Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott.

Harcourt Journeys: Story Selection

Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Unit 3: Lesson 11“The Screech Owl Who

Liked Television”


Turn your Text Book to page 278.


Why does the selection begin with a separate introduction?


Answer

Answer: To tell the reader who and

what the story will be about; to separate the explanation from the story.


Why is the family aloud to keep Yammer around the house?


Answer

Answer: He acts calmly and fits in well

with the family.


How are Twig and Yammer alike? How are they different?


Answer

Answer: They both like watching TV, but

they see different things on the screen. Twig sees a cowboy on a horse and understands their size, while Yammer sees mouse-sized prey.


How could you verify the author’s statement that from an owl’s point of view, the image on TV was mouse-sized?


Answer

Answer: Measure the size of a similar

image on the TV and compare it to a size of a mouse.


Why do you think Yammer flew into the TV screen?


Answer

Answer: He saw something small that

was moving quickly, thought it was prey, and wanted to catch it.


Why does the author use the word bedroom instead of nest to describe where Yammer sleeps?


Answer

Answer: To convince the reader that

the owl was more like a person than a pet.


Aside from flying into the television, what other major incident has Yammer experienced?


Answer

Answer:

Falling out of his nest and being rescued


What clues does the author give to suggest Twig is a caring person?


Answer

Answer: Twig rescued Yammer and

brought him home, she takes care of Yammer and spends time with him, and she feels sorry for Yammer.


What conclusions can you draw about how Twig’s family felt about Yammer?


Answer

Answer:

They thought of him as part of the family.


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Describe the sequence of events that occurred when Yammer heard someone turn on the shower.


Answer

Answer: 1. He flew into the bathroom. 2. Sat on the shower rod 3. Dropped into puddles on the shower floor 4. Flipped water onto himself until he was

soaked 5. Waited for someone to pick him up and dry

him off


Why does the author say that their arrangement with Yammer in the shower was “perfectly satisfactory”?


Answer

Answer: No one in the family

minded drying him off.


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Why does the author describe how Yammer watches the Craig’s train?


Answer

Answer: To show the reader that

Yammer is still a wild animal and acts like one in many ways.


Why does the author say the train set provided biological diversity for Yammer?


Answer

Answer: The train moved like a snake;

in the wild a snake might have been prey for an owl. The train was as close as Yammer got to stalking prey.


What was the effect of Yammer when the train came off the tracks?


Answer

Answer: Yammer would get scared

and fly away.


What makes the author decide to set Yammer free?


Answer

Answer: Hearing an owl outside

made her realize that Yammer should be free.


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How do the children react to the mother’s decision? How does the author use the TEXT to show their reaction?


Answer

Answer:• The children are very upset and

start yelling, “no”.• The author uses all CAPITALS to

emphasize that the children are yelling.


How does the mother try to convince her children to free Yammer?


Answer

Answer: She tells a story about an

owl she raised that came back after it was released.


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Is it a fact when the author says that Yammer would be back? How do you know?


Answer

Answer: No, it is an opinion; there

was no way to verify it would happen.


What does the story’s conclusion suggest about Yammer’s departure?


Answer

Answer: It was a dramatic and

emotional event.


Projectable 11.3


Projectable 11.4


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