Hoot

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Hoot

• By Carl Hiaasen

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The Big Questions

• What motivates people to be bullies? What can
  you do about a bully?
• What are you willing to do to stand up for
  something you believe in?
• What environmental issues really concern you?
  What can you do to help prevent the issue?

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Burrowing Owls

• Some interesting links
• http//www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wild
  life/burrowing_owl.php
• http//www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/burrowing_owl/i
  d

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Chapter 1 and 2-

• Foreshadowing Foreshadowing refers to the clues
  an author provides to suggest what may happen
  later in the story. What might the presence of
  owls at the construction site foreshadow?
• Vocabulary -
• Vault - page 3 - He vaulted over the dog, crashed
  through a cherry hedge, and then disappeared from
  view.
• malicious - page 7 - I'm saying it's not
  technically vandalism. It's trespassing and
  malicious mischief.
• Accost - page 18 - It was the same answer he gave
  on the school bus when Dana Matherson accosted
  him on his first day, and from then on Roy was
  "Tex" or "cowgirl" or Roy Rogers-hardt".
• Use context clues to guess the meaning of
  the word.
• Please list the important characters so far in
  the story. What do you know about them? What else
  can you tell me about the exposition of the
  story? The introduction, setting, conflict,
  etc.?

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• Characters
• Write the character's name on the line above the
  list that best describes the character.
• ________________________ father works for the
  governmentsnowboardslikes to read comic
  booksfamily moves a lot
• ________________________ boy straw-blondwirynut
  brown skinfast runnerno shoeswore faded Miami
  Heat basketball jersey and dirty khaki shorts
• ________________________ police officer
• ________________________ boyskateboardsD
  studentpopular in schoolgoofs around in class
• ________________________ construction
  foremanbald as a beach ballbeefy armscranky
• ________________________ large boybullysmokes
  cigarettes
• ________________________ girltough soccer
  playerwild blond hairwears red-framed
  eyeglasses
•    Leroy Branitt a.k.a. (also known as) Curly
  David DelinkoRoy EberhardtDana MathersonRunning
  Boy - Mullet FingersGarrettBlond Girl -
  Beatrice  

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Chapters 3 and 4

• Vocabulary Word of the Day
• -leniency - page 28 - Roy thought it was a good
  opportunity to renew his plea for leniency.
• -culprit - page 40 - He had a hunch that the
  culprit (or culprits) intended something more
  serious than juvenile pranks.
• -errant -Page 49 - Nonetheless, Roy ran with his
  head down and one arm upraised for deflection in
  case another errant ball came flying in his
  direction.
• Perpetrators - Page 62 - "Because I wanted to
  catch the perpetrators," Officer Delinko replies.

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BullyingChapters 6 - 8

• Journal Write about an incident of bullying
  that happened to you or that you witnessed. Tell
  what happened as a consequence of this act.

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More Vocabulary. ?

• Vocabulary Word of the Day
• vicinity - A nearby, surrounding, or adjoining
  region a neighborhood district, area
• Page 71 - Like all students, Beatrice the Bear
  lived in the vicinity of her school bus stop.
• incentive - Something, such as the fear of
  punishment or the expectation of reward, that
  induces action or motivates effort enticement,
  motivation, encouragement, reason
• Page 85 - One incentive to stay home was the
  weather.

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Cliffhanger

• A cliffhanger is a device borrowed from
  serialized silent film in which an episode ends
  at a moment of great excitement. In a book it
  usually appears at the end of a chapter to
  encourage the reader to continue on in the book.
  What is the cliffhanger at the end of Chapter Six?

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Simile and PlotChs 4 -6

• What is being compared in the following simile?
  Roy just wanted to blend in quietly and not be
  noticed, like a bug on a riverbank. Why is it
  better than saying, Roy didnt want to be
  noticed?
• Plot refers to the story events in the order that
  they occur. In this story, there are two
  parallel plot lines. What are these two stories?

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Vocabulary

• gird
• Idiomgird (up) (one's) loins
• To summon up one's inner resources in preparation
  for action. Page 109 - When he heard Dana bellow,
  Roy closed his eyes and girded himself for the
  worst.
• forge - To give form or shape to, especially by
  means of careful effort
• Page 116 - Long before his mother sent him away
  for the last time, the boy and his stepsister had
  forged a quiet alliance.
• subterranean - Page 130 - Curly was afraid that
  the moccasins were lurking nearby in some secret
  subterranean den, waiting for darkness before
  they slithered out to begin their deadly hunt.
• rabies - An acute, infectious, often fatal viral
  disease of most warm-blooded animals, especially
  wolves, cats, and dogs, that attacks the central
  nervous system and is transmitted by the bite of
  infected animals.
• Page 149 - "We've got him on I.V. antibiotics and
  he's doing pretty well," Dr. Gonzalez said in a
  low voice, "but unless we find those dogs, he'll
  need a series of rabies injections. Those are no
  fun."

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• Figurative Language
• Carl Hiaason uses figurative language in his
  writing. Similes are figures of speech in which
  two essentially unlike things are compared, often
  in a phrase introduced by like or as. Some
  example of similes in the book Hoot are
• Page 100 - He had quickness and brains on his
  side, but Dana was big enough to crush him like a
  grape.
• Page 102 - It was amazing how rapidly schools
  emptied after the final bell, as if someone
  pulled the plug under a giant whirlpool.
• Hiaason also uses idioms. An idiom is an
  expression or phrase whose meaning can not be
  understood by its literal meaning. An example may
  be found on page 104 of Hoot. - It was because of
  him that the spray-painting fiasco had made the
  newspaper and gotten Curly into hot water with
  Mother Paula's company.
• Meaning get (someone) into hot water be in hot
  water - if someone is in hot water, people are
  angry with them and they are likely to be
  punished.
• Find other similes and idioms in Chapters 9-10.

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• Similes
• Page 105 - "No offense, but you're nutty as a
  fruitcake."
• Page 108 - The janitorial closet smelled
  pungently of bleach and cleaning solvents.
  Inside, it was almost as black as night.
• Page 109 - His arms were pinned to his sides and
  his legs dangled as limply as a rag doll's.
• Page 109 - He lay there helplessly, like a turtle
  that had been flipped on its back.
• Page 110 - Maybe Mr. Ryan had overheard the
  sounds of the struggle he was plenty strong
  enough to hoist Dana like a bale of alfalfa.
• Page 113 - Roy removed a box of gauze, a roll of
  white adhesive tape, and a tube of antibiotic
  ointment that looked like barbecue sauce.
• Page 121 - Roy held the package of meat on his
  lap, covering it with both arms like a fullback
  protecting a football.
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• Idioms
• Page 109 - When he heard Dana bellow, Roy closed
  his eyes and girded himself for the worst.
• Page 113 - Mrs. Eberhardt fell for the whole
  yarn.

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Chapter 9 -12

• Dramatic Irony This device is often used in
  plays. It refers to a situation in which one
  character is unaware of something that the other
  characters know. What is ironic about Mrs.
  Eberhardts conversation with Officer Delinko
  when he bring Roy home?

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Chapter 1 -12 QuizPlease study your notes

• Review Vocabulary Synonyms, antonyms,
  analogies, definitions, context clues.
• Review the terms we have gone over so far as
  literary devices.
• Please review tone, mood, and authors style, and
  different character types.