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An Eskimo Adventure
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Burlington Books Books
Katherine Daniels
TEACHER’S MATERIAL
CONTENTS To the Teacher
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Before Readin
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After Readin
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Final Test
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Answers to Final Test
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Answers to Actiities in the Reader
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Answers to Cross-Crriclar Focs
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TO THE TEACHER List of Main CharaCters
Maggie: a 14-year-old Inuit girl
Eie: Maggie’s best friend
Maggie’s father
Anne: Eddie’s mother
John: Maggie’s brother
Jennifer: Maggie’s “Internet friend” from England
Akiak: Maggie’s dog PLot suMMary
Maggie lives in a small Inuit village called Akulivik in Quebec, Canada. Her father sends her to the village’s Kuakuvik, the community freezer, to get some meat but the freezer is empty. Maggie learns about the village’s serious problem: There isn’t any meat for the people because the Inuit hunters haven’t been successful. The caribou and other animals are disappearing due to the changing climate. Maggie’s father hasn’t got money to buy food, so Maggie goes to bed hungry. The next day, Maggie competes in a school sports competition and wins 25 dollars. She comes home with her prize money but her father and brother aren’t there. She goes to Eddie’s house to find out where they are, but only his mother is at home. Anne tells Maggie all the men and boys have gone hunting. Maggie can’t join the men because Inuit tradition doesn’t allow girls to hunt. Maggie is very upset. The following day, during her computer lesson at school, Maggie chats on a forum with Jennifer, her Internet friend from England. When Jennifer hears about the hunt, she tells Maggie that girls are equal to boys in England and says, “Nobody can tell me to stay home.” Maggie makes a plan to join the hunters. She visits Anne to get information from her. Anne tells Maggie about the hunt and where the hunters are going. She then gives Maggie some fresh fried bannock – Inuit bread. The men follow a herd of caribou, but it begins snowing and the men lose the caribou. Suddenly, the ice cracks and the large pieces of ice where the men and boys are standing break off. They are stuck on an island of ice with freezing water all around them, and they can’t reach the mainland. Meanwhile, Maggie and Akiak go to find the hunters on the snowmobile, but the snowmobile stops and they fall off. They start walking, but it starts snowing and it becomes difficult to continue. Maggie finds an old Inuit boat buried in the snow and Akiak digs a hole under the boat. Maggie and Akiak crawl under the boat and they go to sleep. That evening, in England, Jennifer tries to chat with Maggie, but Maggie isn’t on the forum. She isn’t there the next day either. Jennifer becomes worried about Maggie and sends a message on the forum. Maggie’s teacher reads Jennifer’s message and decides to ask Air Inuit to send a helicopter to look for Maggie. When Maggie and Akiak come out from the boat, Maggie is shocked to see that animals have eaten all their food. She starts to cry, but Akiak sniffs the air and begins to run. Maggie follows him and he leads her to the sea where she can see the ice island in the distance. Maggie realises her father, John and the village hunters are in trouble and she must help them. She drags the old boat to the water and rows to the island. The young boys get in the boat and row to shore. John returns to the boat to take more men. Then, the helicopter arrives and rescues the rest of the men. Maggie is happy because her friend Jennifer, a girl, saved the hunters. baCkground
• Inuits moved from the Bering Sea region of Siberia and Alaska into the Arctic areas of Canada about 1,000 years ago. They were excellent hunters – catching whales, seals and fish as well as caribou, polar bears and other land animals. Their successful hunting and ability to adapt to their surroundings enabled them to dominate and replace the original people living there. • Caribou, or reindeer, live in the northern regions of America, Europe, Asia and Greenland. They travel north in the summer to feed on the grass and plants in the area and when the snow falls they travel south. They travel around 2,500 kilometres each year. • Kayaks are small individual boats first made by the Inuit people for hunting. Each man built his boat to fit him exactly and he made it with animal skins stretched over wood or whale bone.
