Milkweed Chapters 1-6

What sentence from chapter 1 tells us the first thing the main character remembers

• "I never stop long enough to eat the bread. When I awaken from dream or memory, my legs are tingling" (Spinelli 1).

• "Sometimes it is a dream" (Spinelli 1).

• "I am running. That’s the first thing I remember. Running" (Spinelli 1).

• "When I awaken from dream or memory, my legs are tingling" (Spinelli 1).

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What do all the children in the horse stable have in common?

• They are all Jews

• They are all Gypsies

• They are all rich

• They are all orphans

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The flanks of the horse flickered as they were pelted. A white-and-purple glass fish bounced off my forehead. The fox fur flew. One boy paraded wearing it about his shoulders, kissing its snout. And then the stableman was coming and shouting and we were running, and outside we scattered like cockroaches and I ran with Uri and the thumping explosions were louder and the clouds in the sky were brown and black. We ran through streets and alleyways to the back of a small brick building. Uri threw open a wooden hatch, and we plunged into a dark, cool cellar. (Spinelli 9)

What sentence in the passage above would make you infer that the boys were not supposed to be in the stables?

• Uri threw open a wooden hatch, and we plunged into a dark, cool cellar

• One boy paraded wearing it about his shoulders, kissing its snout,

• And then the stableman was coming and shouting and we were running, and outside we scattered like cockroaches and I ran with Uri.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What advice does Uri give to Stopthief about stealing?

• Grab as much as you can

• Take only what you need

• Steal whatever you want

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

On some nights we were a city of two. We did not have to snatch. We simply walked into the empty shops of bakers and butchers and grocers and took whatever we pleased and walked out and walked home. We did not run. The streetlights were out.

Sometimes in the night we went to the stable. The others were there. Everyone put food into a big pile. We wrestled in the food before we ate it. We clubbed each other blindly with arm-long sausages.

What lines offer support that there were less people in the city?

• Sometimes in the night we went to the stable. The others were there.

• On some nights we were a city of two. We did not have to snatch. We simply walked into the empty shops of bakers and butchers and grocers and took whatever we pleased and walked out and walked home.

• We wrestled in the food before we ate it. We clubbed each other blindly with arm-long sausages.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What does Stopthief finally realize about the men in beards and long black coats?

• They are thieves

• They don’t like their beards cut

• They hate being happy

• They are Jews

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6