Homework # 7 9/14/12

Homework:

Read 20 min and log each night

Logs are due when we come back

Read “The Ransom of Red Chief”

Answer the following question in your Reading Skills notebook

1. What advance planning did Sam do to try to avoid unexpected problems?

2. Do Bill and Sam solve the conflict that inspired them to think of the kidnapping plan?

3. What do the unexpected events that Sam and Bill encounter reveal about their characters?

4. Does the major conflict remain the same throughout the story? Explain.

5. Do you think that Bill and Sam will try kidnapping again? Why or why not?

6. Is the resolution of the major conflict satisfying? Why or why not?

7. Based on Red Chief’s behavior in this story, what kind of adult do you think he will be? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Social Studies:
Use your notes from class and what you already know about history to create a graphic organizer about The Earliest Americans. Be sure to include the Aztecs, Maya, Inca and Olmecs.