Magic Tree House Night of the Ninjas Chapter 5

Magic Tree House

Night of the Ninjas

Chapter 5

Before Reading: What happened in in the book so far? Would you have run back to the tree house?

While reading - Make a chart of the events that are happening

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Vocabulary

mist – noun water vapor that stays in the air.

Example: Near the beach in the winter I sometimes like to walk in the mist, it is so mysterious!

Rattled – verb – to make a sound like small rocks hitting one another.

Example: The wind rattled the window panes during the storm.

Froze – verb past tense of freeze – to be very cold or go hold still

Example: The rabbit froze when she saw the fox.

Pronunciation:

slope - sl blend

squishy – y is an I sound

Questions

Why wasn’t Jack afraid of the ninjas anymore?

What time of day is it? Why is this important to the story?

Where were the ninjas taking Jack and Annie?

What do you think that the ninjas were planning to do?

Why was one ninja tall and one short?

What type of skills do the ninjas?

What can the ninjas do? 

What do they see in the valley? 

Guess who is in the valley ?

What does Jack learn from the book?

Why did the ninjas that Jack and Annie came with disappear?

Homework: What was the function of the Ninjas in ancient Japan? What did they do and how did they accomplish their missions?

Alternative Homework; Draw a picture of a ninja learning one of the important ninja skills. Label the parts of the picture