Bible- Esther Summative

Bible Summative

Create a children’s story book about the book of Esther.

Minimum 8 pages- maximum 20 pages

Must include:

• Title page

• Main characters- Esther, the King, Mordecai and Haman

• At least one of the main themes of Esther’s favour, Purim,  or the mystery of God

• Fully coloured illustrations

• Biblical references to back up story pages and illustrations

STEPS

1) Choose one or more themes that will focus your story.

2)Use story planner to plan out each page- story and illustration. Include Biblical reference.

3) Teacher approves story planner.

4) Create your book!

STORY PLANNER                     PAGE: ___________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rubric

	Advanced	Proficient	Partial	Minimal
Illustrations	Each picture has lot of details both in characters and in background. Pictures are consistent throughout story. Thoroughly and neatly coloured.	Pictures are neatly coloured with details and consistency	Pictures are neatly coloured.	Pictures are coloured
Story	Clearly depicts all the  main characters as well as secondary characters like Vashti, Zeresh, and the enuchs. Clear beginning, middle and ending and story flows	Includes main characters and a few secondary characters are represented. Beginning and ending is evident and story flows.	Does not include all the main characters. Story ending and beginning are somewhat clear.	Does not include all the main characters. Pictures do not follow a sequence and do not connect to one another.
Themes	More than one clear themes clearly depicted throughout story.	One theme is clearly  depicted throughout story	Story incudes one theme throughout story	No theme evident.

Old Yeller Chapters 4-7 Quiz Summary-- Quiz on Monday, December 2

Old Yeller Quiz Summary Chapters Four- Seven

1. Why were the two bulls fighting?

The bulls wanted to prove who was the strongest.

2. Describe two comical events that happen with the old cart and the bulls?

First the Roan bull is flipped into the cart which rolls down the hill.

Secondly, Chongo who is curious, sticks his tongue out to taste the spinning wheel, scraping his tongue instead.

3.. What was Arliss in the habit of doing?

He caught everything that could run, fly, jump or crawl and stuck it into his pocket.

4.  Why did his mother punish him when she found the baby copperhead?

She felt she had to cure him of this habit as one day he might be bitten by a venomous snake.

5. Why did the mother bear attack Arliss?

The mother bear attacked Arliss because he was holding onto her squealing cub.

6. .How did Travis’ feelings about Old Yeller change after the bear attack?

Travis felt that they should keep Old Yeller as he had saved Arliss' life.

7. Why was Mama puzzled when Old Yeller wouldn’t eat any of the gobbler?

He should have been hungry as he hadn't eaten in days.

8. Who is Bud Searcy and what is he like?

He was left behind to look after the women folk and help out while the men were on a cattle drive.

He was red-faced with a bulging middle and would spit tobacco juice all over the place. He also waited for someone to invite him into their home for dinner.

9. Who was Lisbeth and what did she reveal to Travis?

Lisbeth was Bud Searcy's granddaughter. She reveals to Travis that Old Yeller has been stealing ribs and eggs. More importantly she tells Travis that Old Yeller is the 'Papa' of Miss Prissy's pups.

10.  What does hydrophobia mean and what word do we normally use for this disease today?

Hydrophobia means fear of water. Today we are more likely to use the term 'rabies'.

11. Describe the various methods Travis used in his attempts to keep Old Yeller from wandering off at night.

Initially he tied him with rope and cowhide but Old Yeller chewed through them. Next he tried the corncrib but Old Yeller wouldn't stop howling. Finally he shut the dog up in their own bedroom.

12. Why did Travis and Old Yeller sleep in the corn patch?

They wanted to catch the coons that were raiding the corn patch.

13. How does Old Yeller fight the heifer?

He "set his teeth in her nose" until the heifer fell down.

14. Why does Travis "nearly die" at the end of the chapter?

A man rode up to their ranch and claimed Old Yeller as his lost dog.

AR and Term 2

AR goals have been set for term 2.

Please encourage your students to be proactive.  Speeches are coming up in February, close to the next deadline for AR.

Students who are more than halfway to their AR goal when they return from Christmas break, will be in good shape to earning their complete goal on time.

Of course, students can earn their goal as early in the term as they wish!

Esther Chapter Six and Seven Summary

Chapter Six and Seven Summary

SIX

1. One night the king could not sleep, so he ordered the book of annals to be read to him.

2. It recorded the that  Mordecai had exposed the assassination plot against  King Xerxes.

3. The king wanted to honour and recognize Mordecai and asked Haman what should be done for a man the king wants to honour.

