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HOME AND OTHER BIG, FAT LIES

Pre-Reading - ** Anticipating the Novel **


 * ** STATEMENT ** || ** AGREE ** || ** DISAGREE ** ||
 * # ** 1. ** ** The main character makes him/her home in a tree. ** ||  ||   ||
 * # ** 2. ** ** There will be a lot of lying in this novel. ** ||  ||   ||
 * # ** 3. ** ** The main character is a boy. ** ||  ||   ||
 * # ** 4. ** ** The setting of the story is a park. ** ||  ||   ||
 * # ** 5. ** ** The setting is in modern times. ** ||  ||   ||
 * # ** 6. ** ** This novel is mainly about a home. ** ||  ||   ||

Activity #1 - Into the Forest.., Using the Internet, find pictures and definitions of these items from the novel: Use WORD and insert a table with two columns and 10 rows to place the information.
 * banana slug
 * environmentalist
 * Redwood forest
 * black widow
 * brown recluse
 * spider web
 * Map of California
 * Spotted owl
 * an endangered species
 * Redwood tree
 * Log cabin
 * Logging truck

 NOW...Complete the following in a complete sentence: SAVE in DAILY folder
 * [[image:bhwikiworld/tree.gif width="68" height="79"]]Activity #2 - The 5 ?s! - Choose EIGHT characters in the novel to focus your activity on. Open and save the EXCEL spreadsheet: type these words in the columns going across: **
 * WHO? **
 * WHAT? **
 * WHERE? **
 * WHEN? **
 * WHY? **
 * This will make a complete sentence for each one. Remember: capitalize and punctuate!
 * READ AR WHEN FINISHED! **


 * [[image:bhwikiworld/tree.gif]]Activity #3 - Style Sheets **
 * Open the Word document and complete the activity on writer's style! Include your name at the top and print when you finish. Be sure to use quotations around the example. You may NOT use ellipsis for this assignment. Save your work in the Johnston folder. Keep it to ONE page. **


 * [[image:bhwikiworld/tree.gif]]Activity #4 - 6-Word Memoirs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;"> Write your life's story in ONLY and EXACTLY six words! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">Mrs. Castillo's example... **
 * A strange occasion of remarkable misadventures! **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">Now choose a character from the novel and write a 6-Word Memoir from first person point of view of that character. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11pt;">See what other schools are doing! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">Activity #5- Go to Character Scrapbook! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">After you complete the "picture" of your character on the left hand side of the book, you will complete 6 different "ten things" categories about your character. Use the arrows to go to the next category. Print ONLY page one - we are out of paper! Color and cut out - put your name on the back.

Ten things I know about the character Ten words that describe the character - actions...NOT appearance or personality Ten details about appearance Ten facts about personality Five challenges/problems the character faces Five accomplishments or successes the character has

​<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13pt;">Activity #5 - Questions Use a WORD document to create 15 questions (multiple choice). Be sure to include questions about these items:
 * You can tell that...
 * Someone (character) did/said/acted something BECAUSE...
 * Detail question
 * Vocabulary - Read the sentence. The word XXXX means...
 * Setting

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Activity -<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> List 20 words that you may not know the meaning of from chapters 1-10.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Look up the meaning using the __new dictionaries__ and copy the word and SYNONYM onto a WORD document.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Next, go to the crossword puzzle maker site: [] and create a crossword puzzle with the words you choose and the meanings. Follow directions!