Maroo Plot Diagram by Jacob Whittaker https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5 en-us 2023-01-09 16:23:44 UTC 2025-11-23 04:49:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Exposition jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2438107740 The story begins during the last ice age. Maroo wakes hungry and anticipates the arrival of the hunters. When the hunters come back with little food , the family decides to migrate to the sea. The family must overcome the harsh environment and may miss the winter caves. 

]]> 2023-01-09 16:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2438107740 Author jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439573237 Ann Turnbull]]> 2023-01-10 16:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439573237 setting jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439573722 It is the end of the ice age and maroo is in the winter cave.

]]> 2023-01-10 16:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439573722 charters jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439574279 Maroo: faces most of the challenges throughout the story. 
Otak: The little brother of maroo and helps her on the white mountain 
Old mother: The grandmother of the group and the wisest
Rivo: The dog of the story and helps otak find safety at the end of the story

]]> 2023-01-10 16:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439574279 rising action jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439575399 1. Areg dies while chasing an ibex.
2. The family makes a snow house.
3. Old mother sends Maroo, Otak, and Rivo to get help.
4. Maroo falls off the glacier when she doesn't put her staff in front of her
5. Otak gets lost while trying to find food


]]> 2023-01-10 16:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439575399 climax jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439577258 Maroo goes to get help from the autumn camp without otak. On her way down the mountain, she encounters a  mountain lion, who she fights off with fire. 
The lion runs away, allowing Maroo to safely get down the rest of the mountain.


]]> 2023-01-10 16:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439577258 falling action jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439577888 1.Maroo makes it down the mountain

2.  Maroo reaches the autumn camp and gets help for the family, and saves the family

3. Otak makes it to the autumn camp with rivo

]]> 2023-01-10 16:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439577888 resolution jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439579574 When Maroo makes it down the mountain, she is greeted with a feast. After the feast, she is pulled on a sled to the snow house and saves the family. Otak returns with rivo, and then they leave for the winter caves with rivo.

]]> 2023-01-10 16:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439579574 theme jacobw33536 https://padlet.com/jacobw33536/ldw1y5c3o14fxca5/wish/2439580198 The story's theme is that even though life gets hard, there's always a solution.
I connected with this because my dad left to get a college degree, which made me need to do a lot more, which was hard, but I got it done.


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