Monday, 21 September 2015
CHARLOTTE’S WEB # 1
Written by E.B. White
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When you work:
- Use full sentences in every answer
- Check the story carefully for your answers
- Be ready to explain your answers
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Week 1: Chapters 1 to 4
Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see ….a pig a girl a sheep trees I think its a fence a spider making a web
Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about? (I think that this story is going to be about …. animals and a spiders web
Chapter 1: Before Breakfast
1. Where does this family live? (This family lives on a ….farm √
2. What is papa going to do with the axe? Why? (Papa is going to use the axe to kill the runt pig because it is too small and very weak. √
3. How are Fern and Avery different? (Fern and Avery are different because ….avery likes to kill animals and isn’t very kind and fern has a kind heart and does not kill animals √
4. Why didn’t Avery get given a pig? (Avery did not get a pig because …. he didn’t get up at daylight √
5. What did Fern name the piglet? (Fern called the piglet ….wilbur √
Chapter 2: Wilbur
1. How do we know that Fern loved Wilbur? (We know that Fern loved Wilbur because she ….fed him took care of him she loved to stroke him √
2. What did Wilbur do to keep himself warm at night? (At night, Wilbur digs a tunnel of straw to keep warm √
3. How do we know that Wilbur liked Fern? (We know Wilbur liked Fern because he …. he runs to her when she gets home from school √
4. Why was Fern upset? (Fern was upset because …. they had to sell the pig because he was big enough now. √
5. Where did Wilbur live at the Zuckerman’s farm? (At the Zuckerman’s farm, Wilbur lived ….in the barn in the pig pen
Chapter 3: Escape
1. Read pages 16 and 17. How did the barn FEEL? (The barn felt ….big , old , smelly I know that because ….it says in the text when wilbur said all of those thing
2. Why was Wilbur bored? Wilbur was bored because ….)because nobody wanted to play with him √
3. How did Wilbur escape? Who told him how to escape? (Wilbur escaped because there was a gap in the fence √ ….. He was told what to do by the …the goose √
4. Read pages 22, 23, 24, 25. What happened to Wilbur when he was free? (When Wilbur was free, these things happened to him ….
5. Describe the personality of the goose (The goose is a good character because ….she's funny and smart bossy
6. Why did Wilbur go back to his pen? (Wilbur went back to his pen because the farmer was holing a shovel
Chapter 4: Loneliness
1. What did Wilbur plan to do with his day?
Wilbur had planned to do these things:m
6.30 – breakfast
7 to 8 – have a talk with templeton the rat
8 to 9 – nap outdoors in the sun
9 to 11 – dig a hole or trench
11 to 12 – to stand and watch flies on the boards
12.00 – lunch time
1 to 2 – sleep
2 to 3 –scratch itchy places on the fence
3 to 4 he planned to stand still and think
what it be like to be alive and wait for fern
4.00 – supper √ This sounds like a very good timetable to me.
2. Wilbur asked three animals to play with him, but they did not. Why? (These animals would not play with Wilbur: Goose because he was sitting on her eggs to keep them warm √ …., Lamb because he can’t get into his pen and he's not old enough to jump the fence he’s not interested in pigs √ …. and Rat because he doesn’t like playing √
3. How is Wilbur feeling? Why? (Wilbur is feeling sad and because ….no one would play with him √
4. Who do you think is talking to Wilbur at the end of the chapter? (charlotte is talking to Wilbur)
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EXTRA FOR EXPERTS
Finished early?
1. Read the next chapter
2. Draw a detailed picture based on something that has happened so far in the story
3. Pretend that you are Wilbur. Write 5 to 10 interesting questions that you could answer in an interview for the TV
4. Got online and find out how much you could get in this area for a 2 month old pig
5. Write down your favourite recipe using pork
6. The goose is sitting on her eggs. How long does it take for goose eggs to hatch (what about hyenas, ostriches, crocodiles, turtles)
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