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 * Chapters 6 & 7 **
 * 1. Who is Kimki, and what happened to him? **
 * 2. Who is Matasaip? **
 * 3. Create a storyboard to show what the villagers planned to do if the Aleuts came back to the island. **
 * 4. Nanko spotted a ship, but it was not the Aleuts. Who was in this ship, and why had they come to the island? **
 * 5. Why do you think Ulape drew a blue mark on her face? **
 * 6. Why did Karana jump off of the ship into the water? **
 * 7. What do you think will happen next? **
 * Chapter 8 **
 * 1. Why did Ramo not want the ship to come back for them? **
 * 2. Describe the "rites of manhood." **
 * 3. Why was Karana afraid when Ramo went alone to get the canoes? **
 * 4. Why did she decide not to go after him? **
 * 5. What happened to Ramo? **
 * 6. What did Karana vow to do? **
 * 7. Create an open mind to show how Karana felt when she found her brother in the circle. **

Scott O'Dell Information <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">On March 28, 1997, Dan Odell and the field team of the Dolphin Project recorded dolphin locations by writing <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">down the latitude and longitude of each sighting. All the dolphin sightings were in the Indian River Lagoon and the Mosquito Lagoon. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: navy; font-family: 'arial unicode ms','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Each set of numbers below is the latitude and longitude of a dolphin sighting. Use each of these sets of numbers and mark the map with dots to plot the dolphin sightings. Not every latitude and longitude line is labeled, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">so you will have to count the grid lines to figure out where the locations are:
 * **<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Map Dolphin Sightings ** ||   ||


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Time ** ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sighting **  ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Latitude **  ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Longitude **  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">9:20 a.m.  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Two dolphins observed near boat   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">28°38' N   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">80°48' W   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">10:10 a.m.  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Four or five dolphins were seen feeding   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">28°42' N   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">80°48' W   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">10:43 a.m.  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Saw three to four dolphins behind boat   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">28°44' N   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">80°46' W   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">11:08 a.m.  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Near boat ramp, one dolphin sighted   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">28°44' N   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">80°45' W   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">1:54 p.m.  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Two dolphins sighted   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">28°43' N   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">80°47' W   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">2:22 p.m.  ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Single dolphin was seen near a channel marker   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">28°40' N   ||  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">80°48' W   ||
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