Chasing Vermeer Ch 1-2

What did each of three people get delivered to their door?

• a letter

• a frog

• pentominoes

• a baby

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Define coincidence.

"Could this be a coincidence, or was it a clever warning?"

• A surprising set of events that are not actually connected.

• A large number of coins.

• An event which seems to happen slowly

• Events which explain the future.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the setting of this story?

• present time Chicago, near a university campus

• in a university classroom

• a high school

• an 8th grade classroom

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Define petroglyphs.

"They found out about cave art in France, about papyrus scrolls in Egypt, about Mayan petroglyphs in Mexico, and about stone tablets from the Middle East."

• A new idea or thought.

• A picture printed on paper.

• A rock carving

• A cloth item.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What words best describe Ms. Hussey?

• young and interesting

• old and boring

• a mean teacher

• very old, but interesting

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Who are the two main characters?

• Calder

• Ms. Hussey

• Petra

• Tommy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Define mediocre.

"He and Tommy had decided back in July that they weren't going to be mediocre kids. They swore that they were going to do something important with their lives..."

• hard working

• boring or average

• smart, intelligent

• bad behavior

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What did Ms. Hussey assign the students to do for homework?

• They have to write a letter to her.

• They have to write a letter to each other.

• They have to use pentominoes.

• They have to observe leaves on their way home.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Define crouched.

"Ms. Hussey was crouched by the art books."

• Slept comfortably on a couch or sofa.

• Ate a large ammount of food.

• Positioned where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down.

• Ran a long distance several days in a row.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Define collaboration.

Tommy poured chocolate milk on Calder's bare leg and asked how it felt. Calder said it felt perfect. "That was the first of may collaborations."

• The action of working with someone to produce or create something.

• The act of building a new category to order your socks.

• The action of flying in a dream and then waking to be sad that it was only a dream.

• The act of filtering water to make it potable.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4