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Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Part 2: The Dreamrun
Chapter 9
Vocabulary.
1. settlement (p 110) a. an animal’s set of ancestors
2. bloodline (p 111) b. importance
3. shuffled (p 113) c. to give something to someone
4. furnish (p 113) d. a place where people establish a community
5. noble (p 114) e. showing fine personal qualities
6. plight (p 114) f. a dangerous situation
7. stature (p 115) g. walk by dragging one’s feet
Use the vocabulary words correctly in the sentences from the novel.
1. “His legs and his head swung from side to side
and his hair moved with his body and he was not a man anymore.”
2. “They wanted to meet the new dogs and perhaps fight and breed and eat and
rest and they pulled the man down into the on
the beach.”
3. “It was a song, a song to proclaim that he did not
really have to die but chose to because it was his time …”
4. “The man had come from far away – they knew that from his dogs which were
of a strange .”
5. “A rich sadness that took the man and made everybody watching feel deeply for
the of the mammoth …”
6. “…the women moved for him to attract his eye, because he was a hunter of
such .”
7. “For the mammoth knew that he must die, knew that he must
meat for the man.”
Comprehension Questions.
1. In Russel’s dream, where did the man go?
2. Why were the village people so glad to see the man?
3. Whose song did the man sing?
4. Why did people feel sorry for it?
5. How did the mammoth keep its pride and nobility?
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Part 2: The Dreamrun
Chapter 9
Vocabulary.
1. settlement (p 110) a. an animal’s set of ancestors
2. bloodline (p 111) b. importance
3. shuffled (p 113) c. to give something to someone
4. furnish (p 113) d. a place where people establish a community
5. noble (p 114) e. showing fine personal qualities
6. plight (p 114) f. a dangerous situation
7. stature (p 115) g. walk by dragging one’s feet
Use the vocabulary words correctly in the sentences from the novel.
1. “His legs and his head swung from side to side
and his hair moved with his body and he was not a man anymore.”
2. “They wanted to meet the new dogs and perhaps fight and breed and eat and
rest and they pulled the man down into the on
the beach.”
3. “It was a song, a song to proclaim that he did not
really have to die but chose to because it was his time …”
4. “The man had come from far away – they knew that from his dogs which were
of a strange .”
5. “A rich sadness that took the man and made everybody watching feel deeply for
the of the mammoth …”
6. “…the women moved for him to attract his eye, because he was a hunter of
such .”
7. “For the mammoth knew that he must die, knew that he must
meat for the man.”
Comprehension Questions.
1. In Russel’s dream, where did the man go?
2. Why were the village people so glad to see the man?
3. Whose song did the man sing?
4. Why did people feel sorry for it?
5. How did the mammoth keep its pride and nobility?