html

Summary (Survival) - Naimah

1) Karana, a Native American girl, is accidentally left alone when her people abandon their island home off the coast of California (Island Of the Blue Dolphins). After a failed attempt to leave the island in a leaky canoe, Karana decides to build a house and learn to hunt while waiting to be rescued. Her isolation from humans teaches her how to co-exist peacefully with the local wildlife, even the wild dog she considers her worst enemy. After many years, missionaries come to the island, and Karana, yearning for human companionship, goes with them to the mainland.

2) When the rest of Karana's tribe leaves to find help, Karana finds herself in a position where she has to fight to survive until someone returns for her. Karana spent a lot of time gathering food. An island girl is separated from her tribe and must learn how to survive on her own. Through threats of wild animals, natural disasters, and invaders, Karana learns to apply her skills toward keeping herself alive.

3) When a tribe of islanders leaves their home in search of a safer place to live, they accidentally leave behind a twelve-year old girl and her young brother. The boy is soon killed by wild dogs, and Karana swears to devote the rest of her life to destroying the wild dogs who killed her little brother. Karana must learn, through various hardships, to get by without the help or wisdom of her tribe. She is not lonely; eventually she befriends and tames various wild animals, including the leader of the wild dogs. After years of hating the dogs, she slowly comes to realize that it is easier to live in peace than to be constantly at war.

Taken from :
1) http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/dolphins/guide.cfm
2) http://astore.amazon.com/science-books-20/detail/0440439884
3) http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Island-Blue-Dolphins.html

isWAryA

WHEN A PERSON FIGHTS FOR HIS RIGHTS AND WHEN IT IS CONNECTED TO THE REAL WORLD IS LIKE YOUR FRIEND TELLING EVERYONE IN YOUR CLASS THAT YOU STEAL HIS HANDPHONE WHEN YOU DID NOT STEAL AND THATS WHEN YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS.

WHEN PEOPLE CARRY WEAPONS WITH THEM IT MEANS THEY ARE TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF OR SOMEONE AND WHEN IT IS CONNECTED TO THE REAL WORLD IS LIKE THE POLICE GIVING PROTECTION FOR A PRESIDENT.

Forgivenss - NuRuL aka IfAh

The first enemy Karana forgives is not a person, but a dog. Rontu
is an enemy because he is the leader of the dog pack that kills
Ramo and threatens Karana. He is also an enemy because he is
an Aleut dog, and the Aleuts are Karana’s enemies.

Website summary:
http://www.scholastic.com/Kids/homework/pdfs/Island_of_the_Blue_Dolphins.pdf

The heroine's many virtues:

• Will to survive.
• Self-reliance, ingeniousness, adaptability. She is knowledgeable about her tribe's skills, and creative in devising replacements for the animals she renounces killing.
• Compassion and forgiveness.
• Patience and Foresight. She is willing to wait for the right season, she makes plans for the future.
• Optimism. She makes the best of her situation--when she finds she cannot flee, she commits to making the island her home by building a shelter.
• High self-esteem. She rejoices in her own accomplishments. She shows respect for herself by dressing and looking her best even though there is no one to see her.

Website summary:
http://www.sanedraw.com/NOTEBOOK/ISLANDBD.HTM

After Ramo is killed and Karana is left alone on Ghalas-at, she has many enemies and no friends. She is harassed constantly by the wild dogs of her island, and lives with the vague fear in the back of her mind that one day the Aleuts that killed her people will return to the island. Eventually, Karana is forced into confrontation both with the wild dogs and with the Aleuts. In each case she has the opportunity to take her revenge, but doesn't. The case of Tutok is the most important of these because it shows the development of Karana's trust in more detail and to a deeper extent (in the case of Rontu, the only thing Karana and Rontu to show trust was refrain from killing each other). In the case of Tutok, Karana is mistrustful because Tutok is an Aleut. She has seen first hand what happens when one deals with these people, and has likely inherited some of the dislike and mistrust her father had for them. Even when Tutok makes friendly gestures, Karana is aloof and assumes that Tutok will betray her to the Aleut hunters. It takes a long time for Karana to see that Tutok has no ill intent, but it is some time before Karana makes a gesture of trust on her own. When Karana reveals her secret name to Turok, it is her ultimate sign of trust, for she ascribed her father's death to his decision to reveal his secret name to someone not worthy of trust. What Karana receives from her trust is a rewarding relationship that she will remember and think about for the rest of the novel.

