Pages 5-63
5th grade (below grade level-2nd grade)
Section 3
Discussion Director
Your job today is to write down 5 questions that you and your group can discuss.
1. Who is the villain in this book? Why? Give examples from the book that support your answer.
Answer: Merchant Thomas is the villain because he is a very mean
man. Merchant Thomas sold the sugar to another lady
because she was willing to pay more and he also hide some barrels of coffee
so that he could raise the prices when
everyone else was out of coffee.
Cause/Effect
2. What did mother have to do since she did not get the sugar?
Answer: Mother had to let Emma eat the berries because she did not have any sugar to make the jam.
EOG
3. The women took all of these to the coffee party except
A. Plates
B. Pots
C. Pans
D. Cups
Answer: A
Passage Picker
Your job is to pick four passages from this section that you and your group can discuss. Choose passages that satisfy these reasons:
B. "He has . . . his warehouse"
C. This passage is important to
the story because it tells why Merchant Thomas has supplies when no one
else does and
that he is a greedy man.
D. Question: Why did Merchant Thomas want to lock up the coffee in his warehouse?
Answer: Merchant Thomas wanted to get more money for the supplies when everyone else was out of them.
E. Author's Purpose: To Inform
2.) A. p 51 lines 1-3
B. "She pushed . . .the cart."
C. The passage is historical because
some woman really did push a greedy merchant into a cart to get the keys
to unlock
his warehouse.
D. Question: Why did Mrs. Homans and Aunt Harriet push the cart with Merchant Thomas in it?
Answer: They wanted to make Merchant Thomas give them the key to his warehouse.
E. Author's Purpose: To Describe
Character Sketcher
Your job today is to find an interesting character
that you can discuss with your group. You will need to find three
words that describe your character. For each word, character trait,
you will give the proof/example (page number and paragraph).
Next you will tell one of your character's goals,
or what the character wants to do in this section. Then you will
look for one of the character's problems in the section and the
solution
or possible solution to the problem.
Finally you will make a character map and illustrate
your character.
Character Traits:
Sarah
1. mature-(p1 lines 3-4) she acts like an adult by taking care of her younger sister and telling her what to do
2. wise-(p 36 lines 6 to the end of the page) she gives the grown-ups an idea about how to get Merchant Thomas
3. opinionated-(p 20 last two lines) she tells Merchant Thomas what she thinks of him
Goal:
To get sugar so that her mother can make jam.
Problem:
Merchant Thomas is hiding supplies so that he can sell them at a higher price to Sarah's family and others.
Solution:
Sarah suggest that they have a coffee party to teach Merchant Thomas a lesson.
Word Wizard
Your job today is to pick four words in this section that are special words. You will need to write down the word and where you found it in the story (page and lines). You will also need to write down a definition of each word, the sentence using your word, and make up your own sentence using the word. Some words to choose are:
B. "Seven shillings a pound," said Merchant Thomas.
C. shillings-type of money, like coins
D. noun
E. The new toy that I wanted to buy cost ten shillings.
2. A. merchant-(p 7 lines 1-3)
B. "Let's go to Merchant Smith's shop," said Emma.
C. merchant-a person who sells goods
D. noun
E. Merchant John has the best prices in town.
Artful Artist
Your job is to think about the different events in the story, such as when Merchant Thomas would not sell Sarah the sugar. Develop a creative way to respond to each of the events that happened in the story.
An example of what you can do to respond to the events is to
make up a skit that you can perform to go along with an event in
the story.