Magic Tree House Afternoon on the Amazon Chapter 7 Student Assignment Sheet

Magic Tree House

Afternoon on the Amazon

Chapter 7

Student Assignment Sheet

What happened in Chapter 6? What is exciting? How do Jack and Annie cope with their problem?

While Reading Make a chart of the events that happen in this chapter

Vocabulary

beckoned – Verb to motion that you want someone to follow you

My mom beckoned me to follow her across the street.

Predator Noun an animal that catches and eats other animals

The Lion is the biggest predator in the African grasslands.

Sprang – Verb past tense of spring, to jump at something

The dog sprang and knocked down the flower pot.

Pronunciation

beckoned bek oned

Thunder

Questions

Where did the monkey take them?

What was the weather inside the rain forest? Why?

What information did he learn from the book?

What did Jack tell Annie to do? Did it work?
Where was the mother animal?
How did the monkey lure it away?What would you do in this situation?

Homework:

Compare how Jack and Annie get away from the dinosaurs in the dinosaur book with how they get away from the Jaguar in this book. What was the same? What was difference

Comparing Harry Potter 1 with Harry Potter 7

In Harry Potter book 1 Harry is very young and in order to get away from Voldemort, he has to solve a logic puzzle with the help of his friend Hermonie.

In Harry Potter 7, Harry is more mature and he needs to rely upon himself. He has the final duel in the forest with Voldemort, and he is the one who finally kills Voldemort, once and for all.

Alternative Homework: 

 Compare the Rainforest people with your cultures.  What is the same and what is different?