Summer Reading
Where A Long Walk to Water begins.
What is Sudan?
What is a theme in The Hobbit?
What is: bravery, courage, friendship, trust, luck, adventure, hospitality, importance of language/stories.
The setting of your book.
Answers will vary.
What is the theme in A Wrinkle in Time?
What is:In the fight between good and evil, you are never alone, and love will prevail.
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
The character who inspires Salva to keep going no matter what.
Who is his uncle?
The author of The Hobbit.
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
Describe how the main character develops.
Answers will vary.
The riddle that Bilbo wins the riddle game with.
What is: What have I got in my pocket?
The bad guy. Usually provides the main conflict.
What is the antagonist?
The main conflict in A Wrinkle in Time.
What is: the children must help their father and fight against the black thing.
The Shire, Bag End.
Answers will vary.
What Bilbo does have in his pocket.
What is the ring?
A struggle the character must face within themselves.
What is internal conflict?
The theme of A Long Walk to Water.
What is: Perseverance; keep putting one foot in front of the other and you will accomplish incredible things.
Three external conflicts in The Hobbit.
What are: goblins, elves, and Smaug?
The climax of your book.
Answers will vary.
Describe someone who helped Bilbo and the Dwarves and how (besides Gandalf).
Who are: Beorn, Laketown, the eagles, etc.
What is: the main idea is what the story is about; the theme is a universal message.
What Meg has that IT does not.
What is love.
Describe Bilbo's character development.
What is: he starts off comfy and lazy and learns to embrace adventure and fight for his friends.
Describe an internal conflict in your book.
Answers will vary.
The one who kills Smaug.
Who is Bard?
Draw and label a plot diagram.
Mrs. Anderson will check your answers.