Title: Balto, The Dog Who Saved Nome
1Balto The Dog Who Saved Nome
- By Margaret Davidson
- Illustrations by Doug Rugh
2Read AloudListening Comprehension
- In which poem are rhyming words a more important
element
Authors Craft - Who do you think is the speaker in the first
poem How do you know
Point of View - Who do you think is the speaker in the second
poem How do you know Point of View - How do you think these two poets feel about dogs
Explain your answer. Authors
Viewpoint
3Poetry The 3 RsRhyme Rhythm Repetition
- Rhyme Same end sound bang and rang
- Rhythm Jack and Jill went up a hill
- to fetch a pail of water.
- Jack fell down
- and broke his crown
- and Jill came tumbling after.
- Repetition Twinkle twinkle little star.
- Twinkle twinkle little star
4Build Background
How Dogs Work to Help People
- Why is it important that dogs do these jobs
- What are some of the skills dogs need to do these
jobs well - Why do you think people train dogs to pull sleds
in snowy places
5IditarodThe Alaskan Sled RaceLink
6 Iditarod Scavenger Hunt1. Get a worksheet2.
Go to picture link.3. Look up the answers and
write them down.4. Turn in completed work.
7Vocabulary
- telegraph Having to do with messages sent and
received through a machine by using electrical
codes. - drifts A large pile of something such as snow
that is formed by the wind. - trail A rough path through land where travel is
difficult. - temperature A measurement that tells in degrees
how warm or cold something such as the air is. - guided To show someone the way to go.
- splinters A very thin sharp bit that breaks
off a larger piece of wood ice metal glass or
other material.
8Interactive Vocabulary- Click on the Picture -
Choose an Activity
9Spelling
- shot chance match
- watch showed shock
- pushed such crash
- chew batch hitched
- sharp mush speech
- could community confusion
- countries didnt
10Grammar - Common and Proper Nouns
- A common noun names any person animal place or
thing. - A proper noun names a particular person animal
place or thing. Each important word of a proper
noun begins with a capital letter. - 1. The big dog is the leader.
- 2. Gunner holds the medicine.
- 3. A cold wind blows across alaska.
- 4. The man calls the dogs home to nome.
- 5. The dogs pull the _________ along the
_________ to Nome.
11Genre
- Narrative Nonfiction
- is a story that tells
- about real people or
- real events.
- It DID happen
12Set Purpose
- To inform about an interesting historical event.
- To inform about events that are in time order.
13Think and Respond
- How did Gunnar Kasson and Balto save the city of
Nome - How do the map and illustrations help you
understand what it was like on the trail from
Bluff to Nome - How did Balto show that he was a good leader
(Character Trait Prove It) - Who do you think was more of a hero Gunnar
Kasson or Balto - Which reading strategies did you use with this
story
14Sending a Message
- Look at the timeline on page 200-201.
- What kind of information can you find on a
timeline - In 1866 how did people send a message
- In 1925 what happened in Nome Alaska
- How did the people of Nome send messages
- In 1927 how did people send a message
15Making Connections
- Could Balto have saved Nome all by himself
- Look at the map on page 187. Why is the route
from Anchorage to Nenana marked differently from
the rest - Write down three things you would like to find
out about dogsledding.
16Interactive Sites- Click on Picture
17Balto Author Quiz
- When you feel brave enough click on the picture .
. . . . . .
18Word Relationships
- Synonyms Words that mean the same.
- The first team pushed north to a little town.
- The second team went on to another small town.
- Antonyms Words that mean the opposite.
- In some places the ice was smooth.
- In some places the ice was bumpy.
- Homophones Words that sound the same but look
different and have different meanings. - Nome was near the sea.
- Blowing snow made the trail hard to see.