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Read for Fun:
Charlotte's Web
Chapters 1 & 2 & 3
Before
Breakfast & Wilbur & Escape
Date:
_______/_______/ 2013
Name:
E. B. WHITE
Introduction
about
the author
Detailed questions:
Q1: Why
did Fern’s dad want to do away with the
pig?
Q2: Why did Fern think
it was unfair to kill the pig?
Q3: What
was Fern’s parents’ decision?
What do you think of Fern’s
parents?
Q4: How did Fern
look after Wilbur?
Questions
for
discussion
(P1-15)
Q5: Why
di
d Fern’s dad decide to sell
Wilbur?
Open questions:
Q1: What would you do if you were Fern?
Would you
save the pig? Why?
Q2: What should we do with the weak?
Q3:
Do
your
parents
respect
your
ideas
or
opinions?
Share with your
friends.
Q4:
Read
the
paragraphs
where
Fern
looked
after
Wilbur.
What
is
the
purpose
for
the
writer
to
describe these so carefully?
Nationality:
Major Works:
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My questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Detailed questions:
Q1: What was Fern’s uncle’s barn like?
Why does the writer describe the barn
so carefully?
Q2:
What
did
he
mean
when
Wilbur
said
“When
I’m
out
here, there’s no place to go but in. When I’m
indoors, there’s no place to go but out
in the yard.”
on page 20?
Q3:
Why
were
all
the
animals
excited
when
Wilbur
Questions
for
discussion
(P16-30)
escaped?
How did Wilbur escape?
Q4:
What did Wilbur think of the freedom?
Open questions:
Q1:
Have
you
ever
stayed
on
a
farm
like
that?
How
would
you
feel
if
you
stayed
on
Fern’s
uncle’s
farm?
Q2:
The animals in the barn trusted Fern. What can we
do if we want animals or people to
trust us?
Q3: What do you think of
freedom? What is freedom in
your
opinion?
Q4:
Have
you
ever
escaped?
If
yes,
share
with
your
friends
the story and your feeling.
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My
questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Read for Fun:
Charlotte's
Web
Chapters 4 & 5
& 6
Loneliness & Charlotte & Summer
Days
Date:
_________/_________/ 2013
Detailed questions:
Q1:
Why
was
Wilbur
unhappy
when
he
found
it
was
rainy?
What do you
think of Wilbur’s plans?
Q2:
What was wrong with Wilbur on page 34?
Q3: Why did Wilbur feel lonely?
Questions
for
discussion
(P31-46)
Q4: Why couldn’t Wilbur
sleep?
Q5: What do you think
of Charlotte?
Open questions:
Q1: Do you like to make plans? Is it
good or not good
to make plans? Share
with friends.
Q2: What do you think of
friendship? Is it important in
your
life? Why?
Q3:
Have
you
ever
been
excited
to
expect
something
important
happen?
What
is
it?
Share
with
your
friends.
Q4:
What quality is important in being a true friend?
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My
questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Detailed questions:
Q1: Who
was speaking to Wilbur? What was it like?
Why
did
Charlotte
say
she
wished
she
could
see
Wilbur as clearly as Wilbur did?
Q2: How did Charlotte usually catch and
eat flies?
Q3:
How
did
Wilbur
feel
when
he
was
told
his
new
friend drank blood? What do you think
of Wilbur?
How
did
Charlotte
make
a
living?
What
did
she
say to argue? (P52)
Questions
for
discussion
(P47-63)
Do
you
think
Wilbur
really
believed
what
Charlotte
had
said?
Did
Wilbur
think
that
Charlotte’s web was a good thing? Was
he happy
to have the new friend?
Q4:
Make
a
brief
introduction
to
Chapter
Five.
/What
happened in Chapter
Five?
Q5: The early summer days on a
farm are the happiest
and fairest days
of the year. Please describe the life
of the famers/children/animals there.
Q6: How many goslings were
there?
What does “dud”
mean?
Q7: What did the goose
do with the unhatched egg?
What habit did
Templeton have?
Q8:
What
did
the
gander
warn
Templeton
not
to
do?
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Did the
animals in the barn like Templeton? Why
or why not?
Q9: What would
happen if the ancient egg broke?
