Chapter 7

Guiding Questions

• What weather conditions are just right for a "sugar snow"?
• Why was Grandpa glad there was a sugar snow?

Figurative Language

Identify the types of figurative language used in the following passages:

• All day the icicles fell one by one from the eaves with soft smashing and crackling sounds...
• The snow did not glitter; it looked soft and tired.
• All along the branches of the trees the snow was piled like feathers...

Vocabulary

Explore chapter vocabulary with the visual dictionary.

Extensions

• Watch this video (1:00) to see how Native Americans shared their knowledge of maple syrup with European settlers.
• Find out how maple syrup is collected and processed by watching this video (8:05).
• Make a poster showing the steps necessary for making maple syrup.