Characters/People
Suffers from a traumatic brain injury and survives for another 11 years.
Phineas Gage
When did the Victorian Era take place? (Hint: This was when "A Christmas Carol" was written)
1800s-1900s
Name the play we read in December together.
"A Christmas Carol"
What is Fiction?
Stories that are fake; made-up. Untrue.
What book did Ms. Gooding try to read and gave-up on?
Peak
This character is greedy, mean, and hates Christmas. He claims Christmas is a "humbug."
Scrooge
What happened in 1848?
Accident in Vermont with Phineas Gage
What would have happened to Scrooge and Tiny Tim if Scrooge did not change his ways?
Scrooge and Tiny Tim would have died.
What genre category do informational texts fall into?
Nonfiction
What was the fate of many poor Victorians in London?
They would go to workhouses to live and work for the rest of their lives. Many ended up injured or died from work accidents.
This character worked for Scrooge and is the father to Tiny Tim.
Bob Cratchit
We read a story that was published in 1993.
The Giver
How many ghosts visited Scrooge?
4 - Marley, Past, Present, and Christmas Yet to Come AKA Future
Name the Genre: The story has characteristics such as government control, survival, and loss of the individual.
Dystopian - Sci. Fi
The Doctor who cared for and treated Phineas.
Dr. Harlow
The month, day, and year that Phineas Gage died?
May 21, 1860
Explain the plan for Jonas's escape.
Jonas was going to leave in the middle of the night with his bike and a change of clothes, leave both by the river, go to the Annex to meet with The Giver. From there, he would get in a car with food and leave for Elsewhere. The Giver would eventually announce that Jonas was lost in the river and perform a ceremony of loss.
Name the genre: A true story of a real person's life from the past or present written by that person
Autobiography
What story/theory did Jonas's sister, Lily, share that made mother tell her she should be the next story teller?
She said what if everyone was born with a twin and didn't know it. She came up with a story of the twin visiting the community from another community and being confused with the other twin.
Name of Scrooge's Nephew who loves Christmas and tries to invite his uncle to dinner each year.
Fred
In 1955, what teenage boy was brutally and unjustifiably murdered because he "flirted with a white woman?"
Emmett Till
Thoroughly explain how Phineas and his assistant caused the accident?
The assistant forgot to pour the sand into the hole, the explosive was set, Phineas was distracted by something, dropped his tamping iron and the explosion took place.
Define Historical Fiction.
This is an imagined story that shows how life may have been in the past with made-up characters.
Explain how Phineas died.
Phineas suffered from a series of epileptic seizures that lead to hypothermia