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TEACHER GUIDE • Assessment Rubric ...................................................................................... 4 • How Is Our Literature Kit ™ Organized? ................................................... 5 • Graphic Organizers ..................................................................................... 6 • Bloom’s Taxonomy for Reading Comprehension .......................................... 7 • Teaching Strategies ...................................................................................... 7 • Summary of the Story .................................................................................. 8 • Vocabulary .................................................................................................. 9 STUDENT HANDOUTS • Spotlight on Beverly Cleary .......................................................................... 10 • Section Questions Section One (novel pages 1-12) ............................................................... 11 Section Two (novel pages 13-30).............................................................. 14 Section Three (novel pages 31-48) ........................................................... 18 Section Four (novel pages 46-65) ............................................................ 22 Section Five (novel pages 61-72) ............................................................. 25 Section Six (novel pages 73-91) ............................................................... 28 Section Seven (novel pages 93-112) ......................................................... 32 Section Eight (novel pages 113-121) ........................................................ 35 Section Nine (novel pages 123-134) ......................................................... 38 • Writing Tasks ............................................................................................... 41 • Word Search ................................................................................................. 44 • Comprehension Quiz ................................................................................... 45 EZ EASY MARKING ANSWER KEY ............................................................ 47 GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS ........................................................................ 53 4 FREE! NAME: 6 BONUS Activity Pages! Student Worksheet Additional worksheets for your students ................... NAME: Activity Six Student Worksheet ................... BUMPER STICKERS Truckers see a lot of other vehicles, many of them with bumper stickers. If you had a car NAME: Activity Fivewould you stick on a bumper sticker? if yes, what would it say? If no, why wouldn’t you put Student Worksheet a bumper sticker on your car? ................... YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR Activity Four Leigh’s favorite author is Boyd Henshaw. Leigh knows a lot about his favorite author. NAME: How well do you know your favorite author? THE POSTAL SERVICE Where, when and how did bumper stickers begin? Student Worksheet Who is your favorite author? Where is he or she from? ................... When was the last time you received a letter? Who wrote to you? NAME: Student Worksheet Are there any bumper stickers that you really like? ................... Activity Three Which genre of book does this author write? www.classroomcompletepress.com/bonus When was the last time you wrote a letter? To whom did you write? Go to our website: MY PET DOG NAME: Student Worksheet Bandit is Leigh’s dog. Bandit used to live with Leigh but at the end of the book Leigh What are your top three bumper stickers? • Activity Two What is so special about this author? ................... tells Dad to keep Bandit to keep him company on his long trips. THE HISTORY OF YOUR SCHOOL Do you have a dog? If yes, what kind? If no, why don’t you own a dog? How far is the nearest post offi ce? How often do you go there? Activity OneWrite the name of your school: Ask 3 girls in your class what’s written on their favorite bumper sticker and write their answers How many of his or her books have you read? below: BEVERLY CLEARYHow did the school get its name? What types of dogs are there? What types of mail do you receive at your house? Who gets the most mail? Who gets the Beverly Cleary is the author of Dear Mr. Henshaw and over 30 other books as well. least mail? Which book was your all-time favorite? Why was it your favorite? Have you read other books by Beverly Cleary? Which ones?How many years has your school been opened? Now ask 3 boys in your class what’s written on their favorite bumper sticker and write their What do dogs? do that is so special? answers below: Enter item CC2514 – Dear Mr. Henshaw How much does it cost to mail a postcard? A letter? Is it the same price no matter whereIf you it had the opportunity to sit down and chat with your favorite author, what 5 questions What grades are found at the school? goes? would you ask him or her (that you don’t already know the answer to)? Which book would interest you more: A book about a mouse called Ralph in The Mouse and • 1. the Motorcycle, or a book about girl called Ramona in Ramona’s World? What similarities and differences are there between cats and dogs? List them in the two What do the bumper stickers have in common? What major changes have happened in your school in the past few years? columns below. Do you know how much it is to mail a letter to another country in North America? How2. long SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES would it take to mail a letter there? How could you fi nd out? Did you make the choice you did because the story is about an animal or a person? What are their differences? What changes would people like to see made? 3. 4. Are you interested in collecting stamps? Why or why not? Draw some stamps you If your dream is to become a writer, what questions wouldIf you you ask had Beverly the power Cleary and about could her change one thing at your school, what would that be? remember seeing. © 6A Enter pass code CC2514D for Activity Pages writing career, if given the chance? 5. Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 What is your favorite thing about this school? 5A • © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 What kinds of tips would you expect to hear? Based on your fi ndings, which pet do you prefer? What is your least favorite thing about this school? 4A © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 Beverly Cleary’s fi rst job was as a librarian. What sounds interesting about that career? Would One day when you grow older and have children of your own, will you want your children to you be interested to fi nd out more about it? go to the same school as you? Explain your answer. 3A © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 Do you predict she will write another book? Why or why not? 2A © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 1A © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 3 © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 NAME: ...................SpotliGht On... ...................Before You Read Beverly Cleary Section Five Beverly Cleary is an author you are likely to hear and read a lot 1. What type of story do you think Leigh will write? What type of story would you write? about. he was born Beverly Bunn on April 12, S 1916 in McMinnville, located in Yamhill County, Oregon. Even though she lived in a small town that didn’t have a library, and had trouble reading, she still came to love reading 2. Do you think the lunch thief will strike again? How? as a young child. Her family later moved to Portland, where she attended elementary and high school. She then moved to California to get her college degree as a librarian. In 1940, she married Clarence Cleary. Her first book Henry Huggins was published in 1950. In 1955, she gave birth to twins – a girl and a boy, Vocabulary named Marrienne Elizabeth and Malcolm James. Her twins were ten years old when Beverly wrote the With a straight line, connect each word on the left with its meaning on the right. story of Ralph in The Mouse and the Motorcycle and they were twenty-six years old when she wrote the story of Ramona Quimby, Age 8. 1 scowling an open sore caused by stress a Beverly has written over 30 books, now published in over twenty countries and in fifteen different languages. In 1984, she received the Newbery award for her book Dear Mr. Henshaw. Some of her famous characters are Henry Huggins, Ralph Mouse, 2 wrath bird of prey b Ramona Quimby and Leigh Botts. ABOUTAUTHOR THE strong vengeful anger If you enjoy Leigh Botts in Dear Mr. Henshaw, you will also enjoy him in the book Strider, 3 civilization c where his adventure continues. Clarence died in 2004 and Beverly now lives in Carmel, California. 4 ulcers a face made to show displeasure d Did You Know? • Beverly Cleary is an only child. 5 hawk PREASSESSMENTa place to wash and dry clothes e • Beverly Cleary has also written books for adult readers. a high level of cultural and • Beverly Cleary’s latest book, Ramona’s World was 6 Laundromat technological development within a f published in 1999. society 10 25 © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 © Dear Mr. Henshaw CC2514 NAME: NAME: ...................After You Read ...................After You Read Section Five Section Five 1. Put a check mark (¸) next to the answer that is most correct. Answer each question with a complete sentence. 1. If you were given the tasks of fi xing a meal, babysitting some babies and doing your a) What did Leigh’s dad really love? homework, which would you do fi rst? Second? Third? Why would you do the chores in A The excitement of his job. that order? Explain your answer. B The truck stop food. C The comfort of the bunk in his truck. b) What type of friends did mom have over? 2. What are other