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Across Five Aprils
Chapter 1-3 Discussion Questions:
1. Bill finally revealed how he felt about the war to Jethro. What was upsetting Bill the most?
2. What caused Bill to leave home and what were his plans?
3. What do you think will happen to Bill? What will John do?
4. You are Jethro and you go back to your house after Bill has left. Write a possible journal entry that Jethro may have
written talking about how he feels about the war and what Bill is doing.
1. Bill finally revealed how he felt about the war to Jethro. What was upsetting Bill the most?
2. What caused Bill to leave home and what were his plans?
3. What do you think will happen to Bill? What will John do?
4. You are Jethro and you go back to your house after Bill has left. Write a possible journal entry that Jethro may have
written talking about how he feels about the war and what Bill is doing.
Characterization
Click on the link below to read the article about what characterization is and how we can determine what characterization that an author uses. You will use your information to add or delete to your response slip we used at the beginning of class.
Work in groups of four using the STEAL method to define each of the following characters. Information can be recorded in the graphic organizer or in SMART IDEAS, Word, a table. The page numbers listed below are a place to start. You may use any pages in the book to help you define the characterization the author uses.
A. Pg. 2-3 Ellen
B. Pg. 4-5 Shadrach
C. Pg. 16-17 Nancy
D. Pg. 17-18; 39 Bill
A. Pg. 2-3 Ellen
B. Pg. 4-5 Shadrach
C. Pg. 16-17 Nancy
D. Pg. 17-18; 39 Bill
Indirect Characterization shows things that reveal the personality of a character. There are five different methods of indirect characterization:
Speech What does the character say? How does the character speak?
Thoughts What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?
Effect What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the
character? What effect does this character have on other characters?
Actions What does the character do? How does the character behave?
Looks What does the character look like? How does the character dress?
Speech What does the character say? How does the character speak?
Thoughts What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?
Effect What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the
character? What effect does this character have on other characters?
Actions What does the character do? How does the character behave?
Looks What does the character look like? How does the character dress?
Sensory Details
The sensory details of a story is how an author uses words to describe the 5 SENSES. As you find examples of sensory details be ready to give textual evidence to support your answer. In other words, don't just go on your own opinion or thoughts. Take words that the author uses and examples from the text that helps you see, hear, taste, smell or feel something.
Using your assigned pages, answer the following questions:
1. What sensory images does the author use in this portion of the passage? Give evidence from the text to support each sensory detail that you choose.
2. What is the dominate sensory image that the author uses in this portion of the passage? Why do you think so?
You will respond to these two questions on a sheet of notebook paper or in a word document. Please be sure that you have your name at the top of your paper. Turn it in to the class tray when you are completed.
1. What sensory images does the author use in this portion of the passage? Give evidence from the text to support each sensory detail that you choose.
2. What is the dominate sensory image that the author uses in this portion of the passage? Why do you think so?
You will respond to these two questions on a sheet of notebook paper or in a word document. Please be sure that you have your name at the top of your paper. Turn it in to the class tray when you are completed.
Discussion Questions Chapters 7-9
Open a word document and answer the following questions.
1. What is a deserter? Why do you think the men wanted to desert, or leave, from the Civil War?
2. Who was the deserter that Jethro finds? How do you think this makes Jethro feel?
3. What does Jethro do to help this deserter?
4. What was your favorite part of chapters 7-9 or so far in the book? Why?
1. What is a deserter? Why do you think the men wanted to desert, or leave, from the Civil War?
2. Who was the deserter that Jethro finds? How do you think this makes Jethro feel?
3. What does Jethro do to help this deserter?
4. What was your favorite part of chapters 7-9 or so far in the book? Why?
Discussion Questions Chapter 10-12
We will be working in groups of four to discuss the answers to these questions.
Your group will be assigned one question to research and answer thoroughly.
Then you will meet up with other members of the other groups to work to listen to the responses for their questions.
Our class will end with each student indpendently answering the questions using the link to the document below. Be sure and record the information and page numbers that you need for each question when other groups are sharing.
1. Why does Jenny go to Washington, D.C.? How does this journey mark an important turning point in her life? Explain.
2. Describe John’s meeting with Bill. What does Bill’s request suggest about the cost of following his conscience?
3. When does word come that the war has finally ended? Why does the narrator say that this April is the “saddest and most cruel” of the five?
4. What will Jethro do now that the war has ended? How does his decision reflect the Creightons’ values?
5. The author used many letters through the book and especially these chapters. Why do you think the author chose to put these letters in the story? How did they help the reader understand the events of the story better?
Your group will be assigned one question to research and answer thoroughly.
Then you will meet up with other members of the other groups to work to listen to the responses for their questions.
Our class will end with each student indpendently answering the questions using the link to the document below. Be sure and record the information and page numbers that you need for each question when other groups are sharing.
1. Why does Jenny go to Washington, D.C.? How does this journey mark an important turning point in her life? Explain.
2. Describe John’s meeting with Bill. What does Bill’s request suggest about the cost of following his conscience?
3. When does word come that the war has finally ended? Why does the narrator say that this April is the “saddest and most cruel” of the five?
4. What will Jethro do now that the war has ended? How does his decision reflect the Creightons’ values?
5. The author used many letters through the book and especially these chapters. Why do you think the author chose to put these letters in the story? How did they help the reader understand the events of the story better?