Chapters 8 - 11

Instructions

1.  Your job is to write a question for each of these question types and answer the question.
2.  Be sure to include page and paragraph for proof.

• 2 MCEOG
• Fact/Opinion
• Cause/Efffect
• Mood

MCEOG
Which of the following is the reason the coyote came to the water pail?
A) the river was dry
B) the animals wanted to play with the coyote
C) to drink water
D) to play with Lottie and Nick

Answer:  C) to drink water

Chapters 8 - 11

Instructions

1.  Pick four passages from the section you read today.
2.  After picking the passage, do the Passage Picker job for each passage.
3.  You need one passage for each of the following reasons.

• simile
• descriptive
• step by step
• emotional

Simile
1. p. 52, para. 6
2. “A glass…..a whale.”
3. I chose this passage because it is a simile comparing Caleb spitting water the a whale shooting water into the air.
4. Where on the farm do you think Caleb could spit water like a whale and why?  I think Caleb spits water like a whale when he is at the pond floating on his back.
5. The author’s purpose is to inform the reader.
 

Chapters 8 - 11

Instructions

1.  Find each of the following words in the passage we read for class today.
2.  Do the Word Wizard job for each word.

• phonograph; p. 47, last line
• trembling; p. 53, 4th from the last
• veterinarian; p. 62, para. 1
• pearls; p. 62, para. 1

Instructions

Your job is to make a Character Map of Sarah based on the information in this section.  You need to find:

• 3 character traits, example and proof including page and paragraph
•  one of the Sarah's goals for this section
• one of Sarah's problems in the section
• the solution to Sarah's problem or a predicted solution if the solution hasn't been decided

Chapters 8 - 11

Instructions

Explore possible routes that the family could have taken from Kansas to Maine.  Draw a map of a train route from Kansas to Maine.  List and explain 3 reasons they may have taken this route.