B2T+Chapter+1-2

__**Chapter One--Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr.**__ 1. Write a brief biography on the author, [|Katherine] [|Paterson]. 2. Why is Jess wearing neither shirt nor shoes? 3. Why has he gotten up early every morning in the summer? 4. Why does Jess like May Belle? 5. Who is Miss Bessie? 6. Why would Jess prefer that May Belle tell their father about how well he runs? 7. What news does May Belle share with Jess in the bean patch?

**Vocabulary**: Find the meaning of each of these words and choose 5 to put into a sentence.

overalls, double bed, worshipped, trot, scrap, soothingly, patch, droopy, grit, shebang, cuds, puny, whined, pricked, primly, deadweight, discarded

__**Chapter Two--Leslie Burke**__ 8. Why is the kitchen like a hellhole? 9. What does Jess keep under the mattress? 10. How do we know Jess loves to draw? 11. How did Jess' father react when his son told him that he wanted to be an artist? 12. Explain why Jess felt lonely in the house? 13. What was Jess' first reaction when he met Leslie Burke? **Vocabulary**: Find the meaning of each of these words and choose 5 to put into a sentence.

scalding, nauseatingly, tremble, pudgy, shuddered, muddled, seep, genuine, hippie, endure, pandemonium, allotted, snare, hypocritical, suede, proverbial, huffily

__**Extra Activities**__ : Create a comic strip using Comic Book showing the conversation between Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke.

See Miss Tindle for layout.