1. Peregrine Falcons Book: Miss Suki is Kooki
A report by Dom Lamastra

2. About Title: Miss Suki is Kooki Author: Dan Gutman
Copyright Date: 2007
About

3. Summary The anticipation before Miss Suki arrives AJ’s reaction
Miss Suki arrives and trips and falls immediately, marking the start of her arrival
Miss Suki explains to the class what she does for a living, but nobody cares about her, and wants to know what’s in the box.
Class Photo disaster

4. Andrea is a know-it-all who has a rivalry with A.J. and loves school.
Main Characters
Emily
Arlo
Andrea
Emily is a girl that really likes to look at herself in the mirror. She also gets picked on by AJ.
Also known as A.J, Arlo is the main character and likes skateboarding and hates school. He wants to meet Tony Hawk.
Andrea is a know-it-all who has a rivalry with A.J. and loves school.

5. Minor Characters
Miss Suki: The famous author who comes to the school to teach the class.
Miss Daisy: AJ’s Really Dumb teacher.
Mrs. Loopy: Librarian who is really excited for the author visit.
Mr. Klutz: Class principal notoriously known for being bald.
Neil: Called the nude kid by AJ even though he wears clothes.
Michael and Ryan: Two of Aj’s friends whom talk to him at lunch and make small comments here and there. Make the story seem more like a class and not just 3 or 4 students. .

6. Miss Suki is coming to visit, and things sadly don’t turn out as planned, as the kids were being obnoxious to Miss Suki as she was trying to explain her life.
Conflict

7. Instead of a happy solution, they killed Mrs. Suki’s pet raptor.

8. Review
Overall, I thought the book was very interesting, and it’s not a long commitment to read and it is a pretty good story. It is very unrealistic but yet very creative.

9. Peregrine Falcons

10. Basic facts. Peregrine Falcons...
Are endangered
Normally inches long
Wingspan of 3.5 feet
Can live to be 20 years old
Normally 2lbs
Newborn chicks take 42 days to learn to fly on average, but they still need to learn to hunt other birds.

11. Interesting facts:
Peregrine Falcons tend to nest on top of tall buildings and structures
Peregrine Falcons can reach speeds more than 200 mph.
They are killing machines. Meaning that instead of biting their prey they literally use their nails and beak to continuously stab at it.
They are on top of the food chain.
They’re endangered and were close to being extinct in the 1970s
They’re eyesight can see prey from a mile away

12. Regions where Peregrine Falcons live
Orange - Live
Peach - Don’t live

13. Hunting In depth Peregrine Falcons kill in three different ways
- the “dive bomb” attack to kill animals.
- straight on stabbing them with their beak/claws
- a lock-on chase

14. Class example
cells
7 necessities for living things

17.
Interesting video of the Falcon catching prey

18. Question and answer Part I
Please Answer these questions with your group on the index card provided
Who is AJ’s most hated rival in school? (Hint: Her name starts with an A)
Who is the bald teacher?
Give 1 example of how the Peregrine Falcon is similar to us humans.
What is it called when the Peregrine Falcon goes high in the air and then crashes down?
How many days does a take a newborn peregrine falcon to fly? (Hint: The number is in between 40 and 50)
Who is the librarian whom was excited about Mrs. Suki’s visit?
What caused the Peregrine Falcon to almost become extinct?
What is Arlo’s nickname? (Hint: His name starts with an A)
Peregrine Falcons are present in every continent EXCEPT?
What gets killed in the end of the book, Miss Suki is Kooky?

19. Question and Answer Part II
Andrea
Mr. Klutz
(Answers may vary)
Dive-Bomb Attack
42 days
Mrs. Loopy
DDT’s AJ
Antarctica
Miss Suki’s pet falcon