Turn Homeward, HanaleeReading PBL

Task Card 1

Get with one partner to complete the tasks in this PBL. Remember, when you have something to write on paper, that you BOTH must write and turn in a copy of your own!

Go to www.brainpop.com and view the video “Civil War”

This will give you a brief review of this war, which will be good background information for your novel.

Task Card 2

After reading chapter 1 in the novel, write down these figurative language phrases on a sheet of paper and identify what theyare. (simile, idiom, etc.)

1. These flashes were silent, like suddenly blossoming red flowers.”

2. “Suddenly, her face crumpled like an old piece of cloth.”

3. “I think I will go talk to Aunt Marilla sometime later on and see how the wind blows.”

4. “She’s got a temper hot as fire.”

5. “All at once, her face went poker-stiff.”

Now, look throughout chapter 1 with your partner, and find 2 more examples of figurative language and add them as #5 and #6 on your paper and turn it in.

Focus: Identify Figurative language

Task Card 3

(Focus: Recalling Facts/Details & Compare/Contrast)

See pages 9-13 in chapter 1. Write Hanalee’s daily schedule. After examining this schedule, how does it compare to your own? Use a piece of paper and CREATE (level 4 DOK) a venn diagram to compare/contrast your schedule with Hannalee’s.

Task Card 4

After reading chapter 2, write a 4 sentence summary for this chapter.

(Focus: Recalling Details/Summarizing/Main Idea)

Task Card 5

Use a sheet of paper and write the questions and answers below, from chapter 3.

1. Who was Uncle Billy Sherman to which the soldier referred, at the start of chapter 3?

2. Who was Uncle Billy Sherman to which the soldier referred at the start of chapter 3? What event had just happened in the Civil War, in Atlanta, in this chapter?

3. What untruth did Rosellen tell the soldier to be able to keep Hanalee by her side?

Task Card 6

On a piece of paper, write & answer the following question regarding chapter 3:

On page 58, we learn where the chapter title comes from. Who says, “Life’s lots of times, hilly, bumpy and stumpy”? What does this person mean by this statement? Give THREE instances so far from the text that tell how life has been “hilly, bumpy and stumpy” for the Reeds.

Task Card 7

In chapter 4, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher both treat Hanalee very differently. Draw the chart below, and explain how they each treat Hanalee. Provide TEXTUAL EVIDENCE! (Focus: Summarizing)

Mrs. Fletcher

Mr. Fletcher

Task Card 8

In chapters 4 & 5, we discover Rosellen, Jem and Hannalee go their separate ways. Use this chart to record where each character went, and the work they are intended to do. Put this in your reader’s notebook.

Character Location Work

Task Card 9

Chapter 6:

Write the following questions on a piece of paper, and answer with textual evidence. (Focus: Inferencing/Check for Understanding)

1. Is, Quantrill, who Hanalee meets one night, a Confederate, and Yankee, or neither? Explain your choice and use textual evidence for support.

At the end of this chapter, Hannalee points out, “I could see that Rosellen had changed up here in Yankee land. It wasn’t just her new clothes. She was different in ways I couldn’t put my finger on.”

2. Find at least TWO examples in the text of this chapter to show how Rosellen has changed.

3. Hanalee learns that Sherman is leaving atlanta and heading to savannah. What was this event actually called? (Remember from your SS unit!)

Task Card 10

Chapter 8

Towards the end of this chapter, Hannalee and Jem have a different vision of war, than they did in the beginning. How do they see war now?

Write this question in your reader’s notebook, and answer using textual evidence.

Task Card 11

See Project folder on counter: Where in the World is Hannalee Reed?

(Project covers math—coordinate grids, writing AND reading standards.)

Have fun!