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BEFORE READING
Look at the cover. Complete an OWI.
What I Observe…(can also be a detail or fact from the book)
What I Wonder…(what you wonder about the fact or detail)
What I Infer…This could mean…I infer…Maybe… I predict…
Chapter 1 What could be a good title for this chapter? ___________________________________________________________
Why does life change for James Henry Trotter? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Give 3 examples showing that Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are unpleasant.
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
Chapter 2 What could be a good title for this chapter? ___________________________________________________________
*Write what new information you have learned about Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker on your character chart.
Compare James’ feelings about when he lived with his parents to when he lived with his aunts. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is a word that means the SAME as peculiar? _________________________
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Chapter 3
Roald Dahl needs you to give this chapter a title. What could be a good title for this chapter?
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What would you do with a bag filled with 1,000 crocodile tongues? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Describe what peculiar event happened to James.
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Chapter 4
What could be a good title for this chapter? ___________________________________________________________
What is a word that means the OPPOSITE of miserable? ____________________
Summarize the events of chapter 4.
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Make a prediction. What will happen next? _____________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 5
What could be a good title for this chapter? ____________________________________________________
What was the result of James tripping and falling? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is a word that means the SAME as vanished? ________________________
Chapter 6
What could be a good title for this chapter? ___________________________________________________________
What was Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spikers’ reaction to the growing peach? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why do you think they reacted that way? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 7
What could be a good title for this chapter? ___________________________________________________________
What was this chapter MOSTLY about? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What word means the same as spellbound? __________________
Chapter 8
What could be a good title for this chapter? __________________________________
Design the ticket used to see the giant peach.
Be sure to include the cost for admission, where and when you can see the peach. Advertising Poster
Design and create posters to advertise the viewing of the giant peach. Make sure you include the cost, date, time, and location.
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Chapter 9
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Describe how James was feeling outside in the moonlight. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 10
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What was this chapter mostly about? Describe this in one sentence. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is a word that means the OPPOSITE of gigantic? ______________________
Chapter 11 and 12
*Write what new information you have learned about the insects and James on your character cart.
Choose two words that best describe each of these insects.
Grasshopper __________________ __________________
Spider __________________ __________________
Ladybug __________________ __________________
Earthworm __________________ __________________
Centipede __________________ __________________
What I Observe… What I Wonder… What I Infer…
(can also be a detail or fact from the book)
(what you wonder about the fact or detail)
This could mean…I infer…Maybe… I predict…
“We’ve got a tough day ahead of us tomorrow…”
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Chapter 13
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What was this chapter MOSTLY about? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What is a word that means the SAME as shimmered? ______________________
Why do you think James is accepting the insects so easily? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 14
What would be the advantages and disadvantages of leaving his Aunts? (Make a list)
Advantages Disadvantages
After reading the Centipede’s performance, describe how he feels about their upcoming adventure? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 15
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
How did the Aunts react to James’ disappearance? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How do you feel about the ending event of this chapter? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 16
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Use the setting description in chapter 16 to draw 2 scenes you may have seen if you were riding upon the peach. Label these scenes with a caption.
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Explain whether the insects believe it was a mistake to cut the peach loose. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What I Observe…(can also be a detail or fact from the book)
What I Wonder…(what you wonder about the fact or detail)
What I Infer…This could mean…I infer…Maybe… I predict…
“SMACK! It hit the water with a colossal splash and sank like a stone.”
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Chapter 17
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What is a word that means the OPPOSITE of giddy? ______________________
What was this chapter mostly about? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 18
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What is a words that means the SAME as gloomy? ________________________
What problems did James help solve in this chapter? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How does the Centipede feel about the peach and how do you know? _____________________________________________________________________________
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Look at the illustration on page 59. What can you infer form this illustration? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 19
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
James and his friends are in quite the predicament! How can the sharks stop eating the peach? Pretend you are James and create a plan to save yourself and your friends. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Your plan is one whole chapter. What would you title the chapter? ___________________________________________________________
Chapter 20
What could be a good title for this chapter? ___________________________________________________________
Describe James’ plan. _____________________________________________________________________________
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How did the insects react to his plan? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pretend YOU are the Earthworm! How would you react to James’ suggestion? Explain what you would do and why. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 21
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Chapter 22
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Summarize the events of this chapter.
First, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Then, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Next, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Finally, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What was the MOST important lesson the Earthworm learned? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What would the insects done without James?
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Chapter 23
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
The author wrote the first paragraph on page 71 to show… _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is a word that means the SAME as inspection? _______________________
What did the Miss Spider discover at the bottom of the peach? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why didn’t the sharks eat the peach when it was floating in the ocean? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why do you think the captain would be astonished? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why did the First Officer think the captain was ill? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 24
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What was this chapter MOSTLY about?
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Chapter 25
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What new information did you learn about the insects? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What I Observe…(can also be a detail or fact from the book)
What I Wonder…(what you wonder about the fact or detail)
What I Infer…This could mean…I infer…Maybe… I predict…
“Look out, Centipede!” cried James. “Look out!”
What is a word that means the SAME as dreadful? _________________________
What is a word that means the OPPOSITE of dreadful? ______________________
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Chapter 26
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What was the result of the Centipede dancing? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who helped solve the Centipede’s problem? _____________________________
How did the problem get solved? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 27
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Describe what happen in this chapter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Give 2 example from this chapter of cause and effect
Cause Effect
What lesson should the Centipede have learned? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 28
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Describe the condition of the peach. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
According to the author, how are rainbows made? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On page 96, Use context clues to infer the meaning of the word, pandemonium. Then, use it in a new sentence. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Describe the problem in this chapter and how it was solved. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now do you think the Centipede will learn his lesson? Explain why or why not. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How will the Centipede solve his problem now? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 29
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Explain why paint frightens Miss Spider. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What were some suggested solutions from the insects to help the Centipede? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How would you solve the sticky situation? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 30
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Describe what happen in this chapter. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who helped solve the Centipede’s problem? ___________________________________________________________
Chapter 31
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What was this chapter MOSTLY about? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 32
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What was this chapter MOSTLY about? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 33
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
Describe the reaction of the city as the peach descended. _____________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 34
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
You live in New York City! You are looking out your window. Write your thoughts and feeling.
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Chapter 35
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
What is a word that means the SAME as plummet? _______________________
Chapter 37
What could be a good title for this chapter? ________________________________________
List some of the reactions to the peach. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 39
Explain what happen to each one of the characters. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Choose one character and write a story about their NEW life. We will compile these stories to make a class book titled Happily Ever After the
Giant Peach! Be creative and use what you know about the character.
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Reflection
With all the things that happen to James, what do you think was the best and the worst event, and explain why. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What fairy tale is similar to James and the Giant Peach? In what ways? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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