May 14, 2008
If you haven't turned in your Vietnam Interviews, please turn them in today. If you have two interviews instead of three, that receives 25 or 26 (a B) out of the 30 points.
Periods A2, A3, and A4 are watching the video of our special guest speaker -- Mr. Tom Napierski, who talked with us about his experiences as an amputee. (Grandpa Leo in Stand Tall is an amputee.)
Students took a quiz about the characters in Stand Tall.
If you haven't done your Book Talk, you must do it on Friday, or plan to come after school next week.
READING BINGO IS DUE THIS FRIDAY!
The last day to hand in any late or revised work is May 23.
Chapters 19 - 24
Text: The novel Stand Tall by Joan Bauer -- This genre of this novel is realistic fiction.
Reading strategies: QAR’s, opinion, recognizing setting, summarizing, using context clues to find word meaning, visualizing
Read these questions and notes, and then read Chapter 19
56. “They’re going to explode someday from all the garbage inside them.” Who is speaking, about whom is the speaker speaking, and under what circumstances does the speaker say this? ___________________________
57. When Sophie gets in trouble, what does the teacher tell the administrative assistant she did?
________________________
Which type of question-answer relationship is this? ______________________________________
Note: When Sophie says, “I never think about principals when I’m mad,” this is true, but it is also a pun. “Principals” in this sentence could also refer to “principles,” since when people get mad they tend to forget about principles, too.
58. Do you think the principal handled the situation correctly? Why or why not? ______________
Which type of question-answer relationship is this? ______________________________________
Read these questions and notes, and then read Chapter 20
59. Coach Glummer’s cousin Sheila says, “The tango is about ___________________ and ___________________ power. It was born during a time of great _________________________
hardship. People danced it to express the ______________________ in their hearts.”
60. In this chapter, who tells Tree to “Stand Tall”? _____________________________________
Read these questions and notes, and then read Chapter 21
61. What is the weather like as the chapter begins and continues? __________________________
62. Who/What is Lassie? ___________________________________________________________
63. By the end of the chapter, who is at Tree’s dad’s house? (include people and animals)
1) ___________________________ 6) ___________________________
2) ___________________________ 7) ___________________________
3) ___________________________ 8) ___________________________
4) ___________________________ 9) ___________________________
5) ___________________________
Note: Grandpa’s name is Leo, which means “lion.” The lion is often used to represent courage and strength.
Read these questions and notes, and then read Chapter 22
64. Setting: Where is Tree as the chapter begins? _____________________________________
65. Summarize this chapter in one to three sentences. __________________________________
Note: The statement at the end of this chapter, “. . . he decided to focus on whatever time was left,” fits with the theme of “When you lose something, instead of focusing on what you’ve lost, focus on what you still have.”
Read these questions and notes, and then read Chapter 23
66. From the context (words and meanings around the phrase), what is the best definition you can give for “irritable bowel syndrome”? _________________________________________________
67. How has Tree changed in how he reacts to Coach Glummer? ___________________________
68. How do the other boys on the team react to Tree’s change? ____________________________
Theme Note: Notice that Grandpa had told Tree, “Hard things take time.”
69. What is the emergency that comes up when Grandpa’s in the shower, and what caused it?
___________________
Read these questions and notes, and then read Chapter 24
70. When Tree slings Grandpa across his shoulder, what does Grandpa say? ________
Note on visualizing: As I read this part, I visualize it happening to Tree and his grandpa and father, but I can also visualize photographs and movies I’ve seen of soldiers helping each other: an injured soldier with a man on either side, helping him to hobble along; a soldier slinging an injured comrade over his own shoulder to carry him away from the battle.
71. Tree goes back into the house to bring out what? ____________________________________
72. At the middle school, what does Tree ask Mr. Cosgrove? _____________________________
73. Parts of Speech: For each numbered word, write the part of speech each it acts as in the sentences. (Reminder: The parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection.)
pronoun 1 2 verb adj. preposition 3 4
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
1. no one ____pronoun__________ 3. your ________________________
2. you ______________________ 4. consent ______________________
