WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014

STUDY BOOK TWO VOCABULAR- QUIZ IN 5 MINUTESTurn in book one activity if you need to. (for late grade)

• Temperate – moderate, not extreme• Meager – small in quantity, not much• Dissect – study carefully• Beacon – bright light• Preliminary – beginning, first• Dismal – gloomy, dreary• Sophisticated – complex• Rendezvous – meeting place• Triangulation – technique to measure distance using triangles• Aerial – in the air• Telemetry – device used to measure distances

THE WEIRDO – BOOK TWO1. Book Two Vocab Quiz: Turn face down when done

2. Answer the following on the back of your Book Two Questions:

1. What is the time difference between Book One and Book Two? Pages 61-62 (48)

2. Describe Slade. Pages 65-67 (51-52)

3. Answer Book Two Questions 1-5

BOOK TWO QUESTIONS1. What did Tom ask Chip to help him with?

• Assist w/ black bear study (purpose – get accurate population count)

2. Who did Chip go to see to learn more about the bears?

• Slade: trapper for 50+ years• lives in Skycoat (SW edge of swamp) in school bus• White hair, badly fitting false teeth, milky blue eyes, straggly white beard• Rude: “Looks like yuh stuck yer fool head into an oven.”• 77 years old• Gossipy (talks about others)• hermit (lives alone)

3. What does Slade think about the ban on hunting & fishing in the Powhatan Swamp?

• Against it• Text Evidence:

• Body language: “eyes narrowed” @ mention of bear study• “Eyes catching fire, fists knotting” @ mention of Fish & Wildlife Service

• Quotes: Called Fish & Wildlife “meddling”• Asked repeatedly what bear count had to do w/ hunting ban• Said that they are going to count the bears “so the government can keep us outta the swamp.”

4. What type of gambling did Alvin Howell do?

• Cockfighting (roosters fighting to the death, people bet on which rooster will survive)

5. Who told Tom Telford about Chip?

• Dunnegan – the store owner (convenience store/deli (QuikTrip/RaceTrac), video rentals as sideline)

• Read pages 77-87• Notice how Tom treats Chip despite his disability

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014

1. Complete Cornell Notes on Black Bears

1. Read pages 12-14 9-10) – the italicized section about black bears

2. Take Cornell Notes on the section

3. Quiz tomorrow on Black Bears

4. Read pages 72-77 (57-60)

5. Draw what you think the “snare” described on page 75-76 (59-60) looks like OR write step-by-step instructions explaining how to build a “snare.”

6. Read 77-79 ( 60-62).

7. On the back of Book Two Questions, describe Desmond Dunnegan. Be sure to include his relationship with Sam.