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By:Jarrod Carmody

What is the Genre of this text and how do you know?

Inferences from the Text

Describe the Character Traits of John

Vocab Continued

Non-fiction paragraph

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Sheep shearing is a process when the wollen fleece of a sheep is sheared off. Typically each adult sheep will be sheared once a year. The annual shearing occurs annually in a shearing shred, a facility designed to shear hundreds, and sometimes up to 3,000 sheep a day.

Venn Diagram: Woods Runner and Haymeadow

stationary to watch over sheep

'lives' in the woods

running to find his parents

John's mom is dead

has a mom

13-14 year old boy

has no one with him (his dad was only there for 3 weeks)

has someone with him part of the way

in wilderness

rides a horse to get to the Haymeadow

has no pets

has no where to live

have 'distant' parents

lives in a carriage

lives in the mountains

walks most of the way

same

has 4 dogs

Woods Runner

Haymeadow

Summary

John was put in charge of 6,000 sheep for the summer but it proves challenging so he makes a "connection" with the sheep and the dogs in order to help protect the sheep more affectionately.

Describe the Character Traits of John Continued

  • I believe that John is brave because in the middle of a pitch black night he wakes up to go fight a black bear around 300 lbs. with a horse and a rifle.
  • I lastly believe that John is shy because when his dad comes to visit him he "strangely had nothing to say" which makes him shy.
  • I also believe that John is intelligent because he can completely take apart his rifle and put it back together without any type of instructions. Also he harnessed two horses to a carriage with a rope that would hold (even though it ended up not holding.)

Plot Diagram

John's father comes to visit

My Vocabulary Words

His father leaves and John regrets that his father didn't stay longer.

Conflict

My first vocab word from page 96 is a noun and is liniments. It is a liquid preparation applied to the skin for breaks/sprains. my new sentance for the word is this : I used liniment on my brothers sprained ankle when he fell from a tree.

John's father turns around once john couldn't see him any more and comes back to the camp.

John finds out he has to take care of the sheep and gets the carriage ready.

The conflict is that John doesn't think he can take care of the sheep and John doesn't want to do take care of the sheep.

A flash flood, coyote attacks, and a bear attack hold him back from protecting the sheep.

John finds out Tink has cancer and can't take care of the sheep.

John's father says he can stay for three more weeks (until they all leave including the sheep)

Inferences From the Text Continued

On page 47 when John tips his ht to a lady in a tourist vehicle I inferred that John thought he girl was pretty.

On page 81 when John cuts open the lamb I inferred that he did because the lamb bled a lot and " seemed like a lot would never stop" based on what John stated.

Text to Self Connection

I believe that the genre of this text is realistic fiction because a 14 year old boy could actually take care of 6,000 sheep during the summer in real life. It is fiction because the characters are made up.

One thing have in common with John from Haymeadow is when I'm doing a race I feel like John when he fights off the coyotes and the bear, fighting my way through the rest of the racers, challenging my stamina.

Picture of elastic

Vocab Continued

My third and final word from page 140 is merely which is an adverb. It means only specified and nothing more simple; plain. My new sentance is this : Black is merely a color that is dark and shadowie.

My second word, also from page 96, is elastic which is an adjective. The definition of elastic is an object capable of returning to its original shape after being stretched. My new sentence from this word is this : My sweat pants for gym have elastic.

Book Report on Haymeadow By Gary Paulsen

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