Chapter 8

Vocabulary to preview - tranquil, laxness, malodorous, perceptible, unstinting, disembarkation, punctilious

Predictions and SOS

Follow-up Discussion Questions:
1. How is Charlotte’s relationship to the crew changing?
2. What do you think the man-made storm is?
3. Whom would you befriend--Captain Jaggery or Zachariah?  On what conclusions would you base your friendship?

Students choose one of three follow-up activities:

• Students that prefer to work individually and like to write may select to complete a Critic’s Review
• Students that prefer to work in a group setting may choose to extend their response in a Literature Group.  If there are many students selecting this option, you will need to assign students to more than one group.
• Students that prefer to work in a small group setting (approx. 2-3 in each group) may choose to perform a scene from the book.

Students may create a web (graphic organizer) or plot and character analysis for chapters 1-8.  Print page 6 from the Glencoe Literature Library.  Pages 7 and 8 have study questions, or copy back-to-back a printer-friendly version from this link.

Check vocabulary and comprehension after reviewing the underlined passages whole-group. This page has questions on chapters 6 through 8.

Quiz Time has questions for chapters 5-8. Answer key

Play these four games that relate to the book.