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Now that you have finished reading Charlotte’s Web and you have watched the movie, think about the things you liked and the things you didn’t like. Answer the following questions with your opinions.
1. What was your favorite part of the book?
2. What was your favorite part of the movie?
3. Which did you like better, the book or the movie? Why?
January 18th, 2007
Read this article about spider lifestyles.
Based on this information, what kind of spider do you think Charlotte is? Is she a web-dweller, a tunnel-dweller, or a hunter? Give one reason for your answer.
December 12th, 2006
Because we are careful readers, we wrote down all of the unfamiliar words in chapter one. We will look these words up in the dictionary and share their meanings with the group.
- adoring
- amused
- arranged
- brook
- carriage
- delightfully
- disappeared
- enchanted
- firm
- gaze
- grated
- hollered
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- increased
- journey
- moist
- peer
- relieved
- snout
- stroke
- suggested
- vanished
- wade
- wept
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November 21st, 2006
Charlotte’s Web is such a good book that many authors mention it in their own stories! If you read a book that mentions Charlotte’s Web, comment on this post to report it!
1. What is the name of the story and who is the author?
2. Share a sentence from the story that mentions Charlotte’s Web. What page is it on?
November 21st, 2006
Because we are careful readers, we wrote down all of the unfamiliar words in chapter one. We will look these words up in the dictionary and share their meanings with the group
- absolutely
- adoring
- although
- appetite
- approached
- arranged
- ax
- blissful
- carton
- cellar
- certainly
- controlling
- crawled
- damp plaster
- delightfully
- demanded
- disappeared
- distribute
- doughnut
- dreamily
- early risers
- enchanted
- entire
- gaze
- granted
- heavily armed
- hog
- hoghouse
- increased
- infant
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- injustice
- litter
- manure
- miserable
- nevertheless
- nursing
- oozy
- pennsylvania
- perspiration
- pitcher
- promptly
- pupils
- queer
- result
- rifle
- risers
- roller towel
- runt
- salutations
- selecting
- shrieked
- sneakers
- sobbed
- sopping
- specimen
- suppertime
- untimely
- weakling
- wobbled
- wooden dagger
- woodshed
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October 26th, 2006
Before we begin to read Charlotte’s Web, spend a few minutes answering the following questions.
- What is a friend? What do you like about your best friend?
- What is your favorite kind of animal? Where does it usually live? Is it a pet, or a farm animal, a forest animal, or does it live in the zoo?
- What is your favorite kind of story to read? Do you like funny, serious, or scary stories?
- What do you think is different about the country and a city? Where would you rather live?
- Have you read the book Charlotte’s Web? Have you seen the cartoon?
October 17th, 2006