Thursday, April 25, 2013

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry


Chapters 1 - 2
Where does the story take place?  When?  What details do you know about the setting?
Vocabulary:
lanky (1)
contempt (3)
scold (6)
sabotage (8)
solemn (13)
linger (17)

Chapters 3 - 4
What are some of the things that Annamarie and her family have had to do without because of the war?
Vocabulary:
ration (18)
haughty (19)
torment (24)
submerge (32)
congregation (35)

Chapters 5 - 6
Why does Mama have to speak in code about Ellen?  What is the difference between her words and thier meaning?
Vocabulary:
imperious (39)
murmer (42)
tentative (500
reluctant (52)

Chapters 7 - 8
If Great Aunt Birte didn't exist, then predict why Mama wants to have a funeral for her?
Vocabulary:
gnarled (60)
hazy (62)

Chapters 9  - 11
How does Mama fool the soldiers into not  looking in the casket?
Vocabulary:
poise (74)
mourn (77)
urgent (81)
condescending (84)
protrude (91)

Chapters 12 - 14
How is Annamarie and her situation similar to the story of Little Red Riding Hood she is telling herself?
Vocabulary:
sprawled (102)
garment (106)

Chapter 15 - Afterward
How do the escaping passangers avoid being smelled by the guard dogs?  What is Ellen's fate?  Peter's?
Vocabulary:
insolent (116)
contempt (116)
hasty (120)
executed (129)

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