Vocab
Dahl felt apprehensive as he approached the unfamiliar boarding school.
What does apprehensive mean?
What is nervous or uneasy.
This is a conclusion you make by using text evidence and what you already know.
What is an inference?
At the beginning, Dahl describes going to boarding school as a great ________.
What is adventure?
Dahl compares the Headmaster’s grin to a shark about to eat a small fish. This is an example of what?
What is a simile?
The central idea of the passage is that new adventures can be both ______ and ______.
What are exciting and scary?
After not eating all day, the boys were ravenous and quickly ate their food.
What does ravenous mean?
What is extremely hungry.
This is the most important idea developed throughout a passage.
What is the central idea?
Dahl begins to feel this word meaning nervous or uneasy as he gets closer to school.
What is apprehensive?
The shark comparison makes the Headmaster seem friendly and trustworthy OR threatening and scary?
What is threatening and scary?
What does the passage suggest about Dahl’s relationship with his family?
What is he is very close to them and misses them when he is away?
The author implies that the Headmaster is not completely honest with the parents.
What does implies mean?
What is
Suggests without directly saying.
These are details from the text that support your answer or claim.
What is text evidence?
Give ONE reason Dahl becomes apprehensive.
What is he doesn’t know what to expect OR he has never spent a night away from his family?
What can readers infer when the Headmaster tells Dahl’s mother, “I shouldn’t linger”?
What is he wants her to leave quickly?
What does Dahl’s detailed description of his new clothes help readers understand?
What is how prepared and excited he was for his new adventure?
He tries to intimidate his opponents on the basketball court.
What does intimidate mean?
What is
to make timid or fearful.
This means explaining what evidence shows and why it matters.
What is analysis or explaining your evidence? Explanation, Elaborating
How does Dahl likely feel when he first sees the school building?
What is intimidated/scared?
Dahl describes the school as looking like a “private lunatic asylum.” What does this comparison help readers picture?
What is a frightening, strange, or intimidating building?
Why did parents send food to their children at boarding school?
What is because the boys were not well fed at school?
The boy was cunning when he secretly found a clever way to hide his belongings.
What does cunning mean?
What is
Sneakily smart or clever.
Complete the evidence formula:
Claim + ________ + Explanation = Strong Response
What is text evidence?
How does Dahl’s attitude change from the beginning to the end?
What is he goes from excited about an adventure to afraid and unhappy about being away from home?
Why does Dahl cry at the end? What are TWO details from the passage?
What is he is alone, away from his family, and unsure about what will happen at school?
Why does Dahl include so many details about the tuck-box?
What is to show how important it was to boys and how it provided food, comfort, secrets, and personal treasures?