"A Package for Mrs. Jewls" by Louis Sachar
(an excerpt from Wayside School Is Falling Down)
(an excerpt from Wayside School Is Falling Down)
Target Vocabulary
1. disturbing 2. interrupted 3. squashing 4. specialty 5. struggled 6. staggered 7. wobbled 8. collapsed 9. numb 10. shifted |
Comprehension Skill and
Strategies + story structure + point of view + irony +summarize |
Essential Question:
How can an experiment clarify an idea? Analyze the Text: pg. 24-25 1. Look at the illustration on page 24. What does Louis's expression tell you about what is happening? 2. How would you describe the style of illustrations in this story? 3. What details show Louis's dedication to his job? Quote accurately from the text to support your answer. pg. 26-27 4. How does Mrs. Jewl's decision to hold a spelling bee contribute to the conflict in the story? 5. Was this story written in first-person or third-person point of view? pg. 28-29 6. What conflict does Mrs. Jewl's have with the students about the computer? 7. What lesson does Louis learn in this passage? 8. What happens as a result of Louis trying to resolve his conflict? pg. 30-31 9. "Now I get it" is an idiom. What does the idiomatic expression mean? 10. How did the computer help the students learn faster? (This is a great example of irony.) |