By: Fred Gibson

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Lets Take a Few to Review Old Yeller

• By Fred Gibson

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lunging nub romping rowdy slung speckled
lunging

• Moving forward suddenly

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lunging nub romping rowdy slung speckled
speckled

• marked with many small spots

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lunging nub romping rowdy slung speckled
rowdy

• Rough disorderly quarrelsome

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lunging nub romping rowdy slung speckled
nub

• a lump or a small piece

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lunging nub romping rowdy slung speckled
romping

• Playing in a rough, boisterous way

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lunging nub romping rowdy slung speckled
slung

• thrown, cast, or hurled

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• Why did Mama MOST LIKELY want Little Arliss to
  kill snakes?

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• What does Little Arlisss version of the blue
  catfish story reveal?

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• Be able to identify a quotation that creates
  suspense for the reader.

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• How does the setting MOST influence the plot of
  the story?

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• Be able to identify an example of foreshadowing
  from the story.

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• Be familiar with the sequence of events in the
  story.
• HINT The story talks about when Travis was
  younger and compares his actions to those of
  Arliss. The actions of Travis will be placed
  BEFORE any of the other actions in the story when
  figuring out the sequence of events.

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• According to Travis, what changed about Arliss
  after Old Yeller joined the family?

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• In the story, one night at supper Arliss told the
  biggest windy that Travis had ever heard. What is
  a windy?

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• What does the reader learn about Old Yeller when
  the fight with the bear ended?

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• What did Travis, when young, have in common with
  Arliss?

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• What was probably the authors MAIN reason for
  writing this story?

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Good Luck on your Test!!
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• Presentation by Jennifer Langley
• This presentation should not be copied without
  the permission of Mrs. Langley