Story Elements
This is where the setting of the story happens
What is the prairie
This character talks a lot and likes singing
Who is Caleb
Caleb is always asking so many questions about his mother why do you think so
What is because he never met his mother since she died the day after he was born
Sarah kept these on her windowsill to remind her of Maine
what is seashells
Anna described Caleb as being plain looking or ugly which is what vocabulary word
what is homely
The problem in the story is
What is Mama dies and Papa wanted to find a new wife
This character is the narrator of the story and is very responsible
Who is Anna
In Sarah's final letter what two words did she use to describe herself
What is plain and tall
Throughout the story Caleb and Anna worried about something with Sarah. What was it
What is they were afraid Sarah would leave
Seal loved to wander around. So Seal was called a ______.
what is roamer
This is how Papa finds a new wife
What is he put an advertisement for a new wife
This character likes to draw and sing
Who is Sarah
Sarah taught the kids to do this in the cow pond
what is swim
Caleb figured out that this was missing from Sarah's drawing
what is color
Sarah would slide down sand ones of these in Maine but on the prairie Papa made one out of hay
what is a dune
This is where Sarah is from
Maine
This character is hard worker but also builds dunes out of hay for fun
Who is Papa
Maggie told Sarah she needed to plant this
What is a garden
Before the storm Sarah helped Papa fix this
what is the roof of the house
this storm on the prairie could be described as a tornado because of the huge gusts of wind
what is a squall
The characters of the story are
Papa, Sarah, Anna, Caleb
This is Papa, Anna, and Caleb's last name
What is Witting
Papa taught Sarah how to do this so she could go into town
what is ride a horse and wagon
Papa built a dune out of this
What is hay
The hail made the ground glisten. What is our vocabulary word for glisten?
what is gleam(ing)