Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

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Tuck Everlastingby Natalie Babbitt

• Lesson created by Mrs. Kreilick

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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my
childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and
reading fairy tales and myths. My mother, an
amateur landscape and portrait painter, gave me
art lessons. She always made sure I had enough
paper, paint, pencils, and encouragement. I grew
up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied
art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith
College.Right after graduation, I married
Samuel Fisher Babbitt, an academic administrator.
I spent the next ten years in Connecticut,
Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., raising our
children, Christopher, Tom, and Lucy. My
husband took time out from his academic career to
write a novel and discovered that he didn't enjoy
the long, lonely hours that writing demanded. My
sister produced a comic novel, which required
substantial rewriting. I learned three valuable
things from observing my husband's and sister's
forays into the writer's world You have to give
writing your full attention. You have to like the
revision process. And you have to like to be
alone. But it was years before I put any of this
to good use.In 1966, my husband and I
collaborated on a children's book called The
Forty-ninth Magician he wrote it and I
illustrated it. With encouragement from our
editor at Farrar, Straus Giroux, I continued
producing children's books even after my husband
became too busy to write the stories. I write
for children because I am interested in fantasy
and the possibilities for experience of all kinds
before the time of compromise. I believe that
children are far more perceptive and wise than
American books give them credit for being.
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Plot Summary for Tuck Everlasting Tuck
Everlasting is the story of a girl named Winnie
and a family who she meets, the Tucks. The Tucks
have a secret, they're immortal. They drank water
from a spring that was actually a fountain of
youth. Till the end of time, they will stay that
way. Winnie falls in love with one of the Tucks,
Jesse, a "17" year old boy who shares the same
feelings for her. Scared of death, Winnie must
choose between being immortal and being with
Jesse or following the circle of life and dying
someday. The Tucks try to teach her how she
shouldn't fear death, how they would give
anything to die. It teaches the importance and
understanding of life and death. It shows that
you should not fear death, but to fear an unlived
life. Summary written by Katie C. Winnie is a
free-spirited 15-year-old in a stuffy Victorian
household who stumbles on the Tucks, a strange
family hiding out on the family grounds. They,
the teen learns, have discovered a spring that
makes them immortal. When the teen disappears, a
man (Kingsley) assigned to find her tries to use
the spring for his personal gain. The teen must
decide whether to become immortal and stay with a
Tuck she's fallen in love with. Summary written
by Anonymous
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Listen to the Prologue What makes the prologue
so well written? Does it hook the reader? How?
What writing techniques were used?
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Create a title page for Tuck Everlasting in
your notebook. Decorate it appropriately.
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Write definitions for the vocabulary
words. melancholy bovine contemplation brooch
gallows
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Pre-reading Activities
It would be wonderful to live forever. Everyone
who commits a crime should be punished. People
should have control over life and death. Living
means always changing. Whenever you see an
opportunity to make money, you should take it.
Choose a statement you agree with, and write a
paragraph stating the reasons. If you do not
agree with any, then write a paragraph why you
disagree.
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Questions Chap. 1-5

• What does the touch-me-not appearance of the
  cottage mean?
• Describe the woods next to the cottage.
• What amazing fact about the Tucks is revealed?
• Describe Maes one special object.
• Why is Winnie thinking about running away?
• What two comments did Winnies grandmother make
  about the music coming from the woods.
• What do you think the man in the yellow suit
  wants?

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Acrostics
Now you pick a character from the book and use
words that describe them. Use a thesaurus or
dictionary to help you.
Joyful Enthusiastic Sweet on Winnie Seventeen Eag
er Thin Unsettled Curly hair Kind
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Lets play hangman to discover our vocabulary
words. Then define the vocabulary words in your
notebook
Vocabulary Words
eddies lolled camphor vanity homely
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References A Guide for Using Tuck Everlasting in
the Classroom Teacher Created Materials,
Inc. 6421 Industry Way Westminster, CA
92683 WWW.teachercreated.com
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Career Areas Teacher Editor Producer Director Scr
een Writer
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