An Eskimo

Adventure
Katherine Daniels

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Burlington Books

T E A C H E R S M AT E R I A L

CONTENTS
To the Teacher Before Reading After Reading Final Test Answers to Final Test Answers to Activities in the Reader Answers to Cross-Curricular Focus

2 3 4 5 6 6 7

Before using the following teachers material, we recommend that you visit the Teachers Zone at www.burlingtonbooks.es and consult the Burlington Activity Reader Series general information leaflet. The Final Test in this teachers material is also available in editable Word format from the website. The Students Zone on the site offers additional activities.

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to the teacher
List of Main Chara cters

Maggie: a 14-year-old Inuit girl Maggies father John: Maggies brother Akiak: Maggies dog
Plot Su mmary

Eddie: Maggies best friend Anne: Eddies mother Jennifer: Maggies Internet friend from England

Maggie lives in a small Inuit village called Akulivik in Quebec, Canada. Her father sends her to the villages Kuakuvik, the community freezer, to get some meat but the freezer is empty. Maggie learns about the villages serious problem: There isnt any meat for the people because the Inuit hunters havent been successful. The caribou and other animals are disappearing due to the changing climate. Maggies father hasnt 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 arent there. She goes to Eddies 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 cant join the men because Inuit tradition doesnt 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 cant 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 isnt on the forum. She isnt there the next day either. Jennifer becomes worried about Maggie and sends a message on the forum. Maggies teacher reads Jennifers 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.
backgrou nd

 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 Ac tivities

1.  Imagine you live in a small village in northern Canada. What do you think your life is like? (very cold most of the year; people all know how to ski / skate; not a lot to do; everyone knows everyone) 2.  Are there boys activities and girls 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 friends or parents; films; music) 5.  Theres 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 food for everyone. No, I dont think people will be fair. Some people will take more than they need and some wont get any.)
Before R eading Ac tivities

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, Canada; her village is called Akulivik; shes 14 years old; shes an Inuit girl; shes got a pet dog.) 2.  Read the paragraph above the picture on page 9 and the speech bubble on the picture. Why are the women worried? (Because there isnt any meat to eat.) 3.  Read the speech bubbles on the picture on page 17. What is Maggies problem? (Her father didnt wait for her. She wants to go hunting, but shes a girl.) 4.  Read the last forum entry on page 19. Does the girl agree that girls cant go hunting? (No, she thinks boys and 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 wont 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 Maggies house. Eddie:  Hey, Maggie! Are you ready for the competition? Maggie: What competition? Eddie:  The Inuit Sports Competition is today. The first prize is a voucher for 25 dollars at the shop! Maggie: Wow! Eddie:  Yes, and youre going to win, Maggie! Youre the strongest girl in the village! 2.  Maggie talks to Anne through the window of Annes house. Maggie: Eddie! Eddie! Anne: W  hy are you shouting? Eddie isnt here. He went with the men. Maggie:  Where did he go, Anne? Did my father and brother go too? Anne: Y  es, of course. Someone saw caribou. Its the first time in many years. The men and boys went to hunt them. Maggie:  But my father didnt wait for me! Why not? Anne:  Hunting is for men and boys, Maggie. Its an Inuit custom. Maggie:  Well, its a stupid custom. Why cant girls hunt too? 3.  Maggie is at Annes house. Anne:  Does your father make bannock? Maggie:  No, he doesnt. We usually buy bread at the shop. Anne: T  hen Ill give you some to take home with you. Hell be happy to eat it with the meat from the hunt. Maggie: How do the men hunt the caribou? Anne: T  he boys run after the caribou and 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. T  he men and boys on the hunt notice the weather changing. A man: Look! Its snowing again. John: W  ere going in circles. Well never find the caribou now. Maggies  father:  The snow will stop soon. Dont worry! Youll have caribou meat for dinner! Boy: The ice is cracking! John: W  hat can we do now? We cant swim 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 Maggies village. What do you need to know? Write a list of questions. 2. Imagine you live in Maggies 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 Maggies 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.

