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KEY – Wednesday Wars –
March
Learning Objective: Students will
demonstrate chapter comprehension of the novel Wednesday Wars.
Included are introductions and reviews on figurative language and literary
elements (RL 8.1-4), grammar and punctuation,
(L 8.1-6).
Teaching Objective: Students will listen to the
audio of Wednesday Wars and complete the written learning guide in a variety of
ways (individually, as a class, in small groups). Students will
learn the importance of completing the work - to be used on the summative test.
A. Vocabulary: Become familiar with the words.
*discrimination / treat
someone differently
*vanquished / conquer
*demean / degrade
*unalloyed / pure
*plummeted / plunge
*unscathed / without harm
*diction / word pronounciation
B. Write whether each clause is independent or
dependent. If it is dependent, rewrite it to make it independent. Additions
on dependent clauses will vary.
1. Unless he raised the
money…………
dependent
2. Holling enjoyed reading
the plays.
independent
3. Mrs. Baker was a strict
teacher.
independent
4. Whenever he thought about
the rats………..
dependent
5. Mr. Goldman had a great
solution.
independent
6. Because she had won a
medal……….
dependent
7. While the photos of
Holling wearing yellow tights………..
dependent
8. Mr. Hoodhood and Heather
argued constantly.
independent
C. Figurative Language
1. In your own words,
explain what the metaphor is about in the last paragraph of page 157 through
the top of page 158. Mrs. Baker is the spring and the students are her
garden. She is starting to see them blossom and bloom with all she has
taught them. They are thriving in learning.
2. On page 158,
paragraph three, what looks “like sails in a full breeze”? What
figurative language is this an example of? Bulging tiles – simile
3. Holling says, “If a word
can get worn out and die, this one died like Julius Caesar. What word is
the death of Julius Caesar being compared to in the simile (p. 163,
last paragraph)? faster
4. What analogy is used (bottom
of pg. 164), to show Holling does not want to be at home listening to his
father scream at him? Holling would rather be running with his
lungs screaming for air than in his house listening to his father scream.
5. Holling learns that to
prepare for cross country try outs, they will run five miles on the Ides of
March. “Ides” is the midpoint on the Roman calendar. March 15 was
the assassination date of Julius Caesar. Explain the simile on page 167
when Holling says, “You know what happened to Julius Caesar on the Ides of
March? Cross-country tryouts will make that look like opening day
at Yankee Stadium.” Preparing for try-outs is apt to kill him, and
the actual try-outs will be fun in comparison.
6. Re-read the bottom of
page 170 through the first paragraph of page 171. Write and explain how
figurative language is used to describe the setting and mood. green
and brown sky the color of water in a dying pond/analogy – the day is ugly,
bleak, green and brown clouds would roll up and rumble a bit/personification –
looking like it is going to storm, and then settle back down like a layer of
unhappiness over everything/simile, personification, analogy – bad feeling over
all
7. Draw a cartoon to
illustrate the simile comparing Mrs. Sidman holding up Sycorax and Caliban to
that of Shakespeare’s Macduff holding Macbeth’s head (page 176, paragraph
4). Cartoon drawing will vary. Should show Mrs. Sidman
holding the rats by the back of their necks and Macduff holding Macbeth’s
head. Simile reads, “She stood and held them up, like Macduff holding
Macbeth’s head.”
8. On page 178, second
paragraph, what feeling does the figurative language give you, when the cloud
vapor is compared to “running through the jungles of Vietnam”?
Cite specific evidence. feeling like dying/drowning – evidence –
“breathing more water than air.
9. From the figurative
language on page 179, bottom of the first paragraph, what does Holling imagine
sinking into his heels “like the assassins’ daggers sinking into Caesar?”
What figurative language is this comparison an example of?
the rats’ teeth - simile
D. Understanding What You
Have Read
1. Cite explicit evidence (pgs.
156-157), that the Vietnam War is not going well for the United
States. Five thousand marines trapped/cut off from ground supplies,
helicopters taking fire trying to fly supplies in, marines dug into bunkers to
protect from mortar shells, explosives buried beneath marines, marines using
stethoscopes and divining rods to try and find buried explosives,
2. Despite their differences
of opinion, in front of the television, what reaction did all of the Hoodhood
family share every night after supper? Who did Holling look for (p.
157)? The Hoodhood’s watched the news with
Walter Cronkite together every night. Holling watches for any sign of
Mrs. Baker’s husband, Lieutenant Tybalt Baker.
3. Describe the effect
(result) when Mr. Vendleri tries to replace the bulging asbestos tiles in
the ceiling (p. 159-160). Holling is told to hold the trash
can under the tiles. Everything comes pouring out of the ceiling:
homework announcements, PTA letters home, blue dittos, bazokka bubblegum
wrappers, chewed up pencils, read and green and blue and yellow construction
paper, cafeteria napkins, part of a sneaker, knawed picture of Holling in
yellow tights, scraps of Meryl Lee’s Mississippi River and You project,
4. What do you infer is the
cause of Mrs. Baker’s red eyes, although she told them she had a terrible cold (p.
161)? Mrs. Baker’s cries a lot about her missing husband.
