Survival-based on the book...

It all started when the ship did not wait for Ramo... The adventure to prove Karana's survival...
When Ramo died because of the wild dogs, she knew that life ahead was not going to be so easy... She had to live on her own with loneliness and with no adults on the island, she had to protect herself from the wild dogs. She had to survive to avenge her brother's death but eventually, she kept the leader of the wild dogs as her pet. She was not scared that the dog would kill her or something because she understand the meaning of survival. She hunt on her own survival and for her dog, Rontu's life. With Rontu around, survival becomes more meaningful for her. After Rontu's death, her emotions once again was deeply hurt. Instead of giving up, she lived her life as normal and that shows survival. She slept in fear of wild dogs but did not care much and she survived. That is why she could be able to survive till the day the ship came back for her... All thanks to the importance of survival!
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Moral Developement-weishan

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"the two fighters paused, getting ready for a new attack. it was a good chance to send an arrow into the young bull, who lay his back with his teeth still grasping the other's neck. But I hoped that he would win the battle, and i stood there did not move."shows that Karana hesitate to kill the bull but eventually, She chose not to kill it.

Resilience

Though white men's ship doesn't return for her for eighteen years and the hope for living a good life seem to be impossible but she never shows signs of despair. This girl loses her entire family including the little brother killed by the wild dogs. Karana was sad but she never gives up. She is always looking ahead to the next task in the island. The problem faced by Karana is how to stay alive, alone on a small island, among human and natural threats--while nurturing the hope of being reunited with her loved ones. Karana's solution to the problem is to build for herself a one-woman civilization, adapting her lost tribe's traditions to her unique circumstances, and taking creative new approaches to unexpected occurrences.

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Moral developement-weishan

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2.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/27112/guide_to_using_odells_island_of_the.html? page=2

Karana's story spans eighteen years, we are able to watch her personal and moral growth. As the only human on the island of he blue dolphins, Karana is left to develop her own moral code. We know that Karana cares deeply for others even at the very beginning of the novel, as is demonstrated when she plunges into the sea to go back to the island for her brother. Later, she is faced with different types of decisions. Faced with the necessity of hunting and defending herself from the wild dogs, Karana need to make weapons, something that the laws of her tribe forbid women to do. The stories say that weapons made by women will break just when one needs them most. After long deliberation, however, Karana decides to make a set of weapons for herself, and soon realizes that the old tales were false. Later in the novel, after Karana has befriended a number of the animals of the island, she decides for herself that she will never again kill any of these animals. This is a significant decision, because she is dependant on a number of these animals for material. However, she considers animals to be very much like people, even though they do not talk. She knows that her tribesmen would consider her resolution ridiculous, but her animal friends are so important to her that she cannot bear to kill them.

“Ulape would have laughed at me, and others would have laughed, too - my father most of all. Yes this is the way I felt about the animals who had become my friends and those who were not, but in time could be. If Ulape and my father had come back and laughed, and all the others had come back and laughed, still I would have felt the same way, for animals and birds are like people, too, though they do not talk the same or do the same things. Without them the earth would be an unhappy place.” This passage best exemplifies the main character’s growth and development of her own moral code. It shows how Karana has adjusted to her surroundings in order to survive while maintaining what is right to her. It can prompt a good discussion of other ways in which Karana has matured and changed.

╚ Forgiveness ╝

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. One day, Karana hurt the leader but she carried the wounded dog to shelter, and nursed him back to health, coaxing him with food from her hand, a little at a time. Every time she has the opportunity to take revenge of her brother, but doesn't. This shows that Karana had forgive the leader and accepted the leader. From that day onwards, she names the dog Rontu, and he becomes her friend and protector.

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My Role-Survival

In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind.This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building a shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.http://www.blogger.com/www.shelfari.com

