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Interpretive Questions: Answer all questions in complete sentences, using quotes as support.
1.) Why do they boys bury the grinding ball?
2.) After they lose the grinding ball, why do the boys talk about it in “small words,…Kid words”? (p. 122)
3.) Why does the narrator tell the story of finding the gold course years before he and Sergio find the grinding ball?
4.) Why do the narrator and Sergio stop going to the arroyo after they lose the grinding ball?
5.) Why does the narrator say that he and Sergio buried the grinding ball “because it was perfect”? (p. 126)
6.) At the end of the story, why does the narrator say that the grinding ball “was the lion”? (p. 126)
7.) What is the narrator referring to when he says that “something happened that we didn’t have a name for, but it was there nonetheless like a lion”? (p. 119)
8.) What does the narrator mean when he says he and Sergio “solved” junior high school? (p. 120)
9.) Why does the narrator say, “Nature seemed to keep pushing us around one way or another, teaching us the same thing every place we ended up”? (p. 122)
10.) What does the narrator mean when he says, “We learned to be ready for finding the grinding ball”? (p. 126)
Vocabulary in Context:
1.) Dissect (p. 120)
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2.) Quartz (p. 121)
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3.) Sewage (p. 122)
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4.) Miscalculated (p. 123)
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5.) Treacherous (p. 123)
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Use textual evidence to show examples of when the boys know something or when the boys do not know something. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.
1.) Why do they boys bury the grinding ball?
2.) After they lose the grinding ball, why do the boys talk about it in “small words,…Kid words”? (p. 122)
3.) Why does the narrator tell the story of finding the gold course years before he and Sergio find the grinding ball?
4.) Why do the narrator and Sergio stop going to the arroyo after they lose the grinding ball?
5.) Why does the narrator say that he and Sergio buried the grinding ball “because it was perfect”? (p. 126)
6.) At the end of the story, why does the narrator say that the grinding ball “was the lion”? (p. 126)
7.) What is the narrator referring to when he says that “something happened that we didn’t have a name for, but it was there nonetheless like a lion”? (p. 119)
8.) What does the narrator mean when he says he and Sergio “solved” junior high school? (p. 120)
9.) Why does the narrator say, “Nature seemed to keep pushing us around one way or another, teaching us the same thing every place we ended up”? (p. 122)
10.) What does the narrator mean when he says, “We learned to be ready for finding the grinding ball”? (p. 126)
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1.) Dissect (p. 120)
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2.) Quartz (p. 121)
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3.) Sewage (p. 122)
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4.) Miscalculated (p. 123)
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5.) Treacherous (p. 123)
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Use textual evidence to show examples of when the boys know something or when the boys do not know something. Include 5 examples and support with page numbers and opinion for each column.