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Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Part 1: The Trance
Chapter 3 (day 2 – pp. 41-50)
Vocabulary.
1. hunkered (p 43) a. extend just beyond the surface
2. trudged (p 44) b. someone you join together with for help
3. hummock (p 45) c. a mound or ridge in an ice field
4. careening (p 46) d. walk slowly because of exhaustion
5. protruded (p 47) e. squat or crouch down
6. ally (p 48) f. move swiftly in an uncontrolled way
Use the vocabulary words correctly in the sentences from the novel.
1. “The feathers of the arrow from just in back of the
shoulder.”
2. “But eight or ten (ptarmigan) had landed just past the high point and two of
them were under a small piece of willow, nearly
hidden white-against-white.”
3. “They drove on down the hill, the sled flying from to
, Russel laughing and playing the sled back and forth to
miss the larger mounds.”
4. “He thought of cold not as an enemy but as many different kinds of friend, or a
complicated .”
5. “Twice it flipped on its side but he stayed with it and it bounced back onto its
runners, all the time down the hill.”
6. “It was coming dark as he back to the sled.”
Comprehension Questions.
1. Russel had often hunted using a rifle. How was his hunting trip with the dogs different? (2 things)
2. Russel thought of cold as “many different kinds of friend.” In what ways was the cold like a friend? (p. 48)
3. Do you agree or disagree with Russel that the cold can be a friend? Why or why not?
4. Reread Russel’s song on page 50. What does “I am the dogs” mean?
5. Why was the song important?
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Part 1: The Trance
Chapter 3 (day 2 – pp. 41-50)
Vocabulary.
1. hunkered (p 43) a. extend just beyond the surface
2. trudged (p 44) b. someone you join together with for help
3. hummock (p 45) c. a mound or ridge in an ice field
4. careening (p 46) d. walk slowly because of exhaustion
5. protruded (p 47) e. squat or crouch down
6. ally (p 48) f. move swiftly in an uncontrolled way
Use the vocabulary words correctly in the sentences from the novel.
1. “The feathers of the arrow from just in back of the
shoulder.”
2. “But eight or ten (ptarmigan) had landed just past the high point and two of
them were under a small piece of willow, nearly
hidden white-against-white.”
3. “They drove on down the hill, the sled flying from to
, Russel laughing and playing the sled back and forth to
miss the larger mounds.”
4. “He thought of cold not as an enemy but as many different kinds of friend, or a
complicated .”
5. “Twice it flipped on its side but he stayed with it and it bounced back onto its
runners, all the time down the hill.”
6. “It was coming dark as he back to the sled.”
Comprehension Questions.
1. Russel had often hunted using a rifle. How was his hunting trip with the dogs different? (2 things)
2. Russel thought of cold as “many different kinds of friend.” In what ways was the cold like a friend? (p. 48)
3. Do you agree or disagree with Russel that the cold can be a friend? Why or why not?
4. Reread Russel’s song on page 50. What does “I am the dogs” mean?
5. Why was the song important?