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SSADDLEBACK SSTUDY GUIDE Reproducible Activities ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Vocabulary FocusON REON READINGADING Three Watson ¥ Irvine, California 92618-2767Saddlebacks literature study guidesFOCUSONREADINGGive your students the background and support they need tounderstand and enjoy literature. With these study guides, yourstudents will practice reading comprehension skills, sharpen their vocabulary, and learn to identify literary elements.€ Prepares all students for reading success through prereading background building€ Focuses reading with guiding Questions to Think AboutŽ€ Builds vocabulary with prereading and during-reading activities€ Develops cultural literacy by using well-known literature€ Includes a comprehensive end-of-book testFor more information on other titles in the Focus on Readingseries, visit our website: sdlback.com Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson I. Rass Island…Chapter 3Before ReadingFocus Your Reading VVo Here is some background information about this section ofthe book. STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ I. Rass Island…Chapter 3During ReadingBuild Your VocabularyRead the sentences below.On the line,write your definition ofthe word in bold type.Then,onanother sheet ofpaper,use that word in a new sentence ofyour own.1.ÒIt is the excess ofsnowball bushes that lends a semblanceofgreen to every yard.Ósemblance:_______________________________________________________________2.ÒAt thirteen I was tall and large boned,with ofbeauty and romance.Ódelusions:________________________________________________________________3.ÒHe worked on other menÕs boats as strenuouslyas his slowly healing body would let him,eking out a meager living for himselfand his widowed mother.Óstrenuously:______________________________________________________________4.ÒWithin a few weeks it was lugubriouslyout oftune.Ólugubriously:_____________________________________________________________5.ÒThe rest,children ofthe islandÕs slightly more paid fifty cents a lesson.Óaffluent:_________________________________________________________________6.ÒI was proud ofmy sister,but that year,something began to ranklebeneath the pride.Órankle:__________________________________________________________________7.ÒOld JoshuaÕs stamp remained upon usÑSunday school and Sunday service morning andevening,and on Wednesday night prayer meeting where the more ferventwould stand towitness to the LordÕs mercies ofthe preceding week ...Ófervent:_________________________________________________________________8.ÒThere was no remonstrancefor having broken the Fourth Commandment.Óremonstrance:____________________________________________________________9.ÒAt six,Grandma woke,hungry and petulant.petulant:________________________________________________________________10.ÒMr.Rice cleared his throat....He discomfitedby my behavior.Ódiscomfited:______________________________________________________________© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing4Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ I. Rass Island…Chapter 3During ReadingCheck Your Understanding Write a short answer for each question.1.In the opening chapter ofthe book,when does the narrator say she will go to Rass and fetch2.How does the narrator describe her first glimpse ofthe island from the ferry?3.Why does each watermanÕs boat have a washtub on board?4.How does the narrator describe Call when he is fourteen?5.What ÒdefectÓin CallÕs character does the narrator feel she must try to correct?6.What does the narrator read that offers her a Òporthole on the worldÓin the summer of1941?7.With what do the narrator and Call nearly fill their bucket?8.Why does Louise say that she and Caroline would not have been born ifher father had notbeen wounded in France in 1918?9.Why does Louise Òtreasure the thoughtÓofher first few minutes oflife?10.In what way does Louise say that Caroline has ÒdiminishedÓher since they were two years old?© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing6Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ II. Chapters 4…6Before ReadingFocus Your Reading Study the following words and definitions.You will meet these words in your reading.Be sure to jotdown in your word journal any other unknown words from the reading. Here is some background information about this section ofthe book.Tonginginvolves using a pair oflong-handled tongs (a grasping tool) to pick oysters from thebottom ofa pond or bay.was the son ofAdam and Eve,the first man and woman described in the Bible.He murderedhis brother,Abel.Scripturesare another term for the Old and New Testaments ofthe Bible.Captain Marvel was a popular comic-book superhero in the 1940s.caricatureÑan exaggeration ofa particularfeature or characteristicprecariouslyÑdangerouslymelancholyÑsadness;depressionlavishlyÑrichly;with great abundancedelegationÑa group ofpeople who havebeen chosen to represent othersfeignedÑpretendedrivuletÑa small streamexultationÑgreat joy or sense oftriumphÑan indirect referenceparasitesÑthings that depend on others inorder to live,giving nothing in return© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing8Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ II. Chapters 4…6During ReadingBuild Your VocabularyRead the sentences below.On the line,write your definition ofthe word in bold type.Then,onanother sheet ofpaper,use that word in a new sentence ofyour own.1.ÒI had clearly gotten the best ofher,so I sobered to an elaborate caricatureofhumility.Ócaricature:_______________________________________________________________2.ÒMomma pointed out her two boxes,which my father and I loaded precariouslyonto thewagon.Óprecariously:_____________________________________________________________3.ÒAs a child I thought nothing ofit,but when I became an adolescent,I began to read theverses on the tombstones with a certain pleasant melancholy.melancholy:______________________________________________________________4.ÒGradually,the people ofRass built one from ancient memory lavishlycemented with rumor.Ólavishly:_________________________________________________________________5.ÒSome ofthe islanders thought a delegationshould be sent to ask the old man straight outwho he was ...Ódelegation:_______________________________________________________________6.ÒThe man feignedsurprise.