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Old Yeller

Old Yeller. By Cheryl Hamilton Grade 6. Summary.

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Old Yeller

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  1. Old Yeller • By • Cheryl Hamilton • Grade 6

  2. Summary • Fourteen-year-old Travis, his mother, his five-year-old brother Arliss, and a stray yellow dog called Old Yeller are alone at the homestead while his father is away. When Arliss enrages a mother bear by grabbing her cub, Old Yeller must save the boy from the bear’s attack.

  3. Skill • Setting • The setting is the time and place in which a story occurs. Sometimes the author tells you the setting, but sometimes you have to figure it out from the clues in the story.

  4. Words to Know • lunging • nub • romping • rowdy • slung • speckled

  5. lunging moving forward suddenly

  6. nub • a lump or a small piece

  7. romping playing in a rough, boisterous way

  8. rowdy • rough; disorderly; quarrelsome

  9. slung Thrown, cast, or hurled

  10. speckled • marked with many small spots

  11. Enjoy the story!

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