LITERACY

11/06/2009 = Characterization: =

Choose a character from a book you re currently reading or have read and answer one of these.
1. In your school, which teacher has some of the same character traits as the main character in your story? mrs. Furger mrs.Andrews 2. Pick a well-known person in our society who resembles the main character in this story. Tell how he or she resembles the main character.

3. The main character in this story has solved a problem in his or her own way. If you had been the main character in this situation, how would you have solved the problem?

4. Using the main characters' most important personal qualities, describe a similar character from another place and time who faces similar conflicts.

=11/10/09 = = TUMBLE BOOKS = Below is the link to Tumble Books which has online books that can be read on your own or read to you by the computer. It also includes worksheets and quizzes which we may assign to you.

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

1/04/2010 **SETTING** 1. Draw or describe another place that might also be a good setting for this book.

2. Prepare a list of each of the settings in this story. For each setting, tell about an event in your own life that could have happened there.

3. Compare the similarities and differences of this setting to other stories you have read.

4. List words and phrases that indicate when this story takes place.