Chapter+2

by Beverly Cleary
Chapter 2: At Howie's House Choose 1 of the following activities to complete on your own paper.
 * Vocabulary:** exasperate, company, sustain, summary, mount, swallow, apologize, permission, overwhelmed, blissful
 * 1) Group and Regroup - think about these 10 words. Create a Tree Map showing at least 5 ways you could Categorize these words. Some words may fall into more than 1 category. (i.e. Words that Describe Ramona, Nouns, Words with More Than 3 Syllables, etc.). Every category has to have at least 2 words in it and every word must be placed in at least 1 category.
 * 2) Vocabulary Analysis - Choose 3 words to work with. For each word create a Tree Map with the following headings: Definition, Synonym or Antonym, How Used in Story, My Own Sentence


 * Activities**: Choose 1 of the following activities to complete on your own paper.
 * 1) Before we started reading this book we discovered that April 12 has been named National D.E.A.R Day in honor of Beverly Cleary. After reading this chapter click on the Discussion tab and write a new post about why you think she was chosen for this honor. Be sure to use CER in writing your post. Also do you like the title D.E.A.R. or Silent Sustained Reading (S.S.R.) better? Why?
 * 2) Ramona has to play with Willa Jean after school. Willa Jean is only a preschooler. Create a circle map where you can brainstorm at least six ideas of things to do to entertain a 4-year-old. Then highlight your two best ideas. Choose 1 of those ideas and create a flow map that shows how to go about your idea. What needs to happen in order for it to happen. Your flow map should have at least 4 steps. Illustrate each step as well as explain what that step is.


 * Blogging**: Choose 1 of the following topics to write about in your blog. You need to be able to write a response of 50-100 words or more . Remember that in your blog you make a Claim, then tell what evidence you have to support your claim and your reasons to support both the claim and the evidence. (CER)
 * 1) Ramona shared her list of the bad parts and the good parts of third grade. You have now finished one-fourth of your third grade year. I'm sure that you have discovered some bad parts and some good parts too. Share your thoughts. What is one bad part for you this year and why does it give you trouble? (Remember no names here) What do you like about 3rd grade and why? And finally what are you looking forward to for other three-quarters of your third grade year that is left for you to experience?
 * 2) Ramona felt put upon because of her place in the family. Reread the last paragraph on page 52 through the bottom of page 53. Why did she feel that she was being treated unfairly? Have you ever felt as if you were treated unfairly by members of your family because you were the oldest or youngest or only girls or younger brother or only child? What did you do about it?