The Wednesday Wars: Holling Has Grown Up

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

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?

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

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.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...