Wonder questions and vocabulary for pages 68-80; reading pages 81-96

Today we corrected and I collected questions from pages 57-67.

Then you worked in your lit circle to answer the following questions and define the vocabulary from this past weekend's reading:

VOCABULARY

• phobia
• aversion

QUESTIONS

1. Do Summer and August seem like good friends?  Use evidence to support your answer.
2. What text-to-self connection did August make?
3. Why is Halloween August's favorite holiday?
4. What does August wear to school for Halloween?
5. Many scenes in this book teach lessons to us as readers.  Discuss a scene in the book you found valuable.  What lesson(s) did you learn from it?

HOMEWORK:

Read pages 81-96

Start reviewing for Friday's test.

The following will be matching sections on your test on Friday:

Vocab for Friday's test:

ordinary, cleft palate, hysterical, hindsight, obnoxious, schlep, precept, stampede, morality, aversion

Characters for Friday's test:

August, Isabel, Nate, Mr. Browne, Mrs. Garcia, Mr. Tushman, Jack Will, Julian, Charlotte