Draw a picture of what YOU THINK the house looks like from the outside.

CHAPTER 2- VISUALIZATION: On page 20 and 23, the author gives great details explainging what Bunnicula looks like. Draw an UP-CLOSE picture of what you think he looks like in his cage.

CHAPTER 3- DETERMINING IMPORTANCE: Write these 5 words in your packet: family, paranoid, loyal, creepy, suspicious.

Then next to each word, explain why the word is important to the book we're reading.

CHAPTER 4- DETERMINING IMPORTANCE: The author purposely made Harold and Chester's personalities very different. Draw a tophat graphic organzier and compare Chester and Harold with at least 3 facts in each box..

CHAPTER 5- INFERENCING AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: An inference is a guess made from reading something and putting that something with information you already had (prior knowledge).  

Open the document in our "assignments" folder (wsp.8) on our reading website and download it onto your desktop. Read the worksheet with a friend and answer the questions in the Reading Strategy part of your packet.

CHAPTER 6- INFERENCING AND DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: Open the document in our "assignments" folder (wsp.14) on our reading website and download it onto your desktop. Read the worksheet ALONE and answer the questions in the Reading Strategy part of your packet.

CHAPTER 7- SYNTHESIZE: Synthesize means to change your way of thinking or reflect on what you have learned and change the way you do the rest...I want you to synthesize what you've done so far in the novel.

1. Look back at the previous 7 chapters and make sure you're caught up with all your strategies.

2. Put a check in each box if you have completed the chapter activity and have it to prove it!

3. Look back at the boxes that aren't checked and DO THEM. Now is the time to synthesize your work ethic and finish the novel strong! :)

CHAPTER 8- QUESTION: When you read you should be asking yourself questions. The idea of whether vampires are real or not comes to MY mind when reading Bunnicula. That makes me think of vampire bats! For your reading strategy, click on the website below and answer as many of the questions in your packet as possible.

CHAPTER 9- INFER AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS: Now that you have read the story, you are prepared to make conclusions about the characters. Think about how the characters started. What was their personality like? Were they nice, mean, patient, silly, boring, mysterious, etc? Now make a prediction for each character's future. There is not a wrong answer as long as you back up WHY you chose that prediction and explain WHAT from the text helped you figure this out.

1. How does Harold feel about his family?  Show proof (examples) from the book to support your answer.

2. What is unusual about how Bunnicula looks?  How does that add to Chester’s vivid imagination?

3. What kind of relationship do Chester and Harold have?  Show proof (examples)  from the book to support your answer.

4. Toby and Peter argue over who gets to keep Bunnicula in their room.  Who had the better argument?  Why, explain your answer.

CHAPTER 2:

1. The author uses anapamorphism (gives animals human abilities). Give 2 specific examples of this from the text.

2. Harold is a very intelligent dog. Find a specific quote ("") from this chapter that shows he is smart.

CHAPTER 3:

1. Why is this chapter titled "Some unusual Goings-On"? Use textual evidence to answer the question.

2. This book's genre is fictional mystery. A mystery has to have a problem or a crime. What is the problem or crime in this story?

3. Does Chester do anything that is normal for a cat? If so, list one example from the book starting with "On page __ Chester...".

CHAPTER 4:

1. Why does Harold like to hang out in Toby's room on Friday nights?

2. What does Harold think a parrot is? How does Chester explain it?

3. Pick one adjective to describe the scene on page 44 and tell me why you chose that adjective. Start your answer with "One word to describe the scene on page 44 is..."

*Remember, an adjective is a describing word!

CHAPTER 5

1. Give one example from the chapter of Chester trying to tell the humans Bunnicula is a vampire.

2. How does the family explain Chester's strange behavior?

3. What does Harold think Chester should do to handle this problem?

CHAPTER 6

1. What is garlic usually used for?

2. What does Chester decide to use the garlic for?

3. What problem does Harold have getting Bunnicula back in the cage?

CHAPTER 7

1. Who do you think is the hero in the story? Explain why using evidence from the story.

2. How does Chester try and get on the family's good side?

3. Why does Bunnicula begin to starve?

CHAPTER 8

1. Why is timing so important for Harold?

2. How does Harold try to save Bunnicula?

3. The climax (most emotional or shocking moment) happens in this chapter. What part do you think it is? Explain why you think this.

CHAPTER 9

1. Is Bunnicula a vampire? Support your answer wtih 1 or more QUOTES from the story for proof.

2. How does Chester change in the story?

admonition

digress

reverie

glistening

decipher

bereaved

moseyed

hysteria

crick

traumatized

CHAPTER 2:

vivid

sustenance

aura

fangs

disdain

CHAPTER 3:

bleary-eyed

indulgent

incredulously

chemistry

proceedings

murmured

aroma

abide

subtle

sauntered

sneered

scornfully

smugly

aghast

CHAPTER 5:

heed

blight

menacingly

dolt

inexplicable

CHAPTER 6:

emanated

inert

jumble

emits

strewn

feline

stake

CHAPTER 7

exemplary

devious

listless

jig

overstating

CHAPTER 8

nabbed

imminent

predicament

stealthily

astute

scruff

CHAPTER 9

trundled

overwrought

dialect

kittenhood

crinkling

THAT MEANS 5 SENTENCES WTH 5 PICTURES!

