Plot: Teacher's Pet
Who are the characters in the story "Teacher's Pet"?
Ms. Fry, her students, and their pets
Who are the characters in the story "Diary of a Spider"?
Spider, Fly, Grandpa
What is personification?
When an animal or object is acting like a person.
What are three things that scare Spider?
1. Daddy Longlegs
2. Vacuums
3. People with big feet
What is the first pet that gets brought to Ms. Fry's room?
Red the rooster
Where does the story "Teacher's Pet" take place?
Ms. Fry's classroom
Where does the story "Diary of a Spider" take place?
Spider's house and school
Which is a way that the characters in the story 'Diary of a Spider' show personification?
a. Spider makes a web.
b. Spider shares his lunch with Daddy long legs.
c. Fly flies
Spider shares his lunch with daddy long legs.
According to Grandpa, what is the secret to a long, happy life?
Never fall asleep in a shoe.
Why do student's keep bringing their pets into Ms. Fry's room?
They are annoying people at home.
What is the problem in the story "Teacher's Pet"?
The students' parents don't want to keep the pets at their house so the students keep taking them to school and leaving them in Ms. Fry's room.
What happens after Daddy Longlegs makes fun of fly?
She won't come out of her tree house.
Which is a way that the characters in the story 'Diary of a Spider' show personification?
a. Spider scares a little girl at the water fountain.
b. Grandpa laughs too hard when Fly gets stuck in the web.
c. Daddy Longlegs makes fun of Fly.
d. B and C
B and C
Why does Fly's mom not want him to play at Spider's house anymore.
Fly got caught in Spider's web and she doesn't think it is safe.
What does Winston ask after Ms. Fry tells the class they can bring something from home?
If he can share a pet.
How is the problem solved in the story "Teacher's Pets"?
Ms. Fry keeps all the pets in her class until the end of the year.
What happens when Spider brings his molted skin for show and tell?
The teacher mistakes it for a students and asks it to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
Which is a way that the characters in the story 'Teacher's Pet' show personification?
a. Moe the cricket does a somersault.
b. Red the rooster crows too much.
c. Amanda's dachshund likes to chew on bones.
Moe the cricket does a somersault.
Where does Grandpa send a post card from?
France
Why does Roger give Moe to Ms. Fry to keep.
He thinks Moe likes Ms. Fry the best.
What happens at the end of the story "Teacher's Pets?"
Ms. Fry sends all the students' pets home with them but she keeps Roger's pet cricket, Moe.
What happens at the end of the story?
Spider wishes people wouldn't judge all spiders based on a few that bite.
Which of the following is NOT an example of personification?
a. The flowers danced in the wind.
b. The girl placed her bag on the tired conveyor belt.
c. The dogs ran quickly to their food.
The dogs ran quickly to their food.
How does Daddy Longlegs hurt Fly's feelings?
He makes fun of her?
What do the parents think about keeping the pets at school?
They thought it was great that Ms. Fry loved pets so much.