`CHARLOTTE’S WEB # 1
Written by E.B. White
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When you work:
- Use full sentences in every answer
- Check the story carefully for your answers
- Be ready to explain your answers
- Use a border and headings in your reading book
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Week 1: Chapters 1 to 4
Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see ….)
Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about? (I think that this story is going to be about ….)
Chapter 1: Before Breakfast
1. Where does this family live? (This family lives on a ….) farm √
2. What is papa going to do with the axe? Why? (Papa is going to use the axe to ___ because ___)kill a pig because it was a runt √
3. How are Fern and Avery different? (Fern and Avery are different because ….) fern cares about animals and Avery does so much √
4. Why didn’t Avery get given a pig? (Avery did not get a pig because …._he did not get up early. √
5. What did Fern name the piglet? (Fern called the piglet ….)Wilbur √
Chapter 2: Wilbur
1. How do we know that Fern loved Wilbur? (We know that Fern loved Wilbur because she ….)would take him everywhere √
2. What did Wilbur do to keep himself warm at night? (At night, Wilbur ____ to keep warm) dug a hole and covered himself with straw √
3. How do we know that Wilbur liked Fern? (We know Wilbur liked Fern because he ….)was always at her side all the time √
4. Why was Fern upset? (Fern was upset because ….) they had to give Wilbur away √
5. Where did Wilbur live at the Zuckerman’s farm? (At the Zuckerman’s farm, Wilbur lived ….)pen in the barn √
Chapter 3: Escape
1. Read pages 16 and 17. How did the barn FEEL? (The barn felt …. I know that because ….)warm and cosey- of all the cosey words √
2. Why was Wilbur bored? Wilbur was bored because ….) all there was to do was sleep and eat √
3. How did Wilbur escape? Who told him how to escape? (Wilbur escaped because there was a loose board √ ….. He was told what to do by the …)goose √
4. Read pages 22, 23, 24, 25. What happened to Wilbur when he was free? (When Wilbur was free, in the afternoon these things happened to him ….) in the afternoon
5. Describe the personality of the goose (The goose is a ____ character because ….) chatterbox the talked really fast √
6. Why did Wilbur go back to his pen? (Wilbur went back to his pen because….) he wanted his bucket of slops, he was hungry √
Chapter 4: Loneliness
1. What did Wilbur plan to do with his day?
Wilbur had planned to do these things:
6.30 – eat breakfast
7 to 8 – talk with Templeton
8 to 9 –nap in the sun
9 to 11 – dig a hole
11 to 12 – stand still and watch the flies
12.00 – lunch time
1 to 2 – to sleep
2 to 3 –scratch itchy places
3 to 4 -stand still and wait for Fern to come
4.00 – supper √ Great detail here, Brianna.
2. Wilbur asked three animals to play with him, but they did not. Why? (These animals would not play with Wilbur: Goose because …., Lamb because …. and Rat because ….) gooes was sitting on her eggs, Lamb did not like pigs and could not get over the fence and the rat wanted to hid and eat Wilbur’s food. √
3. How is Wilbur feeling? Why? (Wilbur is feeling ____ because ….)sad because nobody wanted to play with him and Fern wasn’t going to come. √
4. Who do you think is talking to Wilbur at the end of the chapter? (____ is talking to Wilbur) Charlotte the spider. √
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EXTRA FOR EXPERTS
Finished early?
1. Read the next chapter
2. Draw a detailed picture based on something that has happened so far in the story
3. Pretend that you are Wilbur. Write 5 to 10 interesting questions that you could answer in an interview for the TV
4. Got online and find out how much you could get in this area for a 2 month old pig
5. Write down your favourite recipe using pork
6. The goose is sitting on her eggs. How long does it take for goose eggs to hatch (what about hens, ostriches, crocodiles, turtles)
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
Written by E.B. White
__________________________________________________________________________
When you work:
- Use full sentences in every answer
- Check the story carefully for your answers
- Be ready to explain your answers
- Use a border and headings in your reading book
________________________________________________________________________
Week 1: Chapters 1 to 4
Front Cover: List all the thing you can see on the front cover. (On the front cover I can see ….)