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BEFORE READINg These activities are designed to help the students’ reading comprehension. They help to activate the students’ background knowledge and ability to predict. At this level, these activities will usually be conducted in the students’ mother tongue. Students with a strong vocabulary can do some of these activities in English. Ask the questions and elicit the answers from the whole class. Some possible answers are provided in italics. If you prefer, students can work in pairs or small groups. suggestions for Lead-in aCtivities
1. Imagine you live in a small village in northern Canada. What do you think your life is like? (very col most of the year; people all know how to ski / skate; not a lot to o; everyone knows everyone) 2. Are there “boy’s” activities and “girl’s” activities in your school? What are they? Do you think it is fair to have different activities for boys and girls? 3. Are there any traditions in your city / town? Do you think they are a good idea? Why / Why not? 4. Have you got an Internet friend? What do you chat about? (school; hobbies; problems with friens or parents; films; music) 5. There’s a community freezer in the village in the story. The people in the village share the meat in the freezer. Do you think this is a good idea? ( Yes, then there is always foo for everyone. No, I on’t think people will be fair. Some people will take more than they nee an some won’t get any.) before reading aCtivities
1. Read the first paragraph of the story on page 8. What time of year is it? (autumn) What do you know about Maggie? (She lives in a small village in Quebec, Canaa; her village is calle Akulivik; she’s 14 years ol; she’s an Inuit girl; she’s got a pet og. ) 2. Read the paragraph above the picture on page 9 and the speech bubble on the picture. Why are the women worried? ( Because there isn’t any meat to eat.) 3. Read the speech bubbles on the picture on page 17. What is Maggie’s problem? ( Her father in’t wait for her. She wants to go hunting, but she’s a girl. ) 4. Read the last forum entry on page 19. Does the girl agree that girls can’t go hunting? ( No, she thinks boys an girls are equal.) 5. Look at the picture on page 31. What do you think is going to happen? ( The men will fall in the water. They won’t get home.) 6. Look at the picture on page 38. Do you think the girl lives in the same place as Maggie? Why? / Why not? List of irreguLar verbs
The following is a list of irregular verbs (Past Simple) which appear in the story. The page number refers to the page where the Past Simple tense of the verb first appears. Go over the list with your students. begin – began (page 22) come – came (page 42) do – did (page 44) drink – drank (page 12) drive – drove (page 32) eat – ate (page 32) fall – fell (page 12) find – found (page 30) fly – flew (page 32)
get – got (page 16) give – gave (page 16) go – went (page 8) have – had (page 9) hear – heard (page 42) hit – hit (page 36) hold – held (page 11) hurt – hurt (page 16) know – knew (page 17)
leave – left (page 18) make – made (page 10) run – ran (page 13) say – said (page 9) see – saw (page 17) send – sent (page 19) shake – shook (page 10) sit – sat (page 12) stand – stood (page 9)
take – took (page 9) tell – told (page 16) think – thought (page 13) throw – threw (page 8) understand – understood (page 44) wake – woke (page 12) win – won (page 13)
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AFTER READINg draMa aCtivities
Work with a partner or a group. Learn one of the dialogues below and act it out in front of the class. 1. Eddie enters Maggie’s house. Eie: Hey, Maggie! Are you ready for the competition? Maggie: What competition? Eie: The Inuit Sports Competition is today. The first prize is a voucher for 25 dollars at the shop! Maggie: Wow! Eie: Yes, and you’re going to win, Maggie! You’re the strongest girl in the village! 2. Maggie talks to Anne through the window of Anne’s house. Maggie: Eddie! Eddie! Anne: Why are you shouting? Eddie isn’t here. He went with the men. Maggie: Where did he go, Anne? Did my father and brother go too? Anne: Yes, of course. Someone saw caribou. It’s the first time in many years. The men and boys went to hunt them. Maggie: But my father didn’t wait for me! Why not? Hunting is for men and boys, Maggie. Anne: It’s an Inuit custom. Maggie: Well, it’s a stupid custom. Why can’t girls hunt too?
3. Maggie is at Anne’s house. Anne: Does your father make bannock? Maggie: No, he doesn’t. We usually buy bread at the shop. Then I’ll give you some to take home Anne: with you. He’ll be happy to eat it with the meat from the hunt. Maggie: How do the men hunt the caribou? The boys run after the caribou and Anne: frighten them. Then the men kill them with bows and arrows. Maggie: It sounds cruel. Anne: It is the traditional way – the caribou way. We need the caribou to survive. 4. The men and boys on the hunt notice the weather changing. A man: Look! It’s snowing again. John: We’re going in circles. We’ll never find the caribou now. Maggie’s father: The snow will stop soon. Don’t worry! You’ll have caribou meat for dinner! The ice is cracking! Boy: What can we do now? We can’t swim John: back to the land in this freezing water. It will kill us!
ProjeCt suggestions
You may want to present some of these activities in the students’ own language. 1. Imagine you are going to visit Maggie’s village. What do you need to know? Write a list of questions. 2. Imagine you live in Maggie’s village. Write a description of your house to a friend. 3. You won 25 euros in a competition. What are you going to do with the money? Make a list of things you want to buy. 4. Imagine you are Maggie’s new friend on a chat forum. Write to Maggie telling her about yourself. 5. Write a letter from Maggie to the men in the village explaining why girls should go on the caribou hunt. 6. Write a newspaper article about the caribou hunt. 7. Imagine you are Maggie and you are chatting with Jennifer on a chat forum. Tell her about the rescue. 8. Search the Internet or look in an encyclopedia to find out about competition games that Inuits play.
