Bunnicula by Sarah Korntheuer

Summarizer: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

skorntheuer — 2013-10-23 15:47:48 UTC

CHAPTER 1:

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 anapomorphism from the text.

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

DISCUSSION DIRECTOR: Prove It...decide if the statement is true or false, then use facts from the text to support your claim.

skorntheuer — 2013-10-27 05:36:12 UTC

CHAPTER 1: CHESTER IS NOT A TYPICAL CAT.

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: BUNNICULA STARVING IS HIS OWN FAULT.

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

Word Wizard: VOCABULARY- look up the word in the dictionary and write the definition then include what page in our chapter book the word is found on

skorntheuer — 2013-10-23 15:48:41 UTC

CHAPTER 1:

digress

reverie

decipher

hysteria

crick

traumatized

CHAPTER 2:

vivid

sustenance

aura

fangs

disdain

CHAPTER 3:

bleary-eyed

indulgent

incredulously

chemistry

CHAPTER 4:

sauntered

sneered

scornfully

smugly

aghast

CHAPTER 5:

heed

blight

menacingly

dolt

CHAPTER 6:

emanated

inert

jumble

emits

strewn

feline

stake

CHAPTER 7

exemplary

devious

listless

jig

overstating

CHAPTER 8

nabbed

imminent

predicament

stealthily

astute

scruff

Illuminator: READING SKILL- practice a skill to help make your reading stronger

skorntheuer — 2013-10-23 15:49:30 UTC

CHAPTER 1- NARRATIVE ELEMENTS: Rewrite and complete these sentences from the text. Second draw a picture to go with one of the sentences. I gave you page numbers to help you get started.

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 & EFFECT: sometimes something that happens forces another thing to happen...like James and his magic beans!

Complete the cause and effect pair for these 2 statements.

1. Because Chester was given to Mr. Monroe with 2 volumes of G.K. Chesterton,

effect- ___________________________________

2. Because _______________________________________________________________

effect- Chester got up and looked out the window.

Last, create 2 more cause & effect relationships from this chapter.

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

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 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_

OPINION_

CHAPTER 5: CONTEXT CLUES:

1) Look on pages 55 and 61 and try to guess the 2 words I think are most interesting to this chapter.

2) Reread the sentences that they're in.

3) Take a guess at what you think the words mean BASED ON THE CONTEXT CLUES (hints) surrounding them.

4) Then explain to me why you think those are the words I chose.

CHAPTER 6: HOMONYMS

A homonym is a word that sounds the same, but can have more than 1 meaning. For example: I means myself and eye means the organ in your face. This book has a lot of homonyms in it.

List 2 pairs of homonyms and record how they're spelled and what they each mean.

1. _____________(p._) means ______________________________________________________

_______________(p._) means ______________________________________________________

2. _____________(p._ ) means ______________________________________________________

______________(p._) means ______________________________________________________

CHAPTER 7: REREAD TO CLARIFY

Look back at the last 7 chapters. Find a chapter you think would help you better understand the story if you reread it. Fill in the blanks below on your graphic organizer:

Chapter you reread:

What 2 new understandings or details did you notice?

CHAPTER 8: DIG DEEPER

There's a saying "You can't pick your family."

1. What do you think this means?

2. How does this apply to the Monroe family?

Artful Artist: Great 8 Practice

skorntheuer — 2015-10-15 15:39:07 UTC

CHAPTER 1- VISUALIZATION: On page 4 the author forms the setting by describing the weather.

Draw a picture of what YOU THINK the house looks like from the outside. Then write a couple sentences explaining what you drew.

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.

Then add 2-3 sentences below your drawing explaining what you drew.

CHAPTER 3- DETERMINING IMPORTANCE: Write these 5 words at the top of your graphic organizer: family, paranoid, loyal, creepy, suspicious.

Then create a picture that includes all these words somehow. Be sure to write a sentence or two explaining why you drew what you drew.

CHAPTER 4- DETERMINING IMPORTANCE: The author purposely made Harold and Chester's personalities very different. Draw a VennDiagram graphic organzier and compare & contrast Chester and Harold with at least 3 facts in each part of the circle.

CHAPTER 5: If you had a pet who started acting as strangely as Chester from page 57, what would you do? Draw a picture of what Chester looks like on page 57.

CHAPTER 6: The author chose to make Harold and Chester's friendship humorous (funny). Draw a picture of one scene where this friendship is funny. Then include a few sentences explaining what you drew and why it's funny.

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.

Pick 1 part of the novel that you think is MOST IMPORTANT TO THE PLOT. Draw a picture of that part. Write a couple sentences explaining what you drew and why it's important.

CHAPTER 8- CHARACTER MOTIVATION: Chester's motivation the whole book has been based on jealousy. He's jealous of Bunnicula for many reasons. Draw a picture of what Chester WISHES his life was like.