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And You Wonder Why We Get Called
the Weird Watsons
From The Watsons Go to
Birmingham
Quic
k W
rite
Choose one of the following
and write a response on
page 161. Have you ever seen someone
play a mean prank on another
person? Explain the prank
and what happened. Retell one of your family’s
stories, one that seems
destined to never be
forgotten. What is one of the most
embarrassing things you have
ever done? Describe the
incident.
Flint, Michigan
Chara
cters
Kenny-narratorDadMommaByron-brother Joetta-sisterRufus-friend
Chunk
I-Sett
ing
Describe the setting in
3 words.Underline any descriptions about the
characters.
Chunk
II-Sum
mari
ze
Summarize Dad’s story about Moses Henderson. How does
Dad make his story funny?Underline any
descriptions about the
characters.
Chunk
III-C
onflic
t Dad comes up with a solution to the problem facing the family. Label the problem
Describe the family car. Underline all the car’s nicknames.
Identify the chore that Dad gives to Byron and the narrator.
Make a prediction about how the work will progress.
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chunk
IV:
Sum
mari
ze
Summarize the first part of the prank the
narrator calls “How,
to Survive a Blizzard,
Part One.”Underline the way the
narrator handles the
first part of the prank.
Underline any descriptions about the
characters.
Chunk
V:
Sum
mari
ze
Summarize the second
part of “How to survive a Blizzard Part
One.”Underline the way the
narrator handles the
second part.Underline any descriptions about the
characters.
Chunk
VI:
Highlight what the narrator
promises himself. What does this promise tell
you about the narrator?
What does it tell you about
Byron? Summarize the last part of
“How to Survive a Blizzard
Part One.” Underline the way the
narrator handles this part.
Underline any descriptions
about the characters.
Chunk
VII:
Describe how Byron sounds.
What is Byron’s problem? The narrator’s name is finally
revealed. Circle the name.
Create a picture of Byron’s predicament in your mind’s eye, as if it were in a movie. Sketch or describe what you see.
Underline what Kenny compares Byron to. Does that help you imagine the scene?
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chunk
VIII
:
Write whose reaction you agree with and why.
Underline the solutions offered by Dad, Kenny, and Momma.
What solutions can you think of?
Write how you think Byron feels right now and what you think of the way Dad is teasing him.
Kenny says, “It’s no wonder the neighbors called us the Weird Watsons behind our backs. There we were, all five standing around a car with the temperature about a million degrees below zero and each and every one of us crying!” Underline why each one of the family members is crying.
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chunk
IX:
Underline the solutions that Momma
finally comes up with.
Underline the most vivid descriptions in this chunk.Underline any
descriptions about the
characters.
Aft
er
Readin
g
Complete the chart on
page 174. Use all the
descriptions you highlighted throughout
the nine chunks.
Aft
er
Readin
g
What changes have occurred by the end of
the story?
Aft
er
Readin
g
The story is told by Kenny,
in first person point of view.
The story may not be as
funny if Byron was the
narrator, because he
certainly would not find his
problem amusing! Describe the incident.
Pretend that you are Byron,
and a reporter is doing an
interview with you. Write
Byron’s version of the
story, being sure to get the
events in the right order.
Report
er
We are out driving around the streets of
Flint, finding out how
our citizens are dealing
with these record cold
temperatures. I’m here with Byron Watson. Byron, I hear
you have had quite a
painful experience as a
result of the weather.
What happened?
Aft
er
Readin
g The title of the story
uses a poetic device
called ALLITERATION. Write the title of the
story and underline the
consonant letters that
are repeated at the beginning of words.
Aft
er
Readin
g
Complete number 6 individually.
