Pictures of Hollis Woods - Week 6

Pictures of Hollis Woods
Week 6: Read pages 147-166


Vocabulary:

skittering (151)

nestled (152)

contented (166)

bassinet (166)



Questions:

1. Choose 2 words and look up their definitions in a dictionary. Then, write them in your journal.

2. On page 10, Beatrice says to Hollis, "Sometimes we learn from our own drawings; things are there that we thought we didn't know." What did she mean? (1-3 sentences)

3.How did Stephen know that Hollis was at the house? (1 sentence)

4. Who is Christina? (1 sentence)

5.What did you like/dislike about the book? Would you recommend it to a classmate? (1-3 sentences)

Reading Group - Week 6 _Island of the Blue Dolphins_

Week 6 Read pages 17-end


Vocabulary:

crevice (160) snares (161) crest (166)

vanquished (168) horizon (173)


Questions:

1. Choose 3 vocabulary words and look them up in a dictionary. Then, write the meanings in your reading journals.

2. Use the other 2 vocabulary words and write meaningful sentences for each one in your journals.

3. Describe what happened to Rontu (paragraph)

4. Why do you think Karana found herself thinking more and more abut Tutko and Ulape (paragraph)

5. What happened to the ship? (1-2 sentences)