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Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
Chapter 1
Focus question:
The narrator doesn’t yet reveal his name. What does he tell and show about himself?
Vocabulary Words:
sheen
squalling
Farming in the 1920s
Chapter 2
Focus question: How do you picture Billy and his home?
Vocabulary:• aromatic• canebrakes• Sparsely• squalling
Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma
A Cherokee Chief
The Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma
Chapter 3Focus question:
How does Billy change during these two years?
Vocabulary:
dumbfounded
festered
quavering
The Ozark Mountains
Chapter 4
Focus question: Compare Billy to the townspeople.
Vocabulary:
provisions
Chapter 5
Focus question: What bonds are already being forged between Billy and the pups?
Vocabulary:
muster
provisions
Chapter 6
Focus question: Are you surprised by his parents’ reaction when Billy comes home with the puppies? Why or why not?
Vocabulary:hamperingquerying
Rural Life
A corncrib is a slatted enclosure
for storing and drying ears of
corn. The spaced
slats let air circulate and
prevent rotting.
Another example of a corncrib
Chapter 7
Focus question: What do you learn about raccoons and raccoon hunting in this chapter?
Vocabulary:
bulldogged
gouge
wiley
Raccoon Hunting
Dogs chase the raccoon by scent until it is “treed,” which means that it is trapped in a tree.
The dogs then “bark treed,” and then the hunter got the raccoon down by chopping the tree down or scaring it out. It was considered unsportsmanlike to kill a raccoon while it was treed.
Chapter 8
Focus Question: How does this chapter demonstrate Billy’s feelings for his dogs?
Vocabulary:
domain
jarred
Chapter 9
Focus Question: Based on Billy’s actions, what three adjectives would you use to describe him?
Vocabulary:
limbered
wedge
winced
Chapter 10
Focus Question: What do you learn about the unusual qualities of Old Dan and Little Ann in this chapter?
Vocabulary:
abounded
nonchalantly
riffle
slough
Chapter 11
Focus Question: What do you discover about the importance of self-reliance?
Vocabulary:
Chapter 12
Focus Question: Compare Billy and the Pritchard boys.
Vocabulary:begrudginglydebrisdispositionsurpassed
Chapter 13
Focus Question: Are you surprised by the outcome of the ghost coon hunt? Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
clambered
taut
Chapter 14
Focus Question: This chapter reveals the personalities of Billy’s mother, his youngest sister, and his grandmother. What is Billy’s relationship with each of them?
Vocabulary:
droning
gloated
jubilant
Chapter 15
Focus Question: What do Grandpa’s actions tell about his character?
Vocabulary:
dabbing
Chapter 16
Focus Question: How do you predict the hunt will end? What makes you think so?
Vocabulary:dousedfalteredflitting
Chapter 17
Focus Question: Are the Colmans’ actions during the blizzard responsible or irresponsible? Explain your answer.
Vocabulary:
gawking
Chapter 18Focus Question:
What do you learn about love and loyalty from Billy, Grandpa, and the dogs?
Vocabulary:
awed
haggard
Chapter 19Focus Question:
In what ways do Old Dan and Little Ann help Billy and his family?
Vocabulary:
berserk feeble
churring foliage
cleaved jugular
disembowel lithe
entrails scourge
Chapter 20
Focus Question: How does Billy come to terms with the deaths of Old Dan and Little Ann?
Vocabulary:
