A Lion to Guard Us

Section 2, CHAPTERS 6-11, pages 30-58

Discussion Director


1. Use two words to describe a character in section 2 and explain why you chose those two word and tell who the character is.
    A: friendly and adventurous.
    The character is Mr. Crider.  He is friendly because he lets Amanda, Jemmy and Meg stay with him after they have ran away from Mistress Trippett.  The reader finds out that Mr. Crider is adventurous when he says that the voyage to Virginia will be too short. He loves the sea and is fascinated by it.  I think Mr. Crider is a very important character because if it was not for him the children would not be on their way to Virginia to join their dad.
 

Passage Picker

1. Pick out the passage that you would like to share.
2. p46. last paragraph on the page
3. "He put.....guard you..."
4. This passage is IMPORTANT because it mentions the title and I think it is foreshadowing of what might be important about the little brass door knocker.
5. Q: Who did Amanda think of when she saw the lion brass door knocker?
    A: her father because he had said something about a lion to guard you.
6. Author's Purpose: TO INFORM
 

Word Wizard

Here are 4 words from Section 2:

packet- p50, para 6
admiral- p51, para 3
voyage- p56, para 1
pier- p36, para 11

1. pier (p36, para 11)
2. "They came to an old wooden pier."
3. Look up the word in the dictionary.
4. pier- a wooden platform that you can walk on.
5. noun
6. When I go to the beach I walk on to the pier and watch the people fish off the pier.
7. ?

Character Sketcher

Anne

Character Traits:

1. p60, 3rd paragraph from the bottom
         boastful- because she was bragging that she had ridden a horse and Amanda hadn't.  She also brags about the animal farm her parents are going to have in Virginia.
2. p60, para 1-2
        selfish- because she doesn't let Jemmy throw or catch the ball for fear that he might let it go into the sea.
3. p62, para 9
        judgemental- because she judges Dr. Crider for liking to get wet from the spray of the waves.
 

Artful Artist
Section 2,  pages 30-58