By: Michael O. Tunnel Illustrated by: Ted Rand Mailing May By: Michael O. Tunnel Illustrated by: Ted Rand

1. May’s feelings change during the story 1. May’s feelings change during the story. Name three feelings that May has. Use details to support your answer. Excited about seeing Grandma Disappointed when she can't go Afraid when its time to leave

2. The story takes place a long time ago, and the author helps us see this by some old-fashioned expressions – words and phrases that we may know, but we don’t use much today. Make a list of old-fashioned expressions from the story and tell what they mean. Commenced (began) Make a beeline (go directly) Fault flabbergasted (very surprised) Valise (small suitcase) Seeing (used as because)

3. The families in both Mailing May and Leah’s Pony talk about hard times. Which family seems to be having the worse time? Use details to support your answer. Leah’s family was having a harder time because they were in danger of losing their farm.

4. The setting of Mailing May is 1914 in Idaho 4. The setting of Mailing May is 1914 in Idaho. What details in the story and pictures tell you that this story take place a long time ago? Clothing, the steam engine on the train, the way the post office looks, etc.

5. If the setting of the story were today, how would the story be different? If the story were set today, the girl might go on an airplane, a bus, or a different kind of train.