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slade is found dead because he drank the wood alcohol

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-That's the ticket
-The store carried quite a bit of stuff
-Mr. Baumer hadn't been half mule half beaver

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Historical fiction is a genre that is set in the past

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Q: Who found Mr. Baumers body?

A: Colly coleman

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One bitterly cold day Slade dies in transit, apparently having frozen to death. Al, unloading a barrel, wonders whether there are enough customers for it.

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What questions did the writer plant in your mind to make you keep reading the story? Were they all answered by the story’s end?

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What questions did the writer plant in your mind to make you keep reading the story? Were they all answered by the story’s end?

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The writer plants questions like "whats gonna happen between Slade and Baumer?" "What causes Slade to be the way he is". Not all of the questions are answered by the end but from the characters actions it shows what type of people they are and how they feel about each other. Not many of the characters develope throughout the story but it shows many actions.

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Q: Who is Mr. Baumer?

A: The owner of the Moon Dance Mercantile Company

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About one month later, Mr Baumer and Slade have a second argument. Explain how Mr. Baumer acts differently this time.

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About one month later, Mr Baumer and Slade have a second argument. Explain how Mr. Baumer acts differently this time.

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Mr. Baumer hits Slade first instead of Slade hitting Baumer first.

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that the illiterate freighter, resents him, an immigrant who learned to read at sixteen and built a successful business; Baumer, in turn, resents Slade for stealing whiskey from ihm. A month later, Slade breaks Baumer’s hand.

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- Do the right thing
- Knowledge is power
- Treat others how you want to be treated
- All of these themes are taught by the story.
Knowledge is power refers to Slade having the inability to read and jumping to potentially dangerous situations without info beforehand.

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Q: Mr. Baumer tells Al that it's not just about the bill anymore. He says, "You see, it is the thing." What does he mean?

A: I think Mr. Baumer means that Slade is the problem, nothing else can be blamed for the way Slade acts. He is just hateful.

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Q: Why does Al work for Mr. Baumer?

A: Al works for Mr. Baumer because his dad pasted away.

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Q. Determine what point of view this story has.
a. third person, omniscient
b. second person
c. first person
d. third person, limited

A. First person

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How is the conflict resolved in this story?

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How is the conflict resolved in this story?

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The story is resolved by Baumer agreeing to let Slade work for him so that they can try and solve things between each other but something fishy seems to happen

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''Better study Al, is good to know how to read'' was fore shadowing the fact that if Slade knew how to read he would've never died from the wood poison.

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Q. The first sentence tells the reader about the _______
a. conflict
b. setting
c. characters
d. the railroad

A. Setting

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4. at the end of the story, Slade agrees to work for Baumer and Slade tried to steal from the delivery he was trying to make and found out that it was wood alcohol and it caused his death

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4. at the end of the story, Slade agrees to work for Baumer and Slade tried to steal from the delivery he was trying to make and found out that it was wood alcohol and it caused his death

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Q: What happens in the second altercation?

A: As Mr. Baumer was counting the bills, Slade slaps him on the back, knocking all of the bills out of his hands. Baumer finally got the courage and slapped Slade right across the face, Slade then returning the punch. The fight gets broken up. Mr. Baumer ends up with a broken hand.

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When Mr. Baumer, owner of a general store, tries to collect a debt from Slade, his former employee and chronic bully cruelly twists Baumer’s nose and tosses the bill into the street.

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The story opens up with a heated argument between Mr. Baumer and Slade. What causes the trouble? How does the incident end?

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The story opens up with a heated argument between Mr. Baumer and Slade. What causes the trouble? How does the incident end?

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What causes the trouble is Mr. Baumer handing in bills. The incident ends with Slade twisting up Baumers nose.

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- Be sure to include all characters in the story.  Include their traits (main characters only) and explain their role in the story.  Identify each as  dynamic/static , round/flat.  They can be two of these.

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identifying facts and Interpreting meanings (table 5)

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identifying facts and Interpreting meanings (table 5)

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What did Mr. Baumer say when Moore told him that Slade was dead and had frozen to death?

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What did Mr. Baumer say when Moore told him that Slade was dead and had frozen to death?

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“My new man?” Mr. Baumer said.

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Slade  - freighter, steals whiskey, cannot read, a bully, lean, raw shape, muscled, dark skin, flat cheeks, peevish eyes with a mustache

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Mr. Baumer  – Dutch immigrant, small, stooped man, gentle face, believes in giving people a second chance, owns the Moon Dance Mercantile, learned how to read and write at 16

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Q.Who witnessed the second altercation? Name who all saw it.

A.During the second altercation, Al was there, and two men from the bank known as Angus McDonald and Dr.King.

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Al – young boy, father died, worked part-time at the general store, goes to school

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It is in first person point of view because it uses a character as the narrator using words such as "I". "we", "me", etc.

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Q: At the beginning of the story, what are Mr. Baumer and Al doing when they see Slade?

A: After they closed the store, Mr. Baumer and Al were heading to the post office to mail some bills.

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What's the last thing Baumer says to Al at the end of the story?

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What's the last thing Baumer says to Al at the end of the story?

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then ye go home, Al. Is good to know to read.”

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Moon Dance, rough, frontier town, muddy streets, a saloon, general store

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The turning point in the story is when Al realizes that Baumer set up Slade with the poisonous wood alcohol (that is in a barrel identical to whiskey) knowing that Slade could not read.

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Bargain by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.