4. Haman thought Xerxes was talking about him so he answered the king let him have a royal robe, a horse with a royal crest placed on its head and lead him through the city streets.

5. So the king told Haman to go do these things for Mordecai.

6. Haman had to do those things and say “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honour!”

7. Haman went home and told his wife Zeresh and his advisors.

8. They warned Haman that he will come to ruin if he tried to destroy Mordecai.

SEVEN

1. The king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet. The king Esther again, “What

is your petition. Whatever it is it will be granted.”

2. Queen Esther asked the king to spare her people.

3. King Xerxes asked Queen Esther who was the man who dared to do such a thing.

4.Esther told the king it was Haman.

5. Haman was terrified. The king was enraged and went out into the palace garden.

6.Haman  stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.

7. When the king returned Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was sitting.

8. The king thought Haman was attacking Esther.

9. He ordered Haman to be killed on the gallows that Haman had made for Mordecai.

Old Yeller Quiz - Monday, November 18

Old Yeller  Quiz Summary

What is setting?  -where and when a story takes place

What is a protagonist? - the main character of a story /Who is the protagonist?- Travis Coates

What is foreshadowing?- when an author hints early on about an event later on

What is the setting of Old Yeller? -Birdsong Creek, Texas in the 1860’s

From what point of view is this story told? - first person point of view

Where is Mr Coates (Pa)?- He has gone to get “cash money” on a cattle drive to Kansas. He will be gone for months.

Why does Travis not want Old Yeller at first?- because Old Yeller stole from him and he really wanted a horse, not a dog

What are javelina hogs? -Wild hogs that are very dangerous and vicious

Setting Pop Up

Setting Pop Up

1.    Make a list of items or things that describe the setting of the novel.

When	Where
Log cabin (olden days)	Near an Indian reservation

2.    Decide on three or four items or characters to “pop” out.  For example, Old Yeller, Arliss, Jumper, Travis, water pool

3.    Create a rough draft of your pop up in pencil on blank paper.

·       Use the items from the table above to create the setting.

·        Decide where items will go and how to colour in your background.

4.    Create your pop up using your rough draft as a guide. Your ideas may change and that is okay.

Ensure your pop up includes the following:

¦ Fully coloured background.

¦ Background details from the novel

¦ At least three items that pop out.

May be coloured with construction paper or if by crayon, pencil crayon or marker, neatly coloured in.)

Literary Terms for Old Yeller

In Old Yeller we are looking at a few literary terms. The terms in the boxes in the information below will be on a future quiz.

 Setting

Setting is when and where a story takes place.

Sometimes an author will state directly the setting, but usually authors simply   gives us hints early on to let us know when and where. This can be through descriptions that can give us an idea of time and place. For example, if a story describes horse and buggies, we can guess it is before cars were invented. If a story describes someone uses technology, we can guess it is modern day.

Here are some examples of well-known story settings:

Story	When	Where
Peter Pan	Early 1900's	·         London, England ·         the Darling's nursery ·         Neverland
Batman	1950's to modern day	·         Gotham City, USA

Protagonist

A Protagonist is the main character(s) or hero of the story.

This character is the one the author reveals the most about and who the reader relates to the most. This character often has a conflict or problem that gets resolved by the end of the novel.

Examples of protagonists:

Lemony Snickets Series	Violet, Klaus and Sunny
Magic Tree House Series	Annie and Jack
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Charlie
Harriet the Spy	Harriet

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is when an author hints at what is to come in the story. 

In Old Yeller, Fred Gipson foreshadows Old Yeller's death at least twice in the novel.

Chapter One- Travis says, "First I wanted to kill him…then I had to kill him." 

Chapter Fourteen- Travis says" I didn't call him back…As it turns out, it's a good thing I didn't. Only afterward, I wished a thousand times that I could have had some way of looking ahead at what was to happen. Then I would have done everything I could to keep all of them from going."

First Person Perspective

First Person Perspective is when the narrator of the story is someone in the story.

Narrators in stories are either first person (when someone in the story tells the story) or third person.  Third person perspective can be limited (only knowing the thoughts or feelings of a one or two characters, or third person omniscient (knowing the thoughts of all the characters).

Examples:

Book	Narrator	Proof
Diary of a Wimpy Kid	First Person	Story is told by Greg and uses words like "I", "me", "we"
Runaway Ralph	Third Person Limited	Story is about Ralph and uses words like "he", "him", "they" Only reveals thoughts and feelings of  Ralph
Old Yeller	First Person	Story is told by Travis and uses words like "I", "me", "we".