ÔI though everyone on this island knew my name.ÕÓfeigned:_________________________________________________________________7.ÒEven as I yelled,I could feel a tiny rivuletofsatisfaction invading the flood ofmy anger.Órivulet:__________________________________________________________________8.ÒAlways there were two feelings in the dreamÑa wild exultationthat now I was free ofher...terrible guilt.Óexultation:_______________________________________________________________9.ÒIt had all the elementsÑromance,sadness,an to the war,and faithful love.Óallusion:_________________________________________________________________10.Ò ...I could remember,even ifthe laws ofrespect kept me silent,that I was a contributingmember ofthe household in which she and Caroline were little more than parasites.parasites:________________________________________________________________© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing10Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ II. Chapters 4…6During ReadingCheck Your Understanding Write a short answer for each question.1.According to Louise,how do the women ofRass Island feel about the water?2.Why does Louise say,ÒI suppose I knew that there was no future for me on RassÓ?3.After telling Louise that Caroline is not strong enough to carry groceries home,how doesGrandma say Louise is looking at her?4.What does Caroline do at the ferry dock that embarrasses Louise?5.What does Grandma remember about the Wallace land in earlier days?6.According to Louise,how does the Wallace land look now?7.Why was the young Hiram Wallace the butt ofall the watermenÕs jokes?8.When Louise and Call go into the Wallace place to have tea with the strange man,what makesCall laugh for the first time?9.What does Louise often dream about Caroline?10.What does Louise wish that Call would say about her poetry?© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing12Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ III. Chapters 7…10Before ReadingFocus Your Reading Study the following words and definitions.You will meet these words in your reading.Be sure to jotdown in your word journal any other unknown words from the reading. Here is some background information about this section ofthe book.hurricaneis a storm that includes wind speeds ofat least 74 miles per hour.It usually also bringsheavy rain,thunder,and lightning.Although hurricanes are tropical storms,they sometimes movenorth into more temperate regions.In the southeastern United States,they most often occur in lateAugust through September.According to the Bible,Moseswas the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out ofEgypt,wherethey had been slaves.Moses also delivered the stone tablets containing the Ten CommandmentsParegoricis a medicinal mixture that is made from opium.It was often used as a painkiller inAmerican households in the 1940s.Ñlacking;below a normal level orstandardfutileÑuseless;not effectiveunproscribedÑnot forbidden or prohibitedinterloperÑan intrudersaboteurÑsomeone who takes harmful ordestructive action against a governmentaberrationsÑbehaviors that are notconsidered normal or usualrefurbishedÑrenovated;freshened upinfernalundauntedÑfearless in spite ofdanger ortroubleÑconfused© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing14Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ III. Chapters 7…10During ReadingBuild Your VocabularyRead the sentences below.On the line,write your definition ofthe word in bold type.Then,onanother sheet ofpaper,use that word in a new sentence ofyour own.1.ÒBoth Call and the Captain seemed to regard me as mentally since I couldnÕtappreciate their marvelous humor.Ódeficient:________________________________________________________________2.ÒHe took another futileswing before he answered.Ófutile:___________________________________________________________________3.ÒWas it because it was so wonderful to discover something on this island that was freeÑunproscribedby God,Moses,or the Methodist conference?Óunproscribed:_____________________________________________________________4.ÒI no longer wanted the Captain to be a Nazi spy or an interloper.interloper:_______________________________________________________________5.ÒThat was far more wonderful than being a saboteurto be caught or an imposter to beexposed.Ósaboteur:________________________________________________________________6.ÒBut despite these aberrationshe seemed to be accepted as an islander,simply because he hadcalled Auntie Braxton ÔTrudyÕ...Óaberrations:______________________________________________________________7.ÒThe Captain made both me and Call sit down in his clean,refurbishedliving room.Órefurbished:______________________________________________________________8.ÒI lured those fool cats right to me and into those infernalsacks.Óinfernal:_________________________________________________________________9.Ò ÔSo?ÕCaroline was undaunted.ÔWe tame them.ÕÓundaunted:______________________________________________________________10.ÒThey laughed and imitated the women at the door.Óbefuddled:_______________________________________________________________© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing16Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________ III. Chapters 7…10During ReadingCheck Your Understanding Write a short answer for each question.1.How does Louise try to trick the Captain when Call tells him that he cannot hammer on a Sunday?2.Why does Louise say that she is Òsold into slaveryÓduring the summer of1942?3.How does Louise describe her spiritual health that summer?4.How do Call and Louise react when they hear the Captain swear?5.What does Louise realize some time after the Captain tells her to run to the ferry dock to gethelp for Auntie Braxton?6.What makes the Captain think that Auntie Braxton has more money than most ofthe other7.What does Louise offer to do in order to save all ofAuntie BraxtonÕs cats from being killed?8.How does Louise feel when Caroline gets involved in cleaning Auntie BraxtonÕs house andgiving away the cats?9.What does Louise observe about peopleÕs behavior when they are facing a disaster?10.On the night ofthe big storm,what does Louise promise herselfwhile the Captain is readingfrom the Bible?© 2006 Saddleback Educational Publishing18Focus on Reading: Jacob Have I Loved STUDENT NAME___________________________________________________DATE__________________