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Evaluate the character’s decisions: |
What is the action the character takes?
(Text based) | What were the consequences?
(Text based and/or inferred information) | Why did the character
act in this way? (Text based and/or inferred information) | What flaws were there in the character’s thinking?
Explain your answer. | What logical reasons support the choices made?
Explain your answer. | Do you agree or disagree with the characters reasoning?
Support your answer. | Does the character’s treatment of the other characters seem fair?
Why or why not? |
| Crew:
1. loads supplies and sails away |
Prepared for trip |
Part of their job description | Sailors continued to watch the stone which led them to stop doing their jobs including not preparing for the storm | Choosing to do their jobs well lead to a smooth sailing and they avoided boredom.
Captain chose crew wisely | Opinion:
I agree/disagree… I agree with the crew’s reasoning. Evidence: The crew wanted a successful voyage and they actively avoided boredom while on the voyage. Opinion: I agree/disagree… I disagree with the captain’s and the crew’s decision to bring an unknown object on board. Evidence: Even though there were signs that things were not quite right on this island: there were no fruit or animals present, it smelled, the water was bitter and the island could not be found on the map. [Note: Illustrates foreshadowing] Opinion: I agree/disagree… I disagree with the crew’s reasoning when they continued to watch the stone. Evidence: The stone overtook their lives. They became ape-like and mutinous. Opinion: I agree/disagree… I disagree with the Captain’s reasoning. Evidence: He was not strong enough to keep the crew away from the stone and doing their duties. This led to mutiny and the destruction of the ship. | Judgment:
Yes, it’s fair/ No, it’s not fair… The crew’s treatment of the captain was not fair. Evidence: They did not respect his position and disobeyed his orders to prepare for the storm. Judgment: Yes, it’s fair/ No, it’s not fair… The captain treated the crew members fairly. Evidence: He is tolerant and gentle with them. He tried to solve their problem and eventually saved them. He helped them to get passage home at the end. |
| 2.
reads stories and sings songs
| Passed the time happily
| Entertainment on a long voyage
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| 3.
explores island
| Found stone
| Curious, interested
| Crew chose to bring an unknown item onto the ship when they did not know if it was safe | |||
| 4.
takes stone on board
| Crew became monkey-like
| Probably due to the rock’s influence on them
| Choosing to stay by the stone gave them special abilities such as swinging easily from the ropes | |||
| 5.
mutinies against captain
| Hid from captain in hold | Felt threatened by captain | Even though there was a life-threatening storm happening, they stayed in the hold with the stone rather than trying to save the ship and their lives | |||
| Captain:
6. worried about the change in the crew’s behavior and appearance |
tries to get crew back by reading to them which helped to make crew come back to their “humanness” | Captain realized he had to save crew from the rock | Captain allowed the crew to continue to watch the stone and this led to mutiny |
He read to the crew to try to bring them back to themselves. | ||
| 7. covers rock when it glows again | Prevented rock from mesmerizing crew | He hoped to save the crew and he guessed that it was the stone that caused the strange behavior | He covered the stone up to see if that helped.
He made the connection between the crew’s appearance and their monkeyness. | |||
| 8. sets fire to ship and then sinks sink | Crew is safe;
Stone could still be found by someone else | Captain did not want any other crew to be affected by the wretched stone;
Ship was already destroyed, so sinking it made sense | Captain did not warn others about the dangers of the stone | He sank the stone with the burning ship |