Discussion Director - Model
Discussion Director - Model
Pages 1-32
Chapters 1-4
MCEOG
Which of the following describe the Applewhite family?
a. thriving on chaos
b. all were extremely talented
c. they loved spontaneity
d. all the above
Point of View
How does the way E.D. sees her family differ from that of Jake’s?
E.D. sees her family as normal and talented while Jake sees them as a bunch of freaks.
Problem/Solution
What was the family plan for assimilating Jake into the Creative Academy?
Jake would be assimilated by clumping him with E.D. He would follow her curriculum notebook.
Cause/Effect
Why did Jake hear a scream on his first visit to Wit’s End?
Cordelia was upset over the goat trying to attack her.
Thinking Questions
How would you feel being sent to the Creative Academy?
Just like Jake, out of place and worried about fitting in with the family.
Do you agree with the quote by Z. Applewhite, “Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through.” Explain
As a fifth grader, I would disagree with this quote. School seems separate from life.
Character Sketcher – Model
Pages 33-58
Chapters 5-7
Summarizer – Model
Pages 59-82
Chapters 8-11
Jake, the delinquent, had been kicked out of several schools. He has been sentenced to schooling at the Creative Academy, run by the extremely eccentric Applewhites. He has no choice but to accept this and figure out a way to make his stay as short as possible. Jake attempts to “break the rules”, but soon realizes there are no rules. He gets acquainted with the school and begins to settle into life with the loonies.
Artful Artist - Model
Pages 83-111
Chapters 12-16
A cinquain on Jake Semple.
delinquent
rebellious misunderstood
burning cursing smoking
Spikey wild red hair.
Jake
Internet Investigator – Model
Pages 112-138
Chapters 17-19
~ The Lonely Goatherd ~
Maria:
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Children:
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay
Maria:
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Kurt:
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Children:
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Maria:
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Brigitta:
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Maria:
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
All:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Ummm (ummm) . . .
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee . . .
Brigitta:
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo
Brigitta:
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
Maria:
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
All:
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
Soon the duet will become a trio
Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo
All:
Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay
Children:
HOO!
Activity Activator - Model
Pages 112-138
Chapters 17-19
Students will play a version of Win, Lose, or Draw. Cards will have clues on them for students to draw. Students will be divided into teams. Each team will choose 1 person to draw a card and in turn draw the item on their card. The rest of the team will try to guess what is being drawn. No words are allowed to be written or spoken by the person drawing unless it is guessed by a teammate.
Possible drawing cards:
Wit’s End Hal
goat (Wolfbane) computer
butterfly metamorphosis
Jake Traybridge Middle School
E.D. the car wreck
Cordelia the dog (Winston)
Connector – Model
Pages 139-165
Chapters 20-23
This book reminds me of The Pinballs by Betsy Byars. In that book, three children are in foster care and are brought together by their unusual lifestyles. They have a hard time fitting in with the rest of their classmates and have no friends. At the end of the story, these three misfits become best friends and find that they do belong…to each other.
Word Wizard – Model
Pages 166-192
Chapters 24-27
Example word:
catastrophe page 175, paragraph 1
“Finally, she decided that she didn’t want to face catastrophe on an empty stomach, so she pulled on jeans and a T-shirt and headed downstairs to fix herself something to eat.”
Definition - a sudden disaster, complete failure, fiasco
Noun
Question – What is the catastrophe E.D. is referring to?
Answer – Calling Mrs. Montrose and her canceling the play.
Passage Picker – Model
Pages 193-216
Chapters 28-30
Example of Funny/Amusing Passage
Page 199, paragraph 3
“There was a bloodcurdling shriek…flew off toward the kitchen.”
I chose this passage because it shows how someone who is bossy and arrogant gets pay back.
Question: Why was Marcia Manning shrieking like a maniac?
Answer: Winston had attacked her, trying to get the butterfly that had fluttered above her head.
Author’s Purpose: to entertain
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Page 175
Paragraph 1
catastrophe
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catastrophe – a sudden disaster
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