Open Up - Grade 6 - ELA - Module 1 - Homework 6

Answering the following three questions about the paragraph: “The pair of cabins at the head of the field, numbers one and two, looked like his-and-hers mausoleums, big white marble boxes with heavy columns in front. Cabin one was the biggest and bulkiest of the twelve. Its polished bronze doors shimmered like a hologram, so that from different angles lightning bolts seemed to streak across them” (84).

Answering the following three questions about the paragraph: “It wasn't high and mighty like cabin one, but long and low and solid. The outer walls were of rough gray stone studded with pieces of seashell and coral, as if the slabs had been hewn straight from the bottom of the ocean floor” (85).

Answering the following three questions about the paragraph: “I looked around at the campers' faces, some sullen and suspicious, some grinning stupidly, some eyeing me as if they were waiting for a chance to pick my pockets” (89).

Answering the following three questions about the paragraph: “But then the other toilets exploded, too, and six more streams of toilet water blasted them back. The showers acted up, too, and together all the fixtures sprayed the camouflage girls right out of the bathroom, spinning them around like pieces of garbage being washed away” (96).

Which of the following best describes Percy’s point of view toward the other campers at Camp Half-Blood in excerpts 3 and 4 above?

• Percy feels welcomed by the other campers
• Percy thinks the other campers will become his friends
• Percy thinks negatively about the other campers
• Percy feels threatened by the other campers.

How do the similes in excerpts 3 and 4 support your answer for part A and add to the reader’s understanding of how Percy feels?

“I watched the satyr playing his pipe. His music was causing lines of bugs to leave the strawberry patch in every direction, like refugees fleeing a fire. I wondered if Grover could work that kind of magic with music. I wondered if he was still inside the farmhouse, getting chewed out by Mr. D” (76).What word best helps in understanding the meaning of fleeing in the simile in this excerpt?

• causing
• work
• leave
• playing