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Here are the CLASSWORK assignments in each of the 9-week grading periods for which you are responsible.  If you have been absent, it is YOUR responsibility to make up ALL the work you have missed. Turn in all these assignments for a grade, then keep them in your class notebook of file folder for future study.

HOMEWORK assignments will account for about 35% of your 9 week grade.  Therefore, be sure to turn in all these assignments for an important part of your grade.  If you are absent, YOU are responsible for making-up ALL assignments you have missed. Homework assignments for this 9 weeks & due dates:

  •  Read for a half hour everyday.

  •  Accelerated Reader Points/Grade (5/23)

  •  Turn in Literature textbook! (5/16)

 

Reading Activities Hoot  -  Part 1

Vocabulary

Chapters 1-2
malicious (7)skeptical (12)perpetually (18)consternation(20)balefully (23)reproachfully (23)

Chapters 3-4
leniency (28)disgruntled (35)intrigued (40)mused (41)formidable (44)

Chapters 5-6
errant (49)
glade(53)perpetrators(62)inevitable (65)altercation (66)ominously (68)kiosk (69)

Chapters 7-8
fervidly (77)
mulling (77)
scudded (78)noncommittal (83)franchise (87)fledgling (93)nonchalantly (96)

Chapters 9-10
stupendous (98)remorse (100)snidely (107)pungently (108)manic (111)appraising (118)

Study Questions

Chapters 1-2
Who is the bully on the bus?
What is going to be built at the surveyed site?
Who does the policeman think tore out the stakes?What does the policeman trip over?
Who does Roy think the running boy might be?
What does Roy do to Dana on the bus?
Why did Roy want to stay in Montana?
Is Roy’s punishment for fighting on the bus fair?

Chapters 3-4
For whom does Roy think his father works?
Why do you think Roy values the poster in his room?What is the misspelled word in Roy’s letter ?
Who does Officer Delinko think vandalized the site?
Why does the policeman want to be on the Mother Paula patrol?
Do you think Garrett is right about what will happen next time Dana sees Roy?
How do you feel about the police car incident?
Compare and contrast Roy & Beatrice.

Chapters 5-6
Why won’t the school punish Dana?
What does Roy find at the low end of the thicket?How did Roy learn to stand so still?
What do you think of the mysterious boy?
What does Roy’s father read in the newspaper?
Do you think Officer Delinko’s punishment is fair?
On what do the kids make bets?
What conclusions would you draw based on what Roy finds at the campsite?

Chapters 7-8
Why does Beatrice take Roy to Mullet Fingers?
How are Beatrice and the barefooted boy related?What does the officer do when Roy’s mother asks if he knows the policeman whose windows were painted?
Why is Mr. Muckle angry with Curly because of construction delays?
What type of bird does Roy see in FL that also lives in Montana?
What does Roy ask Dana to do?

Chapters 9-10
What happened to Roy’s mother when he was four?
How is Roy saved from Dana’s attack?       How does Curly get inside the job shack?
Where does Dana take Roy?     Who rescues Roy?       What kind of favor does Beatrice need from Roy?What will Beatrice’s stepmother do if she knows her son is in town?
What do you think Mullet Fingers should do about his living situation?
Why do Roy, Beatrice and Mullet Fingers take hamburger meat with them?
 

 

 

 

 

Hoot Reading Activities – Part 2
Vocabulary & Study Questions


Chapters 11-12
fugitive 128               What does Officer Delinko find at the construction site?
avail 132                    What happened to Mullet Fingers as he was climbing over the fence?
tandem 150              Where is Roy’s mother going?
                                  Why won’t Beatrice tell Roy the boy’s real name?

Chapters 13-14
truancy 158            What book does Roy show his father?
poised 165             What does Roy’s father decide to do about the running boy?
crusade 175            What must Roy balance to make a decision about the owls?
dilapidated 176        What does Roy hope to accomplish at Dana’s?
                                   What does Mullet Fingers say will happen that night?

Chapters 15-16
patronizing 185        How does Roy get Dana to promise not to fight anymore?
fiasco 188               What two things does Dana request (near the end of Chapt. 15)?
sabotaged 203      What vandalism does Curly discover when he returns to the site?
                                 Why does Roy feel a kinship with Mullet Fingers?

Chapters 17-18
phenomenal 216     What 2 animals does C.Muckle tell Curly to say it is, rather than an owl?
brawny 222              Who does Roy talk to about the owls?
pilfered 237            What does Roy see in the newspaper?
skeptically 243       What does Roy tell the class he will do after he announces his
                                 current event?

Chapters 19-20
discreet 254            What does Beatrice give Roy?
dubiously 256           Who shows up at the site to support Roy and Beatrice?
slanderous 263         Where is Mullet Fingers?
pivoted 271              Who joins the ring of students in front of Mullet Fingers?
                                  Who arrives to talk to Mullet Fingers?

Chapter 21-Epilogue
impromptu 277         What is Mullet Fingers’ real name?
exultant 279              Why is the file Roy gives the reporter important?
consequently 282     How much money does the pancake house give to the Nature                                    Conservancy?
                                  Why does Mullet Fingers choose to escape with Dana?
                                  Where does Roy go to find Mullet Fingers? Why does he go there?
                                 Who puts the fish in Roy’s sneaker?