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Complete Poetry Theme Essay.
Read "The Great Rat Hunt" and answer questions.
Daily Grammar Practice Exercises
100 minutes of Membean
100 points for Read Theory
Read 30 minutes every night, and discuss with a parent or adult.
DGP Sentence: i could hear the cable car in its channel beneath the street
“The Great Rat Hunt” by Laurence Yep
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Words to Know
Define the following:
· memoir
· point of view
· asthma
· perpetual
· fumigate
· rationalize
· brusquely
· reserve
· ineptitude
· mug
· barricade
· improvise
· ravage
· mantel
· vigilant
Words to Know Activity
barricade
fumigate
ineptitude
perpetual
ravage
brusquely
improvise
mug
rationalize
reserve
A. Match each word in the list above to the word or phrase below that is closest to its
opposite in meaning.
1. temporary
2. competence
3. gently
4. accept the truth
5. clear the air
6. opening
7. plan ahead
8. repair
9. back of the head
10. talkativeness
“The Great Rat Hunt” by Laurence Yep
Page 106
As you read make notes on the following:
Find clues that reveal Yep’s feelings.
Note pronouns that indicate point of view.
Identify the conflicts in the story.
Recall the characters and events in the story. Then answer the questions in sentences
or phrases.
1. How does Yep feel when he watches his father and brother play sports outside? Why doesn’t Yep join in the games?
2. How do Laurence and his brother differ?
3. At the beginning of the story, how does Yep usually interpret his father’s silence?]
4. What happened during the rat hunt?
5. Part of Yep doesn’t want to go on the rat hunt. Why does he volunteer to go?
6. Why does Yep begin to feel more comfortable while he and his father wait for the rat?
7. What advice did the father give to Laurence at the end of the story?
8. What is the main idea of the story?
9. Explain one theme from this story. Support your answer with examples from the text.
Extension: Rewrite this story from the rat’s point of view.