Sunday, December 9, 2007

Chapter 13 - Summary

Write a 6 point summary over chapter 13.

Sentence 1: big idea
Sentence 2: beginning event
Sentence 3: middle event
Sentence 4: ending event
Sentence 5: your thoughts and why
Sentnece 6: prediction

Chapter 13 - Questions

Write the answers to the following questions on the back of your copied chapter.

1. What is the setting in this chapter?
2. What has changed in Cole?
3. What does Rosie help Cole realize on p.107?
4. What did Cole do with the bear hair? Explain why you think he did this.
5. What did Cole learn about anger from Garvey and Edwin on page 111.

Chapter 13 - Skill

Please complete the following skills on your copy of the chapter.

Setting
In this chapter highlight two things that show the setting.

Resolution
Circle evidence of how the problem is resolved.

Characterization
Underline the text that shows a difference in Cole.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Chapter 12 - Summary

Write summary over the chapter.
Write it in paragraph form with proper spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.

Sent. 1 - big idea of the chapter
sent. 2 - detail from beginning
sent. 3 - detail from middle
sent. 4 - detail from the end
sent. 5 - prediction

Chapter 12 - Questions

Answer the following questions after reading the chapter. Please answer in complete questions.

•1. Why was the bear leaving significant to Cole? Pg 93
•2. Infer why Spirit bear came back on pg 96.
•3. What does Cole realize about the world on p. 97?
•4. Why was touching the bear important to Cole on page 97?
•5. What does he mean at the end of the chapter, “I am okay” ?

Chapter 12 - Skill

After reading the chapter 12 write the following skills:

•Visualizing (2) pg #’s

•Characterization (1) : How is the character changing?

•Infer (2) Pg #’s: What did you have to figure out that the author did not tell you?

Monday, December 3, 2007

Chapter 11 - Summary


Following the 6 sentence summary format below to write a paragraph over Chapter 11.

Sentence 1: the big idea of this chapter
Sentence 2: a detail from the beginning of the chapter
Sentence 3: a detail from the middle of the chapter
Sentence 4: a detail from the end of the chapter
Sentence 5: what you thought of this chapter and WHY
Sentence 6: your predictions for what will happen next

Chapter 11 - Questions


Write 4 sentences telling about Cole's experiences in chapter 11.
Include information on two of the following topics:

•What happened with the mouse.
•What he took from the rain shower this time.
•The significance of spitting at the bear.
•How is Cole changing.

Be proud of what you write. Let me see how well you understand what you read. Use a great conversation style of writing.

Chapter 11 - Skill


•Visualizing (2) pg #’s : What can you see as you read?

•Characterization (2) pg #’s : What is the character’s personality and how is it changing?

•Context Clues (2) Pg #’s:
1. Find two unknown words.
2. Write the sentence with that word.
3. Then write a definition for what you think that word means using the rest of the sentence to help you.