Open
questions:
Q1:
Why
didn’t
Wilbur
intend
to
be
argued
out
of
Charlotte’s
position? (P52)
Q2: What did
Wilbur think of Charlotte while meeting
for the first time?
Q3: What
do you think of Wilbur and Charlotte?
Q4: Do you think human beings are
bloodthirsty? Why?
Q5: What do you
think of the life on the farm?
Q6:
If
you
were
Fern,
would
you
like
to
play
games
with other kids, or
play with the animals?
Q7:
Share
one
of
your
experiences
of
visiting
the
countryside or playing with
animals/pets?
My questions:
Q1:
Q2:
After
reading, I
think…
Notes
Read
for Fun:
Charlotte's Web
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Chapters 7 & 8 & 9
Bad
News & A Talk at Home &
Wilbur’s Boast
Date: _________/_________ /
2013
Detailed questions:
Q1:
Why
did
Wilbur
like
Charlotte
more
and
more
each day?
Q2:
What’s
the
bad
news
for
Wilbur?
Who
told
him
the bad news?
Q3:
How
did
Wilbur
react
when
he
heard
the
bad
news?
Q4: Who promised to
save Wilbur?
Q5:
How
did
Mrs.
Arable
feel
when
Fern,
her
daughter
told
her
the
conversation
between
the
Questions
for
discussion
(P64-72)
animals?
Q6: Did Fern’s
father believe in what Fern said? How
did he feel about it?
Q7: Who was Mrs. Arable going to ask
for advice?
Open questions:
Q1:
Do
you
think
Charlotte
really
has
the
ability
to
save
Wilbur?
Q2:
Can
you
imagine
how
Charlotte
will
save
Wilbur’s
life?
/Please
give
Charlotte
some
suggestions about how
to save Wilbur’s life.
Q3:
Do you think animals can really talk? Why?
Q4: Do you have any special ability
that most people
don’t
have,
such
as
talking
with
animals,
or
predicting
correctly
what
is
going
to
happen
in
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the future?
Q5:
Will
you
stay
with
an
animal
for
a
long
time?
Why?
My questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Detailed questions:
Q1: Charlotte had awfully hairy legs.
Please describe
her legs in detail.
Q2: When did Fern’s eyes grow wide with
love for the
pig? (P74)
Q3:
How did Charlotte coach Wilbur to spin one web?
Questions
for
discussion
(P73-87)
Q4: Who helped Wilbur to get the white
dirty string?
Q5: Why did Charlotte
like Wilbur?
Q6: What were the reasons
that Wilbur couldn’t spin a
web?
What does
“know
-
how” mean?
Q7:
How
long
did
it
take
men
to
build
the
Queensborough
Bridge?
Do
you
know
anything
about the Queensborough Bridge?
Q8: Charlotte thought that she was a
sedentary spider.
What does “sedentary”
mean?
Q9: How would
Charlotte save Wilbur’s life? Did she
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need Wilbur
to work out the plan?
Q10: What did
Charlotte ask Wilbur to do in order to
build himself up?
Q11:
Show
some
examples
that
Wilbur
followed
Charlotte’s advice.
Open questions:
Q1: What are
Wilbur’s personalities?
Q2:
Why
did
Charlotte
make
great
efforts
to
help
Wilbur?
Q3: How
do people feel when they succeed in helping
others?
Q4:
When
someone
is
in
need
of
help,
will
you
try
your best to help him/her? Share one
experience
that
you
helped
your
friend
out,
or
your
friend
helped you out.
My
questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Notes
Read for
Fun:
Charlotte's Web
Chapters 10 & 11 & 12
An
Explosion & The Miracle & A Meeting
Date: _________/_________ / 2013
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Detailed
questions:
Q1:
Read
the
first
paragraph
(P89)
again
and
discuss
what
were
the
keys
for
Charlotte
to
solving
problems.
Do
you
have
the
experience
that
you
solve
some
problems
by
thinking
them
over
and
over?
Share
with the teacher and
all the partners.
Q2: Charlotte
thought
that people
were gullible.
What
does “gullible” mean?
Q3: Mr. Zuckerman had the best swing in
the country.
Explain the steps of
swinging.
Questions
for
discussion
(P88-101)
Q4: Mothers always fear that it is
dangerous to swing.
