Read Ricochet River to page 142 for next time. To finish on time, each week you will need to read 10 pages Monday, 30 Tue and Tue-Thur, 50 Thur-Monday every week. A little more than 10 pages per day average. At that rate you will finish by June 6th, which is important because then you will understand the book when we discuss it.
FINAL EXAM OVER RICOCHET RIVER JUNE 14
VOCABULARY
Ricochet River vocabulary Quizlet deck
Know all of the words for your vocab quiz on Thursday.
William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow and This is Just to SayRicochet River Study Guide (created by Robin Cody, the author) The story opens in the summer of 1960. Some of the racial references toward an Indian here might not be tolerated today. Or would they just be more subtle? Explain, citing an example of current racism.
Racism in Disney movies
The New York publisher of this book surprised the author by saying what he liked best about Ricochet River was “the Oregonness” of it.What could a New Yorker have meant by that?
Jesse has big money coming. The government compensates native people for lost lands and fishing sites. Ricochet River is fiction, but that part is true. Do readers see any problem with money for place?
What’s this about “the Link factor?” Assume “Link” is not an accidental name.What is Link a link to? Might it be something you could discuss with regard to the W-T scale?
"Correct is wrong, I saw, as the focus drained from Jesse's eyes"(67). What would be the right explanation for Jesse?
Jesse and the First Fish. Discuss the respect for fish as fellow creatures.
Wade decides that Jesse’s stories in English class don’t really apply. But if they don’t apply in class, how do they apply? How is Jesse like Coyote?
*Discuss Lorna’s theory about school forcing people into boxes.Is that true in schools today? If so, what are your boxes called? How hard is it to bust free of your box in high school?
Do people in your life play Trying-To-Say?
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