Literature Guide

 

Figurative Language
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Andrea's Literature Circles
Brian & Siobhan's Reading & Writing
Resources

* How to use your Vocabulary Log and Response Journal
Response Journal link

1. Create a list of words you are unfamiliar with for
each chapter.

2. After reading the assigned pages, respond to at
least three prompts found on the inside front
cover of your journal.

Assignment: Shirt project
Use the shirt template to help you with your shirt design.
Page 3 of the template needs to be approved before you can begin to decorate the shirt.

Part One

Exercise # 1

Chapter 1-5
Answer the following questions.

1. What evidence shows that Natalie feels
that Moose is important in her life?

2. Why is it so quiet in the apartment?

3. Why does mother keep Natalie's age at ten?

4. How does Moose feel after the family leaves
Natalie at the school?

5. How does the following metaphor help reveal
Moose's feelings about his sister's condition?
"I hate being the brother of a stone."

 

Exercise # 2

Chapter 6 & 7 take place in 2 different settings.

Describe the setting in Chapter 6 and the
setting in Chapter 7.

Find the paragraph or sentence in the book
(tell what page you found it on)
to help you describe each setting.

 

Due Oct 16
Rough draft of advertisement.
Click here to see project

 

Exercise # 3 - Due Oct 21

Chapter 10-11
Answer the following questions.

1. What news does Moose have to tell his parents?

2. Why does Moose tell only his dad and not his mom?

3. Why is Mrs. Flanagan's behavior so erratic?

4. Name three solutions Natalie's mother has tried
to 'cure' Natalie.

 

Exercise # 4 - Due Oct 23

Chapter 12-16

Look for Figurative Language as you read, then
complete the Figurative Find Form below

Figurative Find Form

 

Due Oct. 26
Read Chapter 17-20

 

Exercise # 5 - Due Oct 28

Chapter 21-28

1. How does Piper find out about Al's mother
visiting the island?

2. How does Mrs. Capone react to Rocky?

3. What happens to Mrs. Capone when she gets
to the island?

4. Why doesn't Moose want Piper to find a
convict ball for Scout?

5. Who is "105", and why does this person cause
Moose so much anxiety?