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FINAL TEST
A Match the word to the correct picture.
a. meat b. bread c. fox d. island e. ice f. breakfast g. snow h. boat
7 8 4 5 6 1 2 3

20 points (2.5 points each)

B Put the sentences in the correct order according to the story.

a. Akiak finds the men on an island of ice. b. Maggie takes her brothers snowmobile and tries to find her father. c. The Kuakuvik community freezer is empty. There isnt any meat inside. d. The Inuit Air helicopter arrives and the men climb to safety. e. Maggie goes to Annes house to learn about the hunt. f. Maggie wins 25 dollars in a school competition. g. Akiak and Maggie spend the night under a boat. h. Maggie arrives home, but the house is empty.
16 points (2 points each)

C  Who is speaking? Tick () the correct person. You may tick a person more than
once.

1.  Why do you always do dangerous things? 2.  Why cant we buy food in the shop? 3.  Youre the strongest girl in the village. 4.  The men hunt for the meat and the women cook it. 5.  Im going to buy food for my trip. 6.  I want to chat to my Inuit friend Maggie. 7. B  ravo, Maggie, you saved us!
14 points (2 points each)

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answers to final test

A 1. c
2. f 3. b 4. a 5. g 6. e 7. d 8. h 5. b 6. g 7. a 8. d

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B 1. c
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answers to activities in the reader

PRE-READING ACTIVITIES (page 7) 1 1. a 2. b 3. d 4. g 5. e 6. f 7. c CHAPTERS 3-4 ACTIVITIES (pages 20-21) 1
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2  Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers. CHAPTERS 1-2 ACTIVITIES (pages 14-15) 1 a. meat b. first place c. face 2. rabbit 3. empty 2. c 3. b 4. c 4. b 5. a 5. c 6. A 2. d 3. a d. door e. cold f. fox 4. silently 5. ball

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2. a 2. T 3. a 3. F 4. b 4. F 5. F

2 1. hunt

2 1. b 3  1. T

3 1. b 4 1. b

CHAPTERS 5-6 ACTIVITIES (pages 28-29) 1 k

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4. pocket 5. hair 6. box 4. smile 5. full

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Answers to Activities in the Reader continued 3 1.  The weather was cloudy and snow began to fall. 2. Maggie took a box out of her cupboard. 3.  Maggie decided to buy food with her prize money. 4.  Maggie found her brothers snowmobile in the shed. 5. Anne was making bread in her kitchen. 2. f 3. e 4. d 5. a 6. b 2 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 3  1. d 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. e Picture b didnt happen. 4. Jennifer 5. Maggies teacher 6. Air Inuit 2. Quebec 3. Maggie 4 1. Akiak

4  1. c

CHAPTERS 11-12 ACTIVITIES (pages 48-49) 1 1. above 3 2. afraid 2. rescue 2 1. between 3. stuck 4. nose 3. frightening 4. loudly 5. journey 5. clap

CHAPTERS 7-8 ACTIVITIES (pages 34-35) 1 a. drive b. travel c. cry 4. faster 5. storm 2. a 3. b 4. c 4. quickly 2. eyes 3. quietly d. crack e. swim

2 1. ice

3  1. b

4 1. an easy 3. snowmobile was

2. the caribou footprints 5. didnt need 1. bag 2. island 3. boat 4. rescued 5. problem 6. girl

CHAPTERS 9-10 ACTIVITIES (pages 40-41) 1 1. evening 2. hole 3. boat 4. message 5. body

answers to cross-curricular focus

Harp Seals / Arctic Terns (page 55) 1  1. t 2. r 3. e __ t __ r __ e __ e __ s 1 2 3 4 5 d. winter e. moon 4. winter 5. moon 4. e 5. s Polar Bears (page 56) 3  1. F 4
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2  a. harp b. fur c. swim 2. fur 3. swim

 1. weigh 2. carnivores 3. freezing

4. black 5. enemy 6. hunt

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