Amber & Audrey’s 4th Grade ClassIntroducing

About the Author:Katherine Paterson

http://www.terabithia.com/about.html

• What do we know about this book?– the book is written about a class that the

author taught. – Looking at the cover we can predict that the book

will be about a friendship between a boy and a girl.

What I know

What I Want to Know

• Who are the main characters?• What kind of relationship is the book about?• Who are the boy and girl in the relationship?• What is going to happen in the book?• What is the book trying to teach?

• Screech- Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek• Worship- Adore • Despise- Hate• Trot- Run Slowly• Droopy- Sagging • Claim- Take for one’s own• Drizzle- Light rain• Puny- Small, weak, or unimportant • Chores- Work around the house or yard• Primly- In a precise and proper manner• Whine- Complain

Vocabulary Foldable

Chapter One

Setting

• The Aaron family’s country farm

Characters

• Jess (main character)

• May Belle

• Joyce Ann

• Momma

• Ellie

• Brenda

• Miss Bessie (The family’s cow)

• Earle Watson (the race starter)

• Wayne Pettis (The usual race winner)

• Daddy

• Miz Timmons

• Lollie

Problem

• Jess always ends up doing all the work around the farm because his sisters make other plans and his little sister do not help with chores yet.

• The older girls want to go shopping but Mama does not have money to give them except five dollars.

Goal

• Jess wants to be the fastest runner at school.

• Jess runs in the morning

• Breakfast in the Aaron’s house

• The older girls go shopping with the Timmons family.

• Jess is left to do all the chores.

Events

Resolution

• No resolution is given at this point in the book we will make predictions later on.

What I Learned• The main character in chapter one is Jess.

• Jess has four sisters.

• Jess is 10 years old and has straw colored hair.

Make Predictions

What do you think will happen in the rest of the book?

• Jess will be the fastest boy in school.

• Jess and his older sisters will get in a fight.