Pd 2: Must read second half of chapter 4 and answer questions. Pd 3: Must read chapters 3 and 4. (And, do vocabulary quiz.) Pd 4: Must read chapter 4. (And, do vocabulary quiz.) Pd 5: Can begin chapter 5. (Achieve 3000) Pd 6: Can begin chapter 5. (Achieve 3000) Pd 7: Must read last half of chapter 4 and answer questions and turn in. (Achieve 3000)

Agenda 4/26 Pd 2 Pd 3 Pd 4 Warm-Up: Who is the smartest? Pass out homework Warm-Up: Billy Weadle vocabulary review Finish reading chapter 4. Answer chapter 4 questions. Billy Weadle Vocabulary Quiz Achieve 3000 Read chapters 3 and 4 Read chapter 4

Agenda 4/27 Pd 5 Pd 6 Pd 7 Warm-Up: Chapters 1-4 Trivia Questions Warm-Up: Who is the smartest? Achieve 3000 Finish reading chapter 4. Answer chapter 4 questions.

Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. (Pd 2 and 7) Read the following excerpt: "'I wonder if that farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.' Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing he was not harmed by me, came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me. "I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying, 'If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man .'  Answer the following question: Who is the smartest, the Scarecrow, the crow or the farmer who made the Scarecrow? Why?

Take out your Billy Weadle Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Place your homework on your desk. Pd 3 and Pd 4 Take out your Billy Weadle Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle. Which words from Billy Weadle match each of the pictures below? 1 2 3 4 5

Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Place your homework on your desk Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Place your homework on your desk. (Pds 5 and 6) Wizard of Oz (chapters 1-4) Trivia Questions… Answer the following questions on your ¼ sheet: What state is Dorothy from? What “color” is chapter one? What “color” is Munchkin land? What is the name of the scarecrow? Why do the Munchkins like Dorothy’s dress? Where are the evil witches from? Where are the good witches from? In the movie, Dorothy wears red shoes. What color are her shoes in the book? Who was the first person in Oz to speak to Dorothy? What is the scarecrow the most afraid of? What is the name of the richest Munchkin in Munchkin Land?

Review the Billy Weadle words: Pds 3 and 4 Conjure Create Envisioning Imagine Detached separated Inflict apply Dexterity skill Phenomenon strange or rare occurrence Inquisitiveness curiosity Ferocity wild, crazy anger Churned to move in a violent, quick manner Perspiration sweat Invoke to cause or call upon Apprehensive fearful about something Fruitlessly without effect Accelerator a thing that speeds things up Compassion kindness Tutelage Teaching and protection Rogue a dishonest person

Billy Weadle Vocabulary (Pds 3 and 4) Review the words… Vocabulary Assessment

Chapter 4 Explain Scarecrow’s logic, why is it fortunate for Kansas that the people have brains? What is the overall “feeling” (tone) of this chapter? Between the three characters, who is “in charge?” Explain. Scarecrow says, “It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.” But, if you were a “fool,” what feelings/ problems/ issues might not exist in your life? Which details are correct in this picture?

Chapter 4

Closing: Can you get more out of a story by paying more attention to the details? Which of the 17 vocabulary words most closely matches what we have read from Wizard of Oz so far?