In our family, everyone treats everyone else _____________. (p.7)

Mr. Monroe is a ________________. (p.7)

Mrs. Monroe is a _______________. (p.7)

Pete on the other hand doesn't believe in _______________. (p.11)

Chester was still sitting by the closed kitchen door _________________________. (p.17)

CHAPTER 2- CAUSE AND EFFECT: Draw four cause and effect boxes like the ones below.  

Then fill in the statements below in the correct boxes and the missing cause or effect.

1. cause-Chester was given to Mr. Monroe with 2 volumes of G.K. Chesterton

effect- ???

2. cause- ???

effect- Chester got up and looked out the window.

Last, create 2 more of your own in the last 2 boxes..

CHAPTER 3- FACT AND OPINION: Copy these 3 sentences into your packet.

1. Chester was very tired.

2. Harold is a funny dog.

3. Bunnicula is sneaky.

Then write an F next to the sentence if you think it's a fact or an O next to the sentence if you think it's an opinion.

Last, if it's a fact write the page number it can be found on. If it's an opinion underline the strongest opinion word from the sentence.

CHAPTER 4: FACT AND OPINION: Write 1 fact and 1 opinion about each of the following characters:  

Bunnicula: FACT_

OPINION_

Harold: FACT_

OPINION_

Chester: FACT_

CHAPTER 5: CONTEXT CLUES: Look on pages 55 and 61 and find the 2 words I've selected. Reread the sentences that they're in. Take a guess at what you think the words mean BASED ON THE CONTEXT CLUES (hints) surrounding them. ***You may even need to reread the sentences before and after the sentence that the word is in. Then finish the sentence in the proof box in your packet.

CHAPTER 6: HOMOPHONES: Go out in the hall with your group. Take your packet and the bag of pears with you. As a team, match up the homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings) and record the pairs on your packet.

CHAPTER 7: REREAD: This means looking back and making sure you understand what's going on. Look back at your packet/worksheets and pick 1 chapter that you aren't sure you read carefully and REREAD it. Then log the chapter and a short summary in your packet.

CHAPTER 8: GATHERING AND INTERPRETING INFORMATION: You are going to take the information you gathered in your reading strategy center, and create a cartoon bat in your packet. Your bat needs to speak or somehow present the information about himself. I'm giving you CREATIVE FREEDOM to make this box entertaining but informative. Coloring is required.

CHAPTER 9: CAUSE AND EFFECT: Sometimes one cause can have more than effect. If the cause is "THE SUN COMES OUT", lots of effects can happen "SNOW MELTS, BIRDS COME OUT, FLOWERS BLOOM, THE DAYS STARTS, ETC.". And sometimes lots of causes can have the same effect. If the effect is "I ACED MY SPELLING TEST", the causes could be "I STUDIED, I ALREADY KNEW THE WORDS, I HAD GOOD LUCK, I CHEATED, ETC." Complete the graphic organizers in your packet using causes and effects from the text.

CHAPTER 2: A GYPSY CARAVAN PASSED THE MONROE'S HOUSE.

CHAPTER 3: HAROLD IS JEALOUS OF BUNNICULA.

CHAPTER 4: TOBY IS LETTING BUNNICULA OUT OF HIS CAGE AT NIGHT.

CHAPTER 5: MRS. MONROE LOVES CHESTER.

CHAPTER 6: HAROLD HAS A CHANGE OF HEART ABOUT BUNNICULA.

CHAPTER 7: go back and look at your spiral. You should have 6 defend yourselves. In each "Defend Yourself" you should have an answer followed up by PROOF from that chapter. The second sentence should start something like "On page ______ it says..." or "I know this because on page _________ it says...".

CHAPTER 8: BUNNICULA IS A POOR FIT FOR THE MONROE FAMILY.

CHAPTER 9: THIS STORY IS REALISTIC FICTION.

CHAPTER 2: On page 20 Chester says, "I don't know what came over me, but a cold chill ran down my spine." What connection can you make to this comment? Explain when you felt that way.

CHAPTER 3: Why do you think Chester is so convinced Bunnicula is a "bad apple" (a bad guy)?

CHAPTER 4: Why do you think the author chose to make Harold and Chester's friendship so humorous?

CHAPTER 5: If you had a pet who started acting as strangely as Chester from page 57, what would you do?

CHATPER 6: Why do you think we give dogs baths, but not cats?

CHAPTER 7: go back and look at your spiral. You should have 7 2-column responses. For each 2 column response you should have answered the question in at least 4 sentences. That means you should see a total of AT LEAST 24 SENTENCES if you did this correctly. If you don't have 4 or more sentences for each response, now is the time to expand and add to them.

CHAPTER 8: There's a saying "You can't pick your family." What do you think this means? How does this apply to the Monroe family?

CHAPTER 9: Explain whether or not you agree that Chester is suffering from sibling rivalry. Support your answer.