1. Turn to the first page after your plant glossary and begin this bellwork. Spend some time in your thinking and writing. You will use this prompt all week!
Writing Prompt: Creative Writing
Explain how the girl was captured in a jar and describe the events from the perspective of the girl or the plants. Be sure to describe the setting in vivid detail and make the plants come alive with personification. Once you have established how she came to be in this setting, describe the events that happen next. Be sure to include plant terminology in your writing.

2. What can you infer from this picture? Write in detail on your sheet!
See, Think, Wonder
What can you infer from this picture? Write in detail on your sheet!

3. PLANTS Read chapter 5, section 2 in your Science textbook
PLANTS Read chapter 5, section 2 in your Science textbook. Take very good notes to answer the questions in the sidebars. You will need this information to write y our summary and create a plant biography. Do your research well!

4. Grandma’s Cupboard A free verse poem by Jonathan Williamson
Read the poem I have placed on your desk. Underneath the poem, what object or setting takes you back to a memory of your grandparent. For me, it would be an iron skillet.
Grandma’s Cupboard
A free verse poem by
Jonathan Williamson

5. Grandma’s Cupboard A free verse poem by Jonathan Williamson
Some of Grandma’s furniture
lives at our house now.
My favorite is a tall wooden cupboard.
It is golden oak, soft and worn,
and it is very,
very old.
It takes me back to Grandma’s.
I open its glass doors,
and it smells like her living room
a thousand miles away,
with someone else living in it now.
Now, at my own house, in my own living room,
I open the old cupboard doors,
I take a deep breath,
and WHOOSH!
I am back in Grandma’s house once more.
The cupboard says,
“Welcome back! Good to see you!”
Grandma’s Cupboard
A free verse poem by
Jonathan Williamson

6. How has Anna’s babushka kept the author in touch with her heritage?

7. Grandma’s Cupboard A free verse poem by Jonathan Williamson
Homework: Modeling “Grandma’s Cupboard” write your own poem to showcase your memories of a relative in your life. Use the object you wrote down as a jumping off point for your thoughts.
Some of Grandma’s belongings
live at our house now.
My favorite is a cast iron skillet.
It is midnight black, cold and hard,
and it is very,
very worn.
It takes me back to Grandma’s.
I touch its cool smooth surface,
and it smells like her kitchen
a thousand miles away,
with someone else living in it now.
Grandma’s Cupboard
A free verse poem by
Jonathan Williamson

8. Grandma’s Skillet A free verse poem by Tish Clarke
Homework: Modeling “Grandma’s Cupboard” write your own poem to showcase your memories of a relative in your life. Use the object you wrote down as a jumping off point for your thoughts.
Now, at my own house, in my own kitchen,
I heat up the skillet, listen to sizzling bacon,
I take a deep breath,
and WHOOSH!
I am back in Grandma’s house once more.
The skillet says,
“Welcome back! Good to see you!”
Grandma’s Skillet
A free verse poem by
Tish Clarke