Novel Study Checkpoint 2.3.12

​Novel Study Checkpoint

By Melissa Vogel

Categorize

Options (6)

WW II

Nellie & friends go on a picnic

Tamiko builds balloons in Kure City

Suki gets sick and gets sent home

Nellie helps out at the salvage drive

A balloon bomb explodes in the woods

Organize these options into the right categories

Inciting Incident

Rising Action

Climax

Multiple Choice

Why does the inciting incident take place before Nellie and Tamiko's story begins?

• WWII began in 1939 and is the conflict that dictates Nellie and Tamiko's stories.

• The inciting incident always comes first in a story.

• Tamiko's story begins in 1939 as well, but Nellie's does not start until 1945, so WWII needed to be included first.

• The most important plot part always comes first, regardless of when it takes place.

Multiple Choice

Which passage BEST describes how Tamiko feels about the balloon bombs?

• When she wakes up, I hope she sees I'm right about the balloon bombs (140).

• Huge balloons, Auntie. And huge bombs. Exploding and burning all across America (126).

• Now her eyes swell. "You were making bombs?"

  "Not the bombs...The balloons that will carry the bombs in the wind" (126).

• Ten thousand revenges...And we had a hand in it " (137)

Multiple Choice

How has the war affected Nellie's relationship with Joey?

• They were just neighbors, but the war brought them closer together.

• When his brother died in the war, he distanced himself from Nellie.

• They were dating, but the death of his brother caused them to split up.

• They were never friends.

If you are behind:

Next Step:

Use the rest of today's lesson to catch up! Your goal is to read through Chapter 24!

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Choose bonus opportunity OR enjoy your free time :)

Investigate wartime technology like:
Codebreaking
Atomic bombs
Radar

Investigate:

• White Rose Movement
  Oskar Schindler
  Irene Sendler

Research One:

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