Today, you will read the story titled "Owl Moon" and the poem titled "Whistling." As you read, think about the actions of the characters and the events of the stories. Answer the questions to help you write an essay.
Read the story titled "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen. Then answer the questions.
Question 1
1.
What does the word pumped mean in Paragraph 15 of "Owl Moon?"
Question 2
2.
Which answer best supports the answer to the question above?
Question 3
3.
In Paragraph 3 of "Owl Moon," what do the details show about the about the relationship between the father and child?
Question 4
4.
Which detail from the story best supports the answer to the question above?
Question 5
5.
Question 6
6.
Read the poem titled "Whistling" by Elizabeth Partridge. Then answer the questions.
Question 7
7.
How does Jake feel in Stanza 1 of the poem?
Question 8
8.
Which line from the poem best supports the answer above?
Question 9
9.
What does true mean as it is used in Stanza 11 of "Whistling?"
Question 10
10.
Which line from the poem best supports the answer above?
Question 11
11.
Choose the lines that show that the Jake is nervous...
Question 12
12.
Choose the lines that show that the Jake feels good...
Question 13
13.
The narrator in "Owl Moon" and Jake in "Whistling" are taught by their fathers to do something new.
Write an essay that explains how each of the children feels about their accomplishments, and how their fathers helped them with this. Use what you learned about the characters to support your essay.
Choose the lines that show that the narrator is nervous...
a. "I had to run after him every now and then to keep up, and my short, round shadow bumped after me." (Paragraph 3)
b. "I could feel the cold, as if someone's icy hand was palm-down on my back." (Paragraph 7)
c. "I didn't ask what kinds of things hide behind black trees in the middle of the night." (Paragraph 8)
d. "We watched silently with heat in our mouths, the heat of all those words we had not spoken." (Paragraph 12)
e. "For one minute, three minutes, maybe even a hundred minutes, we stared at one another." (Paragraph 14)
f. "I knew I could talk, I could even laugh out loud." (Paragraph 15)
Choose the lines that show that the narrator feels good...
a. "I had to run after him every now and then to keep up, and my short, round shadow bumped after me." (Paragraph 3)
b. "I could feel the cold, as if someone's icy hand was palm-down on my back." (Paragraph 7)
c. "I didn't ask what kinds of things hide behind black trees in the middle of the night." (Paragraph 8)
d. "We watched silently with heat in our mouths, the heat of all those words we had not spoken." (Paragraph 12)
e. "For one minute, three minutes, maybe even a hundred minutes, we stared at one another." (Paragraph 14)
f. "I knew I could talk, I could even laugh out loud." (Paragraph 15)
b. "'I'm ready,' I whisper. But my stomach does little flips. Maybe I'm not." (Stanza 2)
c. "I want to jump and shout, but I keep whistling." (Stanza 10)
d. "Just when I think my lungs will burst, Daddy's whistle starts up, rich and low." (Stanza 11)
e. "I leap into the field and run till I can't run anymore...'We did it,' I yell." (Stanza 12
b. "'I'm ready,' I whisper. But my stomach does little flips. Maybe I'm not." (Stanza 2)
c. "I want to jump and shout, but I keep whistling." (Stanza 10)
d. "Just when I think my lungs will burst, Daddy's whistle starts up, rich and low." (Stanza 11)
e. "I leap into the field and run till I can't run anymore...'We did it,' I yell." (Stanza 12