5. Cite evidence that
compare and contrasts Holling’s sister’s feeling about Bobby Kennedy with those
of her father (p. 165-166). Father: “Bobby
Kennedy is a rich kid from Cape Cod who’s never done anything on his own his
whole life…” “You may as well go work for that Martin Luther King”…He’s a
Communist…” Holling’s sister: is working
for Bobby Kennedy’s campaign headquarters in the back of Mr. Goldman’s
bakery. “Bobby Kennedy will end the war, end the discrimination that’s
splitting our country in two, and end the control of the government by a
handful of fat old men.” He (Martin Luther King) and bobby Kennedy are
the only ones who care that this country is about to explode.”
6. The term ”ides” was used
by the Romans when they referred to the 15th day. The Ides of
March – the first ides of the year – was feast day celebrating Mars, Roman god
of war. Cite evidence to show in what ways “the ides of March is
significant to the story (throughout the chapter)? In
the play, the ides of March is the day Julius Caesar was killed. It is
also the day Mrs. Baker’s class is observed by the school board and the day of
cross-country tryouts. Holling is convinced that something awful will
happen on this day as it does in Julius Caesar.
7. Cite evidence to show
that Mrs. Baker is a credible running coach (pages 168-169). “You
run straight up…and tight…looks as if you’re digging your fingernails into your
palms.” Mrs. Baker puts on her running shoes…By the end of the afternoon
Mrs. Baker said Holling looked like Jesse Owens, “who won four gold medals at
the 1936 Olympics running like that.”
8. In return for her
coaching him to be a better runner, what pieces of advice does Holling give
Mrs. Baker on being a better teacher for the school board visit (p. 169)?
No teacher jokes, no folding your arms across your chest, no rolling your
eyes, use a code word to praise when someone does something good and another
word when they do something really good.
9. Mrs. Baker is upset that
Holling only seems to care about the murders that occur in Shakespeare’s
plays. Find evidence to summarize what Mrs. Baker wants Holling to
learn what Shakespear is really about (p. 171-172). Power of
goodness, honesty, faithfulness…abundance of love - weakness of armies and
battles and guns – endurance of love.
10. How does Holling impress
the school board? Tells them he reads Shakespeare and likes
it. Recites Shakespeare for them.
11. When Mrs. Baker quietly
says the word “azalea,” to Holling, what does the word symbolize (pgs . 170
and 174)? Code word for doing something good / the power of
goodness, and honesty and faithfulness
12. Irony is a surprise or
twist – the unexpected. What is ironic about the line Mrs. Baker puts on
the board to be diagrammed when the school board is there? What purpose
besides grammar might Mrs. Baker have had for choosing that quote (pgs. 173
and 174)? Holling wanted to recite those words to Mr. Guareschi
and the school board but thought better of it, then Mrs. Baker puts the words
up to be diagrammed. She was letting her feelings be known that the
visitors didn’t have a clue what was going on in her classroom or with her
students, but were there to evaluate her.
13. What unexpected event
interrupts the inspection of Mrs. Baker’s room and what is everyone’s reaction
(pgs. 175-176)? An asbestos tile falls and Sycorax and
Caliban plumet onto Mrs. Sidman’s lap.
14. Why is it surprising to
everyone that Mrs. Sidman is the one who takes control of the appearance of
Sycorax and Caliban (goes back to an incident with Mrs. Sidman and Doug
Swieteck’s brother earlier in the story - p. 26)? Doug
Swieteck’s brother scared her when she thought she was alone in the school but
he was there running up and down the halls with his hair white and chalk
sticking out of his mouth like fangs.
15. Why might it not be
surprising to anyone that other than Mrs. Sidman, Mai Thi is the only other
person not standing on her desk to get away from the rats? (hint:
consider Mai Thi’s background). Mai Thi is a Vietamese
refugee. She probably saw horrible things in her country before coming to
the United States. The refuge where she stays has been attacked.
Rats probably don’t scare her as much as other things she has experienced.
16. According to Coach
Quatrini, what does “The Big M” symbolize? Explain what he means
by it (p. 177) Motivation - You won’t run fast unless
you really want to run fast, and really wanting to run fast is what gives you
motivation.
17. What “motivates”
Holling to set the three-mile run, making the varsity team (pgs. 179-180)?
Sycorax and Caliban have escaped from the cages again and are chasing
him.
19. What caused the
discrimination against Mai Thi to escalate with the finding of the classroom
pets (p. 181)? When Mrs. Bigio serves Mai Thi her lunch An
eighth grader asks Mrs. Bigio if she has any rat surprise for Mai Thi to eat,
and tells Mai Thi to go back home where she can find some. Mai
Thi starts to cry, which she has never done before.
20. What evidence is there that
the discrimination against Mai Thi is lessening (pgs. 182-183)? Danny
Hupfer stands up for her, dumping food on a kid and breaking his nose.
Although Danny is suspended for four days, people are proud of him. Mrs.
Bigio and Mrs. Baker make a recipe from Vietnam for the class – they try to say
things in Mai Thi’s language - Mrs. Bigio apologizes to her and they hold each
other tightly.
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