The Wednesday Wars: Holling Has Grown Up

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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.

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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.

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

Math Ch4 Questionnaires...

Review:

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

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

Cream Puffs, Fairies and Monsters

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. 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.

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