Monica+C.+Classwork

Monday, October 6, 2008 Prewrite 1. What are you good at?Well I am good at cooking and getting good grades. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? well I fell really good creativity 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I will do it even if they tell me to stop.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 CLASSWORK Chapter 1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more. Well when he had the mice so he forgot the rabbit so he could not go to his village for few days. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict. Example:well one is that he could not draw conflict: Tayo needs to find a rabbit. predicted resolution: He will find the one he lost.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? Well they learned how to hunt better and also how to hunt in a good way that Tao could do.

2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? Well Tao tells Volt that if they had a wolf they could get more food for them.

3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel. I would say" Let's get more food because the kids are getting hungry."

Chapter 4 In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter. Well his mother was sixteen and her name was Vedra made lots of things with like necklaces and rings and more things that she gave away free. ,

Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? He tries to draw a wolf dog and a horse. 2. Which is easier for him and why? Well the easier one for him to draw was the wolf bog beacuse he new how to draw the wolf beacuse he had seen Ram many times before and he new where the body parts belonged.

Chapter 6 1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? First that he has a wolf dog and another is that he is painting in the caves. 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? He hunted on forbidden land. 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging? That Volt HATES wolfs and that if he sees Tao with Ram then Volt is going to kill Ram. Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Is what he says true for those times, but not now? Or is the reverse true: is it true now, but wasn't true then? I disagree with Gradbeard! Well i think that Tao is allowed to draw beacuse he is not completly in Volts tribe beacuse Tao's mother is from the mountain people and they don't have any taoos beacuse i have not read in the book yet. So i think he should get the oppertunity to draw.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? I think that Graybeard thought that Tao had a good tallent. What does this tell you about his character? Well he likes to help others in many ways.

Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"?They are animals like mamothes and other animals 2. What almost happened to Tao? He almost got killed but he did get lots of scares.

Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Well he is a good teacher beacuse he wants Tao to learn lots of things but Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why? Well yes beacuse he is a

Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? some ingredients that surprised me are limestone powder, salmon pink and fish oil. 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter? Tao was afraid that Graybeard was gone for a long time.

Chapter 13 1. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain. No, beacuse he could get killed by GARTH. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene. Well I think that tao is going to go back and look for Graybeard.

Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? he wants to look for Ram. 2. What decision does Graybeard reach? he tells Tao to take him to the clan people.

Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter? He heard a loud hissing sounded like a snake.

CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008 Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? He needed to prove to the mountain people. Chapter 16 Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question.

Read Chapter 17 together in class (not for homework)

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. Well I think that it was a good chapter because Tao gets to know who his dad is.

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction. Well I think that it was an interesting chapter beacuse it had exitment and sadness .It has a lot of exitment beacuse Tao gets to find o that Volt is his real father.

Extra Credit Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You can add new characters if you want. CLASSWORK Thursday, November 6, 2008 HOMEWORK Thurssday, November 6, 2008 Read Chapter 18

CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008 Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People? Well he had to prove himself.

Extra Credit Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You can add new characters if you want.



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