The Wednesday Wars: Holling Has Grown Up

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1.  On the first day of class, Holling dramatically makes a snap-judgement and pronounces that "of all the kids in the seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with a heat whiter than the sun."  Who was that kid?  Do you agree with Holling?  Give as many examples as you can remember to support or disagree with Holling's judgement of Mrs. Baker.
2. What has Mrs. Baker taught Holling about himself?  How?
3. How does Holling show that he loves his sister?
4. At one point, Holling argues with his father about picking up his sister from the bus station.  What growth is Holling showing by standing up to his father?

How Would You Deal With It?

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Doug Swietecks brother plays a prank on Holling Hoodhood.  He sticks pictures of Holling in bright yellow tights all over his school.

1. How does Holling deal with this at school?
2. What is Holling's plan, and what throws a wrench in his idea?
3. How would you deal with Holling's predicament if you were him?

Plotting Points and Interpreting Line Graphs

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 4 and work through quiz 4 and 5.

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Math Ch4 Questionnaires...

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 4 and work through quiz 1.

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Cream Puffs, Fairies and Monsters

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1. Holling’s friends insisted he replace the cream puffs eaten by the rats. Was this fair of them? Why do you think Mrs. Baker replaced the cream puffs? 
2. Caliban is a monster in Shakespear's play The Tempest.  Holling says that monsters must always be defeated if there is to be a happy ending. Do you agree with him? Why or why not? How does this apply to his own life? Does this always happen in real life? Give examples. 
3. How is playing "Ariel" in the school play going to affect Holling's life in your opinion?

Possible spellings you may need: Sycorax and Caliban, Presbyterian

Wednesday Wars - Cream Puffs and Chalk Dust

Mine, all mine!

1. Personification is giving human qualities to something that is not human. Here's an example from Chapter One: The hair on his chest leaped over the neck of his T-shirt.  Describe how the hair is personified in this example.
2. Many authors enjoy using alliteration – a literary device where the author repeats the same sound at the beginning of several words. Here's one such example:from Chapter One: … my father had it painted perfectly...Using your imagination, create your own examples of alliteration from the following topics. Each example must contain a minimum of three words: Chalk erasers; The sound a rattlesnake might make; Cream puffs.
3. Why did Mrs Baker offer Holling a cream puff after he had finished his chore?
4. In what ways in this Chapter did Mrs Baker show kindness towards Holling?  How did Holling react?  Why?

Math Review: CH3 Number Relationships

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 3 and work through 7 quizzes (Skip quiz 4, 5 and quiz 6) that cover all of the main subjects in the recent Chapter on Math that we have completed.

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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Motivating!

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1. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or “good guy”. The protagonist of our novel is Holling Hoodhood, a grade seven student at Camillo Junior High on Long Island. Think back on some of your favorite characters from past novels you have read or movies you’ve seen. What do you think makes for an especially interesting protagonist?
2. What unfortunate circumstance got Holling and Mrs. Baker off on the wrong foot at the start of school in September?
3. Why do you think it was important for Mr. Hoodhood that they have the Perfect House?
4. What proof do we have in the first chapter that Holling wasn't a real brave, macho guy?
5. Why do you suppose Holling never mentions the first name of Doug Swieteck's brother, but always refers to him simply as Doug Swieteck's brother? 

Private Peaceful - Last Post

Court Martial

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1. Is Charlie’s court martial fair or unfair in your opinion? Give evidence or reasons to support your view.

Private Peaceful: Nearly 4 O'clock.

German infantrymen wearing gas masks attack across No Man's Land through a cloud of poison gas. By the end of the war, both sides had employed various kinds of gas.

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1. What happens to Tommo at the beginning of the chapter? (p.153-154)

2. Why does Charlie lie and tell the family Tommo is ‘having a fine old time?’ Do you agree with his decision?

3. Why doesn’t Tommo desert (leave the army)?

4. What happened to Anna?

Private Peaceful: A Minute Past Three

This is a picture of typical trench where soldiers spent their days and nights.

1. Who is Captain Wilkie? How is he different from Sergeant Hanley? (p.120)

2. Is the war going well for the soldiers? How do you know this? 

3. What problems were there in the trenches? 

4. Anna, the girl from the estaminet, reminds Tommo of Molly. Write about a time when you saw someone who reminded you of a person you know.  Tell what it was about that person (not just looks) that reminded you of them.

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Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful Post#1

We are currently reading Private Peaceful. 

1. The author bounces between Tommo as a young man and Tommo's memories of growing up.  Why do you think this is?
2. All the chapter titles are times: Nearly Quarter Past Eleven, Ten to Midnight, Twenty-four Minutes Past Twelve.  Why do you think this is?
3. Why does Tommo feel ‘betrayed’ by Charlie and Molly meeting with each other without telling him?
4. Why did Big Joe climb up to the top of the church tower?

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3. No one wants or needs to know private details about your family life.
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1. ALL your posts should be positive, friendly and inoffensive; don't use them for slander or to attack others. That includes gossip. No gossip or negative posts about any other individuals, whether they are in our community or not. Remember, as soon as you post something it's hard to take it back!
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