Nonsense Words
Say this word correctly: ap
Ah-pp
Make this dialogue: Please help me
"Please help me," said Mrs. Jones.
What is the main problem in "James and the Giant Peach"?
James is stuck in the peach or James needs to escape his aunts.
In "Du Iz Tak" what is the climax of the story?
The spider!
The big problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
viewed
What is the real name of the punctuation when we "open" and "close" the door?
Quotation Marks
The skymen were busy making these when the Peach and crew first saw them.
What is hail?
What kind of bug is Icky and Ooky?
Roly-poly or Pill bugs
The people and animals in a story.
What are the Characters?
Say this word correctly: sutch
ss-uh-tt-ch
Edit this sentence with correct dialogue: Mrs. Jones asked "Mrs Reding will you please pass the pizza"
Mrs. Jones asked, "Mrs. Reding, will you please pass the pizza?"
What did Aunt Spiker look like?
Tall, really skinny, bird nose, glasses, and a mole on her chin
What is the bird?
The lesson or message of the story.
What is the theme?
Say this correctly: puq
puck
What is a comma?
This is the building the peach landed on in the USA.
What is the Empire State Building?
The word used for flower in Du Iz Tak.
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
Say this word correctly: tambl
tam-bul
The term for who said it and how they said it.
What is Dialogue Tag?
What is the theme/main idea of "James and the Giant Peach"?
Discovering friendship
Keep going when things get hard
Building your "found family"
In "Du Iz Tak" what is happening all throughout the story? One thing starts in the beginning, we follow it all through the story, and then it starts over at the end of the book.
The caterpillar's journey to becoming a butterfly! Story starts with the caterpillar, then he goes into the cocoon, he hatches and turns into a butterfly (or moth) and his cocoon falls off the stick in the winter, then at the end of the book, a new caterpillar is walking across the ground to get to the stick. OR The plant emerges from the ground, grows into a flower, then new plants emerge.
When the story is coming to an end and the problem is solved.
What is the resolution?