What
is
the
fact?
Has
your
mother/father
ever
stopped your swinging?
Q5:
Did
Avery,
Fern’s
brother,
succeed
in
capturing/catching the spider,
Charlotte?
What happened then?
Q6:
Who
saved
Charlotte
’s
life
in
Wilbur’s
mind/in
Templeton’s mind/in
Charlotte’s mind? What does
Templeton
mean
when
he
said
“It
pays
to
save
things”?
Q7:
Who
helped
to
get
rid
of
the
unbearable
smell?
How?
Q8:
How
many
noodles
did
Wilber
leave
for
Templeton? Why?
Q9:
The
cool
and
kindly
breath
of
evening
entered
through
doors
and
windows.
What
did
Charlotte
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do then?
Open questions:
Q1: What do you think of Avery?
Q2: Why do some kids
capture animals? What do they
usually
do with the captured animals? Do you have
any experience of catching animals?
Q3: Who do you think saved
Charlotte’s life?
Q4: Make a
prediction about what Charlotte was doing
at midnight.
My questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Detailed
questions:
Q1:
What
made
Lurvy
feel
weak,
walk
back
to
the
house and
call Mr. Zuckerman?
What does “SOME
PIG” mean?
Q2:
Who
thought
the
pig
was
unusual?
Who
thought
Questions
for
discussion
(P102-120)
the spider was unusual?
Q3:
Where did Mr. Zuckerman drive to tell the miracle
in his barn?
Q4: Why did the
writer say secrets were hard to keep?
What happened when the news spread all
over the
country?
Q5: What
did Fern’s mother do when Fern told her that
Avery had tried to hit the Zuckermans’
spider with
a stick?
Q6:
What
changes
happened
when
so
many
visitors
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came?
Q7: What did the minister say about the
miracle?
Q8: What did Fern think of the
coming of visitors?
Q9: Why did
Charlotte call a meeting for one evening?
Q10: Translate the phrase “call the
roll” into Chinese?
Was
everyone
there
when
Charlotte
called
the
roll?
Q11:
What was the new slogan chosen by Charlotte at
last? Who came up with the idea?
Q12: What did the animals in the barn
cellar want the
rat to do? How?
Why did the animals worry about that
Templeton
would refuse to help?/What
did they think of the
rat?
Q13: Who decided to get Templeton to
help?
Why did the rat
have to help in saving the life of
Wilbur?
Open questions:
Q1: Have you ever had any secrets? Is
it easy to keep
secrets? Why?
Q2:
Do
you
believe
miracles
could
happen
to
a
pig?
Why?
Q3: Make a prediction about what would
happen when
Charlotte
had
the
message
“TERRIFIC”
in
her
web?
Q4:
Think
of
some
word(s)
or
phrases
suitable
to
describe
the
pig
Wilbur
for
Charlotte
to
impress
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people.
My questions:
Q1:
Q2:
Notes
Read for Fun:
Charlotte's
Web
Chapters 13 & 14 & 15
Good Progress & Dr Dorian & The
Crickets
Date: _________/_________ /
2013
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Detailed questions:
Q1: What
was the second miracle?
What
did
Mr.
Zuckerman
ask
his
wife
to
do
after
seeing the second miracle?
What
did
Mr.
Zuckerman
ask
Lurvy
to
do
after
seeing the second
miracle?
What did the letters
painted on the crate say?
Q2:
What
was
it
going
to
mean
for
Lurvy
to
have
a
famous pig
to take care of?
Do you think
that Lurvy was happy to have such an
Questions
for
discussion
(P121-137)
important
pig?
If
you
were
Lurvy,
how
would
you
feel?
Q3:
What
did
Templeton
carry
in
his
mouth
when
he
returned to the barn from the dump?
What was the word Templeton
carried in his mouth?
What’s the
meaning of the word?
Q4:
What qualities of Wilbur did Charlotte want to
show
people?
Q5:
Templeton
was
back
in
a
while
with
a
label
off
an
old shirt. What did the label say?
Q6: What were the words that Templeton
carry back for
the third time? Where
were the words from?
What was Wilbur
asked to do to be radiant?
Q7: Did
Wilbur like the clean straw?
Did
Wilbur like being visited by dozens of people?