Chapter 21

Vocabulary to preview: upholster, meddle, concoct, renounce, teeter

Predictions and SOS

Follow-up Discussion Questions:
1. Who told Captain Jaggery about Charlotte?
2. What happens to Captain Jaggery?
3. One major theme in the book involves the relationship between chaos and order. What is the first instance of this dynamic? What are some other instances? Define "proper order."
4. Pretend that you're a crew member.  Why are you relieved that the captain is dead and Charlotte is now in command?

Check vocabulary and comprehension after reviewing the underlined passages whole-group. This page has questions on chapters 19 through 21.

Skills - Review Cliffhanger and Simile
What is the cliffhanger at the end of Chapter 20?
Read the following simile: The suspicion became rather like an invisible rope that restrained me.
What two things are being compared?
What is the effect of this comparison?