Maestra

Year 8 English






Student Resource Booklet



Tasks

In this unit you will do a number of tasks both formative (indicated by an F) and summative (indicated by an S). Some tasks give you a choice; make sure you read the instruction correctly in order to complete the required amount of work.

TASK ONE (F) – Comprehension Questions
Complete the following chapter questions andactivities. These are to be done in your workbook. At the end of each chapter section there will be a test for the chapters (this will be done in class). These tests will be summative.
The tests for Chapters 1 – 22 will be Thurs Week 4
Tests for Chapters 23 – 50 will be Thursday Week 5

TASK TWO (F and S) – Activities Tasks
For each of the headings – Plot, Setting, Characters and Vocabulary youare to choose ONE of the activities and complete it. Then, you will decide which of these activities is your best one and submit that as your final Activities Task (summative) – DUE: Thursday Week 7

TASK THREE (S) – Essay Response – supervised Task
During a Thursday double (Week7) you will be given a topic and will have to write an essay during the class. This will model what is done inEnglish exams.


This is quite a bit of work, but if you work hard in class as well as at home in your homework times you will get the tasks done easily.



Chapter Questions 1 – 10

Find the meaning for each of the following words:

1. wasteland 2. hover 3. stifling 4. obstacle 5. vast 6. perseverance
7. neglected 8. barren 9. desolate 10. violation 11. prospect
12. humiliating 13.auctioned 14. despicable 15. shallow
16. descendent 17. eternity 18. excavated 19. predatory
20. intensity


Discussion Questions

1. Why was Stanley going to Camp Green Lake ?
2. What was unusual about his name?
3. What was going to change the bad boys into good boys?
4. Who was to blame for all of the Yelnats' bad luck?
5. How did Stanley 's great-great grandfather lose his fortune?6. Who was Stanley warned not to upset?
7. Who was Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston ?
8. How did Stanley get the sneakers?
9. Describe the hole Stanley was to dig each day.
10. What was Stanley told to do if he found anything interesting or unusual?
11. What was the incentive to find something interesting unusual?
12. What was Stanley nicknamed?
13. Why was Stanley 's great-great grandfather,Elya Yelnats, cursed?
14. What did Stanley find while digging in his hole?

Chapter Questions 11 - 22

Find the meaning for each of the following words:
1. fossil 2. veterinarian 3. appropriate 4. etched
5. site 6. paranoid 7. sprawled 8. presumably
9. breakthrough 10. recite 11. callus 12. unearth
13. condemned 14. toxic 15. writhe 16. defiance


Discussion Questions

1. Howdid X-Ray get his name?
2. Why was Stanley glad that the boys had nicknamed him Caveman?
3. What did Mr. Pendanski and the boys talk about in their circle?
4. What did Stanley think he wanted to do with his life?
5. What did Stanley find while digging one of his holes?
6. What did he do with it?
7. What was X-Ray's reaction the next day at breakfast to Stanley's question about his "find"?8. Stanley found out why X-Ray reacted that way later in the day. What was the reason he reacted that way?
9. Was Stanley's "find" of any importance?
10. Describe the Warden.
11. The Warden had the boys continue to dig around X-Ray's hole. Why did Stanley know that they would not find anything of importance there?
12. What does Stanley discover about Zero?
13. Why didn't Mr. Sir think thatStanley was telling the truth about the sack of sunflower seeds?
14. What was the Warden's reaction to Stanley admitting he stole the sunflower seed?
15. Why was she mad at Mr. Sir?
16. What was special about the Warden's nail polish?
17. What happened to Mr. Sir when she slapped him?
18. Explain what the Warden meant when she said to Stanley, "He's not going to die, unfortunately for you"...