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And You Wonder Why We Get Called
the Weird Watsons
From The Watsons Go to
Birmingham
Quick
Writ
e
Choose one of the following
and write a response on page 161. Have you ever seen someone
play a mean prank on another
person? Explain the prank
and what happened. Retell one of your family’s
stories, one that seems destined to never be forgotten. What is one of the most
embarrassing things you have
ever done? Describe the incident.
Flint, Michigan
Char
acte
rs Kenny-narratorDadMommaByron-brother Joetta-sisterRufus-friend
Chun
k I-S
ettin
gDescribe the setting in
3 words.Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chun
k II-
Sum
mar
ize
Summarize Dad’s story about Moses Henderson. How does Dad make his story funny?Underline any descriptions about the
characters.
Chun
k III
-Con
flict
Dad comes up with a solution to the problem facing the family. Label the problem Describe the family car.
Underline all the car’s nicknames.
Identify the chore that Dad gives to Byron and the narrator.
Make a prediction about how the work will progress.
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chun
k IV
: Su
mm
arize
Summarize the first part of the prank the narrator calls “How, to Survive a Blizzard, Part One.”Underline the way the
narrator handles the first part of the prank.
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chun
k V:
Su
mm
arize
Summarize the second part of “How to survive a Blizzard Part
One.”Underline the way the narrator handles the second part.Underline any descriptions about the
characters.
Chun
k VI
:
Highlight what the narrator
promises himself. What does this promise tell
you about the narrator? What does it tell you about
Byron? Summarize the last part of
“How to Survive a Blizzard
Part One.” Underline the way the narrator handles this part.
Underline any descriptions
about the characters.
Chun
k VI
I:
Describe how Byron sounds. What is Byron’s problem?
The narrator’s name is finally revealed. Circle the name.
Create a picture of Byron’s predicament in your mind’s eye, as if it were in a movie. Sketch or describe what you see.
Underline what Kenny compares Byron to. Does that help you imagine the scene?
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chun
k VI
II:
Write whose reaction you agree with and why.
Underline the solutions offered by Dad, Kenny, and Momma.
What solutions can you think of? Write how you think Byron feels right
now and what you think of the way Dad is teasing him.
Kenny says, “It’s no wonder the neighbors called us the Weird Watsons behind our backs. There we were, all five standing around a car with the temperature about a million degrees below zero and each and every one of us crying!” Underline why each one of the family members is crying.
Underline any descriptions about the characters.
Chun
k IX
:
Underline the solutions that Momma finally comes up with.
Underline the most vivid descriptions in this chunk.Underline any descriptions about the
characters.
Afte
r Rea
ding
Complete the chart on
page 174. Use all the descriptions you highlighted throughout the nine chunks.
Afte
r Rea
ding
What changes have
occurred by the end of the story?
Afte
r Rea
ding
The story is told by Kenny,
in first person point of view.
The story may not be as funny if Byron was the narrator, because he certainly would not find his
problem amusing! Describe
the incident. Pretend that
you are Byron, and a reporter is doing an interview with you. Write
Byron’s version of the story,
being sure to get the events
in the right order.
Repo
rter
We are out driving around the streets of Flint, finding out how our citizens are dealing with these record cold temperatures. I’m here with Byron Watson. Byron, I hear you have had quite a painful experience as a result of the weather. What happened?
Afte
r Rea
ding
The title of the story uses a poetic device called ALLITERATION. Write the title of the
story and underline the consonant letters that are repeated at the beginning of words.
Afte
r Rea
ding
Complete number 6
individually.