Website Summary:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dolphins/themes.html

Resilience- dasheni

One of karana's aspect is her resilience. Though the white men's ship dosen't return for her for eighteen years, and though her efforts to establish a comfortable life on the island are repeatedly thwarted, she never shows sign of despair. Karana is often sad, as when her brother was killed, or frightened, as when she was injured by the sea elephant and stalked by wild dogs, but she never gives up. She always looking ahead to her new task on the island.



taken from:http://sparknotes.com/dolphins/canalysis.html

Naimah - Survival

http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/dolphins/guide.cfm

http://astore.amazon.com/science-books-20/detail/0440439884

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Island-Blue-Dolphins.html

Courage - Syarifah Syafiqah

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/islandbluedolph.html


http://home.earthlink.net/~eduscapes/units/island/


http://www.dimdima.com/bookbuzz/show_books.asp?q_bid=80&q_title=Island+of+the+Blue+Dolphins

Forgivness - NuRuL- aka -IfAH-

http://www.scholastic.com/Kids/homework/pdfs/Island_of_the_Blue_Dolphins.pdf

http://www.sanedraw.com/NOTEBOOK/ISLANDBD.HTM

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/dolphins/themes.html

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh (Chapter 4)

role: connecter

.WHEN IT WAS A SUNLESS DAY,SINCE ALEUTS LEFT PEOPLE THERE BELIEF THAT "WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES ON A SUNLESS DAY,SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN"

.WHEN PEOPLE CARRY WEAPONS ,WE KNOW THAT IT IS USED FOR PROTECTION ,FIGHTING AND FOR WAR.

.WHEN A PERSON IS HURT BADLY TILL THE BLOOD OOZES OUT, THEY WILL NEED THE HELP OF A DOCTOR,BUT THE MAN CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS.





ISWARYA JAYAKUMAR

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh(Chapter 4)

3) Surged

Meaning:

1.	strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.

2.	a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.

3.	the rolling swell of the sea.

Example: Our warriors rushed upon them the two lines surged.

4) Shoved

Meaning:

1. To push forward or along.

2. To push rudely or roughly.

Example:Shoved my father aside.

5) Retreat

Meaning:

1. The forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.

Example: They fought at the foot of the trail and would not retreat.

6)Barred

Meaning:

1. A relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose: the bars of a cage.
2. An oblong piece of any solid material: a bar of soap; a candy bar.
3. The amount of material in a bar.

Example: My father who raised his hand against the hunter whose path he barred.

Discussion Director (Chapter 4)

1)What was going through your mind when you read this chapter, chapter 4?
2)How did you feel when Captain Orlov did not want to pay the tribes fo the otters?
3)After all the war between the Aleuts and the tribes, what can be summerised in this chapter?
4)Did you felt surprised when Karana's father died?
5)So, what can you predict in the next chapter?

Discussion Director (Chapter 4)

1)What make the tribe fought with Captain Orlov and his Aleut hunters?
2)How did Karana knew that he father was angry?
3)What makes Karana's father asking for more chests?
4)If Captain Orlov were to call more of his Aleuts, what will happened to the tribe?

DASHENI - Character Analyzer (chapter 4)

The character i choose is karana's father.


karana's father:
very responsible ,couragess,great warrior:even though he was being stabbed by Captain Orlov karana's father still got up to fight till his last breath......
strict: even after the Captain offered him three trunks of jewellery he did not accept it
justice going and loyal to his village people:he still fought back for the otter pelts as he knew that the village must have treasured them.
very good leadreship

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh(Chapter 4)

3) Surged

Meaning:

1.A strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.

2.A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.

3.The rolling swell of the sea.

Example: As our warriors rushed upon them the two lines surged back.

4)Retreat

Meaning:

1.The forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.

2.The act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion.

3.A place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy

Example:There were forched backward to them left,yet they fought at the foot of trail and would not retreat.

5)Shoved

Meaning:

1.To push forward or along.
2.To push rudely or roughly.

Example:Shoved my father aside.

Plot Analyser - Nurul Naimah (Chapter 4)

1) Captain Orlov and Karana's father(the chief of Ghalas-at) had an argument for thier right. Captain Orlov had not paid for the otter that Chowig had killed. Captain Orlow wanted to give several necklaces but Chowig wanted the other part of the sea otter as promised. So then Captain Orlow need to keep his promise but he was not satisfied somehow.

2) A few moments later, the tribe(Chowig's) just found out that their chief was hurt. He got blood on his face.

3) Then a short war started. Ulape and Karana tried to help their father by throwing rocks at the Aluets but stopped as they were afraid that the rocks would hit
at their own tribe. Captain Orlow had rowed off his ship but returned with more of his aleyts.

4) Some people of the tribe fell and did not get up, including Chowig.

5) The aleuts left when the wing began to blow.

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh (Chapter 4)

1) Sunless

Meaning:
1.Lacking sun or sunlight; dark: a sunless room.

2.Dismal; gloomy; cheerless: a sunless smile.

Example: The Aleuts left onm a sunless day.

2)Pelts

Meaning:
1.The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.

2.A stripped animal skin ready for tanning.

Example: The narrow beach were scattered with bundless of otter pelts.

Vocabulary Finder - NuRul aka IfAh

1)Crouched

Meaning:

1. To stoop, especially with the knees bent: crouched over the grate, searching for his keys.

2.To press the entire body close to the ground with the limbs bent: a cat crouching near its prey.

3.To bend servilely or timidly; cringe.

Example: There I crouched on my hands and knees.

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh

1) Swiftly

Meaning:

1.	moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.

2.	coming, happening, or performed quickly or without delay: a swift decision.

Example : I’m moving swiftly ,down the ravine until I came to the sea cliffs.