Magic Tree House Night of the Ninjas, Chapter 1

Magic Tree House

Night of the Ninjas

Chapter 1

Student Assignment Sheet

Before Reading: How are the four books related? 

How does the prologue help us to remember what 

happened in the last three books? How would you feel 

about those places? What do you know about ninjas?

 What did they do? What would you like to know about 

them?

While reading - Make a chart of the events that are 

happening

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Vocabulary

to lose hope. - to feel that it won’t happen,

After he lost his wallet, he started to lose hope 

that he would find it. But then he got a call from his 

best friend who had found it yesterday.

his heart started to race Verb - his heart started to beat fast

When he started to run, his heart started to race.

Crickets 

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Noun an insect that makes a loud noise

The crickets start to chirp in the springtime.

Questions

Describe the picture before the prologue page.

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What information does the Prologue give us? Why is it necessary?

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What happened to the Tree House?

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How long have Jack and Annie been looking for the 

Tree House?

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Why does Jack think that Annie is pretending?

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What time of day is it in the woods?

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Who does Annie find in the tree house?

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What is her first reaction? Why?

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How does Jack feel about Annie’s new friend?

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What does Jack find in the tree house?

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Homework:

Why are Jack and Annie sad? Write about why they 

want to go to the tree house.  Why are Jack and Annie

sad? Write about why they want to go to the tree 

house.

What do they find there? What does it mean?

 
What animal do they find there?  

Example

Have you ever wanted something that you couldn’t 

have? I did. Once when I wanted to play the piano, I 

just couldn’t. I tried. Really I did. I just couldn’t get 

the two hands to work together in the right way. Then 

many years later, I got a new piano book that went 

very slowly and yes, I can! I can play the piano. Yes, I 

can only play beginning pieces, but I can play! Yeah!