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Travelogue by WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON

Please take notes.Please take notes.

ObjectivesObjectives

1. Appreciate a travelogue (Literary Analysis) (R3.0)

2. Examine author’s purpose (Literary Analysis) (R2.5)

3. Organize details (Active Reading) (R2.0)

Words to KnowWords to Know

1. Precipitatelya) Adverbb) Steeply

2. Contempta) Nounb) Scorn; disdain

3. Begrudgea) Verbb) To resent another

person’s possession of something

4. Genetica) Adjectiveb) Relating to genes;c) The units that

determine and transmit hereditary characteristics

5. Varianta) Nounb) Something that differs

slightly from other of its kind

6. Emergencea) Nounb) The process of coming

forth or coming into existence

7. Evolvea) Verbb) To develop gradually

8. Materialisma) Nounb) A preoccupation with

worldly rather than spiritual concerns

9. ethicala) Adjectiveb) Dealing with priciples of

right and wrong;c) Moral

10. theologya) Nounb) a system of religious

beliefs

SUMMARYSUMMARY

During the author’s travels around the country, he spends the night on a mountain in Utah. The next morning, at a university cafeteria, he meets a Hopi named Kendrick Fritz, who is studying chemistry and wants to be a doctor. They discuss issues concerning Native Americans. Among other topics, Fritz talks about Hopi culture,

explaining that it emphasizes harmony. He invites the author to his dorm room and offers him piki, a traditional Hopi corn bread. He explains that the Hopi believe that life is a series of jouneys and that humanity has evolved through four worlds. When the author asks if it is

difficult for a Hopi to enter the technologically complex field of medicine, Fritz replies that the Hopi believe the spirit can go anywhere – that in fact the spirit is compelled to travel, change, and emerge anew.

Thematic LinkThematic Link

William Least Heat-Moon undertook his journey on the “blue highways” in order to encounterencounter rural America. In his discussion with Kendrick Fritz, he exploresexplores the Hopi Way, discovering how a Native American combines modern and traditional ways of life.

GRAMMARGRAMMAR

COMPLEX SENTENCESCOMPLEX SENTENCES

• A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.

• A subordinate clause states an idea that is less important than the main idea of a sentence.– It often begins with a subordinating conjunction

such as • after, although, because, if, since, when, whenever,

where, or while, or that.

ModelsModelsUnderline the Underline the subordinate subordinate

clause.clause.

1. Across the table sat Kendrick Fritz, who was studying chemistry.

2. He looked like a Hopi rather than a Navajo because he was small.

3. Although Heat-Moon could not get an interview in Tuba City, he could get an interview in Cedar City.

1. Across the table sat Kendrick Fritz, who was studying chemistry.

2. He looked like a Hopi rather than a Navajo because he was small.

3. Although Heat-Moon could not get an interview in Tuba City, he could get an interview in Cedar City.

Vocabulary Vocabulary StrategyStrategy

PREFIXESPREFIXESSUFFIXESSUFFIXES

ROOT WORDSROOT WORDS

Word Prefix or Suffix

Meaning of Prefix or

Suffix

Root Meaning of Root

Meaning of Root with Prefix or

Suffix

contempt con- very much -temp-,-temn-

To despise To despise intently

emergence e- out of -merse to plunge plunge out of, rise out

of

theolgoy -ology study of theo- of God the study of religion

HistoryHistoryCross Curricular Link

THE INDIAN THE INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ACT CITIZENSHIP ACT

OF 1924OF 1924

By as early as 1917, two-thirds of all Native Americans in the United States has acquired citizenship by fulfilling certain legal requirements. The Indian Citizenship Act, passed in 1924, guaranteed United States citizenship to all Native Americans born within the

boundaries of the United States. The New York Times observed the irony of this act in much the same way as Kendrick Fritz: “If there are cynics among the Indians, they may receive the news of their new citizenship with wry smiles. The white race, having robbed them of a

Continent, and having sought to deprive them of freedom of action, freedom of social custom, and freedom of worship, now at last gives them the same legal basis as their conquerors.”