Name:________________________                                  Date:_________________________      

THE  POLAR  EXPRESS      1. The  setting  of  The  Polar  Express  is  _________________________________.        2. Draw  an  arrow  to  the  setting  of  the  story  on  the  map  below.                  

   

TEKS:  4.4  

     3. Looking  at  the  map  above,  what  is  one  pattern  you  notice  about  annual  mean  

temperature  on  Earth?    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________        4. What  is  the  annual  mean  temperature  of  the  North  Pole  in  Fahrenheit?  __________________        5. What  can  you  infer  about  the  weather  in  the  North  Pole  and  in  the  story?      _________________________________________________________________________________________________________    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________