by Margot Griffin
The activities were designed by Margot Griffin to:
- meet the outcomes of The Ontario Ministry of Education's Reading Guidelines (gr. 7 and 8)
- provide opportunities for a range of thinking skills like those in Bloom's Taxonomy
- offer varying types of process and product for our students' multiple intelligences
These sheets include questions about each chapter and suggestions for activities.
Outline of Student Activities
Chapter 1. Vocabulary — word purposes; building
character; unanswered questions — to get guide,
click HERE.
Chapter 2. Vocabulary — French terms; reporting
an event; point of view — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 3. Vocabulary — meaning; a letter of introduction;
questioning — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 4. vocabulary — purpose; journal writing;
map making — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 5. Vocabulary — action words; predicting;
similes; organize information — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 6. Vocabulary — setting; character creation;
chalkboard stories — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 7. Vocabulary — create feelings; dialogue;
perform — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 8. Vocabulary — using a thesaurus; comparison;
modelling; persuasive writing — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 9. Vocabulary — word origin; creating suspense;
character conflict — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 10. Vocabulary — context; lyrical language;
web research; word pictures — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 11. Vocabulary — nouns and verbs; character
identification; oral speaking — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 12. Vocabulary — matching; choreograph;
teach; alliteration; debate — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 13. Vocabulary — context; tradition-symbols;
body language; a twist in the tale — to get guide,
click HERE.
Chapter 14. Vocabulary — point of view; naming;
drama; write a review — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 15. Vocabulary — Fear Factor game; inspirational
words; humour in writing — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 16. Vocabulary — alphabetize; turning points;
compose lyrics or a poem — to get guide, click HERE.
Chapter 17. Vocabulary — Survivor spelling game;
thesaurus - alternate word choices — to get guide,
click HERE.
Epilogue and Notes for Sister to the Wolf. Vocabulary — dictionary;
purpose; comprehension. Historical Fiction — fact
or fiction; author research; family stories — to
get guide, click HERE.
True/False test for the entire novel — to get the quiz, click HERE.
Key to questions for all chapters and for the true/false
test is available free on request to Maxine— to
contact Maxine, click HERE.