Prediction: What do you think this story is going to be about? (I think that this story is going to be about ….)
Chapter 1: Before Breakfast
1. Where does this family live? (This family lives on a ….)
Farm
2. What is papa going to do with the axe? Why? (Papa is going to use the axe to ___ because ___)
Kill the runt because it was too small and would cause problems
3. How are Fern and Avery different? (Fern and Avery are different because ….)
Fern – kind, caring, up early Avery – rifle and knife, up late
4. Why didn’t Avery get given a pig? (Avery did not get a pig because …._
Dad said only early risers got a pig
5. What did Fern name the piglet? (Fern called the piglet ….)
Wilbur
Chapter 2: Wilbur
1. How do we know that Fern loved Wilbur? (We know that Fern loved Wilbur because she ….)
Stroke, fed, put to bed, warmed milk, tied bib, held bottle
2. What did Wilbur do to keep himself warm at night? (At night, Wilbur ____ to keep warm)
Made a tunnel out of the hay
3. How do we know that Wilbur liked Fern? (We know Wilbur liked Fern because he ….)
Walked to the bus, watched until it disappeared, follow her, get in pram, sleep, wait at the bottom of the stairs for her to come down
4. Why was Fern upset? (Fern was upset because ….)
Wilbur had to be sold
5. Where did Wilbur live at the Zuckerman’s farm? (At the Zuckerman’s farm, Wilbur lived ….)
In a manure pile in the cellar
Chapter 3: Escape
1. Read pages 16 and 17. How did the barn FEEL? (The barn felt …. I know that because ….)
Warm, safe, comfortable ….. peaceful smell, wonderful sweet breath of patient cows, swallows like to build their nest in, children liked to play in
2. Why was Wilbur bored? Wilbur was bored because ….)
Nothing to do but go in or out, no play, swim, walk
3. How did Wilbur escape? Who told him how to escape? (Wilbur escaped because there was a ….. He was told what to do by the …)
Goose, loose board in the fence
4. Read pages 22, 23, 24, 25. What happened to Wilbur when he was free? (When Wilbur was free, these things happened to him ….)
Scared, excited, chased by dog, farmer, wife, farm hand, did not like it, rooted in the ground, went to the apple trees, goose yelled orders
5. Describe the personality of the goose (The goose is a ____ character because ….)
Bossy, ordering, strong
6. Why did Wilbur go back to his pen? (Wilbur went back to his pen because ….)
The farmer had a bucket of slops and Wilbur did not like being chased
Chapter 4: Loneliness
1. What did Wilbur plan to do with his day?
Wilbur had planned to do these things:
6.30 – Breakfast
7 to 8 – Talk with Templeton (rat)
8 to 9 – nap
9 to 11 – dig a hole
11 to 12 – stand and watch flies, bees, swallows
12.00 – Lunch
1 to 2 – Sleep
2 to 3 – scratch
3 to 4 – stand, think about being alive, wait for Fern
4.00 – supper
2. Wilbur asked three animals to play with him, but they did not. Why? (These animals would not play with Wilbur: Goose because …., Lamb because …. and Rat because ….)
3. How is Wilbur feeling? Why? (Wilbur is feeling ____ because ….)
4. Who do you think is talking to Wilbur at the end of the chapter? (____ is talking to Wilbur)
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EXTRA FOR EXPERTS
Finished early?
1. Read the next chapter
2. Draw a detailed picture based on something that has happened so far in the story
3. Pretend that you are Wilbur. Write 5 to 10 interesting questions that you could answer in an interview for the TV
4. Got online and find out how much you could get in this area for a 2 month old pig
5. Write down your favourite recipe using pork
6. The goose is sitting on her eggs. How long does it take for goose eggs to hatch (what about hens, ostriches, crocodiles, turtles)
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