island of the blue dolphin

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Based on real events, this is the story of Karana, a young Indian girl who lives on the Island of the Blue Dolphins, which is actually San Nicolas. She and her brother are left marooned on this island when all the villagers leave to live on another island. Time passes as Karana struggles to survive on her own. When her brother dies, she realizes she must build a home and find food and store it for each winter. She makes weapons and clothing. The years pass in isolation. Although faced with loneliness and physical danger every day, Karana finds courage and serenity.
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Karana's people live in harmony among the other animals on and around the island as they have for generations. Her father is the chief of the village. And then one day a boat comes captained by a Russian man, who "looked at the little harbor as though it already belonged to him." The captain and his crew wish to hunt sea otter on their own terms. Their disregard for the ways of the Indians leads to bloody consequences, and Karana's family is destroyed, and eventually with the arrival of more white men, the entire community disappears from the island, save Karana.
For years she lives on the island alone, using the skills of her people to survive. For the first time, she modifies the skills only the men of her village had mastered. She makes a fence from the ribs of a whale. She builds a house. Eventually she becomes comfortable alone. She befriends one of the wild dogs, and the blue dolphins still give her strength. But she will not be alone for much longer.
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The Aleut hunters who came to the island to hunt otter killed most of the men of Ghalas-at and plundered the villages. When the remaining islanders departed for a nearby haven, twelve-year-old Karana, realizing her younger brother Ramo has been left behind, jumps from the boat and swims back to the island to take care of him. She gathers food, builds shelter, and makes tools to survive. In order to take revenge against the wild dogs that killed her brother, Karana must make weapons, something that had been forbidden to the women of the tribe. After many moons and suns, she realizes that her people won't be coming back for her. As the years go by, Karana learns to respect all of the animals of the island, and eventually tames Rontu, the dog who had killed her brother.
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summary
Karana and villages live harmony in a small island called island of the blue dolphin. One day Aleut came and destroy her happiness. Karana's father died in the war. Family members left was her sister and brother. A chance of living better life was bring to the villages. Aboarding the ship, karana find that her brother was left behind. Giving out the hope for her brother, she jump off the ship without caring how strong the waves is and whether she can make it back to the island. Ramo was killed by the leader of the wild dog. She vow to take revenge. Karana make weapon that are forbidden from women. Karana had a chance to kill the leader but forgive him and befriend the wild dog. Karana knew that the ship will not come back but she willing to live on and using determination and courage. She master the different types of skill and hunt large animals that needed many man to do. She slowly learn to reaspect all animals and friend with them.

Island of the blue dolphin[Storyboard]

Ceased (chapter 4) Jianting-Vocabulary Finder

Connector

1) Captain Orlov had not paid my father for the otters he had killed
-In real life,it is like someone who has not pay their debts.

2) The Aleuts laughed as they worked,as if they were happy to leave the island.
-In the real world,it's like someone's going to be released from prison,feeling happy.

3) I could not hear their words because of the noise the hunters made,but from the way my father shook his head,I knew he was not pleased.
-Like Ms Chia telling off a student,class 1d is making a lot of noise.I could not hear what she is saying,but I can tell that she is not pleased by the way she folds her arms and the expression.

4) "He is angry,"Ulape whispered."Not yet,"I said."When he's really angry,he pulls his ear."
-To the real world,it feels like someone whispering,"Ms Chia's angry..."Another says,"Not yet,when she's really angry,she's gonna shout!"

5)The wind started to blow.Suddenly Captain Orlov and his Aleuts turned and ran to the boat.
-In our world,it feels as if the wind blowing to create an eerie background.Then,a group of people turned and ran off,as if they had murdered someone.They were scared.

Island of the blue dolphin

Connector(Rebecca)

The tribe was just like a big family, they were very united, all of them decided to leave the village, not leaving anyone behind. They were just like a big family who will stay close together no matter what happened. Also, the warriors do not even gave up when they were forced backwards to the cliffs instead they fought until the end. This kind of spirit are very hard to find nowdays, the people nowdays always give up halfway when they feel that the journey is very diffcult and do not wish to carry on again. After that, they will feel very dishearten and upset. They have never cross their mind that that if they carry on till the end, they may success.

island of the blue dolphin(chapter 4)

weishan* discusion director

Q1)Why do Captain Orlov had not paid Karana's father for the otter he had killed?

Q2)What do the black chest inside contained?

Q3)Why would the Aleuts would want to kill the men on the island?

Q4)What do the author mean by"others fell and do not get up"?

Q5)Why do the warriors continued to fight instead of reatreating?

Q6)Why do the men do not pursue them when they set sail on the ship?

Q7)Why were Karana and Ulape scared of using the rocks to attack the Aleuts?

Q8)How do you feel by Captain Orlov cruelty act?

Q9)Can someone summarize this section?

Q10) Did anything surprise you about this section of the book?

Q11) Predict something about the next section of the book.

plot analyzer(chapter 4)

Something terrible is going to happen.The trible were very untied, they leave the village together. Karana father was not pleased to have 1 lotter plelt exchange for 1 string of beads. The women were happy to see the the beads. Captain Orlov gaze moved around the cove and spoke to Aleuts, Karana father died in the war. The five warriors were shocked. The battle started, men fell to the sand and rose to fight again while other died.

character analyser( chapter4)

captain orlov: A man that are not promising in what he say or agreed
evidence: captain orlov had not paid my father for the otter he had kill and he was prepared to leave the island.

warriors in the village: determination and courage shown. knowing that they will lose to aleut, they never retreat.
evidence: our warriors were forced backward to the cliffs. There were few of them left, yet they fought at the foot of the trail and would not retreat.

Vocabulary Finder (chapter 4) Jianting~

♥ Words from chapter 4 ♥

1. Ceased = a. to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
b. to come to an end: At last the war had ceased.
c .Obsolete. to pass away; die out.

2. Bales = large bundle of paper, straw, goods, etc pressed together and tied with rope or wire ready to be moved or sold.

3. Surged = a. a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
b. a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.
c. the rolling swell of the sea.
d. the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast.
e. a swelling wave; billow.
f. (of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor.
g. to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves: The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth.
h. to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: Blood surged to his face.

4. Barred = a. preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor"
b. marked with stripes or bands.