Questions: Why doesn't Jess ask his dad for art supplies if that's what he truly wants?
What's one of the best gifts you've every received? Why? Who gave it to you?
Vocabulary:obsessed, surplus, foundling, grieve, scrawling, stronghold, prescribed, grove,
squabbling, splurged, slithering, prancing
Enrichment: Describe the scene at Jess' house on Christmas Day and compare it with the "gift
exchange" at Terabithia.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Chapter 5
Questions: Do you think Jess and Leslie should have written the note to Janice Avery? Why
Do you think Leslie and Jess were wise to reveal the truth to May Bell about who wrote the
letter to Janice Avery? Why?
Vocabulary: revenge, vigorously, regicide, pacing, parapets, cuss, plunged, crimson
Enrichment: Pretend that you are writing a letter to the author, Katherine Paterson. What are some of the questions you might like to ask her? What are some of the things you would like to tell her about the book?
Do you think Leslie and Jess were wise to reveal the truth to May Bell about who wrote the
letter to Janice Avery? Why?
Vocabulary: revenge, vigorously, regicide, pacing, parapets, cuss, plunged, crimson
Enrichment: Pretend that you are writing a letter to the author, Katherine Paterson. What are some of the questions you might like to ask her? What are some of the things you would like to tell her about the book?
Chapter 4
Questions: How are Jess and Miss Edmunds alike?
Make a connection to this chapter.
Vocabulary: heats, consolation, melodic, consolidated, rumpus, liable, faltered, contempt, ominously, scowl, dittoed, abruptly, intoxicated, enchanted, regally, siege, foes, principle, tyrant, dictator, extinct, punctured, strive, sacred
Enrichment: According to Leslie, her parents have moved to the area because they are "reassessing their value structure". What things in life do you value? Explain why some of your values may change as you get older. Can you think of any values you have now that may never change?
Make a connection to this chapter.
Vocabulary: heats, consolation, melodic, consolidated, rumpus, liable, faltered, contempt, ominously, scowl, dittoed, abruptly, intoxicated, enchanted, regally, siege, foes, principle, tyrant, dictator, extinct, punctured, strive, sacred
Enrichment: According to Leslie, her parents have moved to the area because they are "reassessing their value structure". What things in life do you value? Explain why some of your values may change as you get older. Can you think of any values you have now that may never change?
Chapter 3
Questions: Why do you think Mrs. Myers is unhappy with her new class?
How is the way Leslie is dressed on the first day of school different from the other students?
Vocabulary: radiator, cutoffs, corduroys, retreated, inheriting, roused, smirked, hoarsely, repulsive, quivered, drought, conspicuous, eliminations, sarcasm, deliberately, conceited, grudgingly
Enrichment: The students were quite concerned with fashion on the first day of school. Many advocates of school uniforms argue that this problem is eliminated when students wear school uniforms. Do you agree? Defend your position by writing a speech in your readind notebook. You will have a debate with another student who has an opposing view.
How is the way Leslie is dressed on the first day of school different from the other students?
Vocabulary: radiator, cutoffs, corduroys, retreated, inheriting, roused, smirked, hoarsely, repulsive, quivered, drought, conspicuous, eliminations, sarcasm, deliberately, conceited, grudgingly
Enrichment: The students were quite concerned with fashion on the first day of school. Many advocates of school uniforms argue that this problem is eliminated when students wear school uniforms. Do you agree? Defend your position by writing a speech in your readind notebook. You will have a debate with another student who has an opposing view.
Chapter 2
Questions: Explain why you think Jess felt lonely in the house? (Use specific detail)
Why do you think Jess' mom yells at him a lot?
Vocabulary: scalding, nauseatingly, pudgy, shuddered, muddled, seep, genuine, hippie, endure, pandemonium, allotted, snare, hypocritical, suede, proverbial, huffily
Enrichment: Draw a comic strip showing the conversation between Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke.
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