{"id":777,"date":"2026-07-11T15:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/?page_id=777"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:52:28","slug":"dirk-the-protector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/english\/short-stories\/dirk-the-protector\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-3x75t-fb70f421e339350592c70eb0e6fcfb94 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-wwux5-e4805bcb6c9ae2c61ec0879098633710 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Memoirs &#8211; What are our stories?<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\">\u201cAll that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all we leave behind. We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we&#8217;re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we recognize our kinship \u2013 we change the world, one story at a time\u2026&#8221; (Richard Wagamese)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mqqvtc7j-0edee5f9144fd8b4de7a3801e3a53975\">\n#top .flex_column.av-mqqvtc7j-0edee5f9144fd8b4de7a3801e3a53975{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-mqqvtc7j-0edee5f9144fd8b4de7a3801e3a53975{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-mqqvtc7j-0edee5f9144fd8b4de7a3801e3a53975 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-pgma9-b5218fe0ffb12350703e6e8f9f431e8c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-pgma9-b5218fe0ffb12350703e6e8f9f431e8c img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-pgma9-b5218fe0ffb12350703e6e8f9f431e8c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-pgma9-b5218fe0ffb12350703e6e8f9f431e8c av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-800 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-800 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-300x200.png\" alt='' title='980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-1030x687.png 1030w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-391x260.png 391w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a-705x470.png 705w, https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/980a22a7-e3dc-4c3b-931c-ba9505eb892a.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-li8ih-1b78997d667c2d5cfceae5502eb690eb\">\n#top .flex_column.av-li8ih-1b78997d667c2d5cfceae5502eb690eb{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-li8ih-1b78997d667c2d5cfceae5502eb690eb{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-li8ih-1b78997d667c2d5cfceae5502eb690eb av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cu0jl-473fdd1807057b3cbde0c299011092ea\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-cu0jl-473fdd1807057b3cbde0c299011092ea .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-cu0jl-473fdd1807057b3cbde0c299011092ea '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>&#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221; by Gary Paulsen<\/p>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gary Paulsen\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GuiDTvlW-6Q?start=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Writing Journal Entry:<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\"><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\">What do you need to survive?<br \/>\nWhat if you woke up tomorrow and all the adults had vanished? How would you survive?<br \/>\nBrainstorm a list of items you would need to survive\u00a0out in the world on your own; without adults.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\"><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\">Read &#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221; &#8211; Memoir by Gary Paulsen<br \/>\n\u200bReading Journal Entry<br \/>\nClarify: What are two challenges that\u00a0Paulsen faces?<br \/>\nWhat connections can you make to the story?\u00a0 (Text-to-Text, Text to-Self, Text-to-World).<br \/>\nWriting Journal Entry:<br \/>\nList characteristics of memoir that are present in the story.<br \/>\nAnalyze point-of-view:<br \/>\nCreate a two-column chart.<br \/>\nOn one side of your chart, list information you know about Paulsen because he states it directly.<br \/>\nOn one side of your chart, list the questions you have about Paulsen after reading the memoir.\u00a0\u200b \u00a0\u200b<\/span><\/span>&#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221; &#8211; Elements of Short Story &#8211; Plot<br \/>\n.<br \/>\nReread the story\u00a0&#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221; using &#8216;close reading&#8217; strategies<br \/>\n\u200bMark up the page &#8211;\u00a0highlight or underline key events, moments or interactions\u00a0that happen in the story.\u200b<br \/>\nPlot Diagram for\u00a0&#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221;<br \/>\n\u200bElements of Plot\u00a0Slideshow\u00a0and plot graphic organizer.\u00a0\u200b<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/guest6bbfe8d\/elements-of-plot\"><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\"><span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-3 ms-rteFontSize-3\">Elements of Plot Slideshow<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/a><br class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\" \/><br class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\" \/><br class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\" \/><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-3\">Fill out the plot diagram with information from &#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jX7ni9YmeW0\">Pre-Reading Vocabulary: &#8220;Dirk the Protector&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mklR5VjimOs\">Dirk the Protector read by Ms. A<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NpWHZJZQDSE\">Plot Mountain! | The Plot Diagram Song | Scratch Garden<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/plot-chart.pdf\">plot-chart<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/elements_of_story_-_plot.pdf\">elements_of_story_-_plot<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-btvm9-82075b40c466f67a19905e4ec19e5906 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":435,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bg_child_page_menu_hide":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-777","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/777\/revisions\/1167"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hub71.ca\/erudolph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}