REVIEW
TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR
SETTING
 1. Describe the setting of the novel:
deserted Alaskan island, heavy, dense
vegetation, rains often, cold, filled with wildlife
 2. What mood (feeling, emotion) is
established in this setting?
3.What is a dynamic character?
 Dynamic characters are those characters who
change throughout the novel.
 They are usually the protagonist.
 They usually show us a life message in the story.
 Who is a dynamic character in the novel?
 Explain why.
4.
Types of conflicts:
Examples from novel:
 Man vs _man____;
Resolution:
________ v__________
_______________
________ vs _________
_______________
_________ vs _________
_______________
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 Man vs _society_;
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 Man vs _nature_;
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 Man vs _himself;
_________ vs ___________
______________
 WHICH OF THESE CONFLICTS IS AN INTERNAL
CONFLICT?
5a.
Plot diagram
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
 What events are part of the exposition?
 What event very suspenseful, yet it is not the
climax of the novel?
 What event is the climax of the novel?
 What events are part of the falling action?
 What events are included in the resolution?
5c. REVIEW YOUR STUDY QUESTIONS
 REMEMBER THE ORDER OF EVENTS AND
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH EVENT.
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 CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
6. Flashback in the novel:
 What is a flashback? An interruption in the
action of a plot to tell what happened at an
earlier time
 Example of flashbacks?
 What is the impact of the flashbacks as you
read the novel?
7. Suspense in the novel:
 Suspense: uncertainty or anxiety the reader
feels about what will happen next
 Examples of suspense?
 What is the impact of suspense in the novel?
8. Figurative language:
we’ll come back to this…..
Simile-
Personification –
Metaphor-
9. Symbolism in the novel–
 A symbol is an object that has a literal
meaning and then also represents something
else in a deeper, abstract way.
 The eagle symbolizes America and reedom
 A rose symbolizes true love
 The skull and cross bones symbolizes poison
What is symbolic about these
objects in the novel?
 the at.’oow
 the baby sparrows
 the ancestor rock
 the long stick with the two ends
 the totem pole
 the final carving in the totem pole – the circle
10. Point of View:
 The vantage point from which a story is told.
 Through whose eyes and mind are we
understanding this story?
 Which point of view is used in this novel?
 third person p. of v.
 Third person p. of v. uses the pronouns, he or she:
ex: He shouted at the bear, “Go on, Get!”
COMPARE:
 First person point of view uses the pronoun “I”.
 I shouted at the bear, “Go on, Get!”
11. Explain examples of how these
themes (life messages) were shown
in the novel:
 the interdependence of man and nature
 dealing with anger
 facing consequences for our actions
 the circle of life (see below)
 forgiveness
12.One of the themes of the novel
is how all people and nature are
part of the circle of life.
Explain what this means.
Give
one example of an event in the
novel which illustrates this life
message.
13. Determining word meaning
using context clues.
 Review your strategies.
 Reread the words that are around the unfamiliar
word in the sentence.
 Reread sentences that are before & after the
unfamiliar word in the sentence.
 Reread paragraphs before and after the unfamiliar
word in the sentence.
14. GRAMMAR:
Capitalizing and punctuating title of a book or
movie:
 Touching Spirit Bear
 The Helper
 Breaking Dawn
15. Identifying common and proper nouns
Rule:
capitalize proper nouns
Which nouns are correctly capitalized?
1. Appalachian Mountains or Appalachian
2.
3.
4.
5.
mountain
Tlingit indians or Tlingit Indians
Cole’s Parents or Cole’s parents
Ben Mikaelsen’s bear named buffy or
Ben Mikaelsen’s bear named Buffy
Cole is banished to an Island or island