Pete The Cat

The cold and rain outside causes the Cat in the Hat to pursue satisfaction of his immediate urges despite the fish's constant complaining. He is determined to fulfill his thirst for pleasure and fun. "Why, we can have/Lots of good fun, if you wish,/With a game that I call/Up-up-up with a fish!" (12). His purpose in the house is not only to entertain himself, but also to entertain the kids as well. Even when the kids ask him to leave, he tries his best to convince them to have more of his "fun."

Although there are no sounds (onomatopoeia), there is alliteration and real rhymes. Because this poem contains a good amount of alliteration and rhyming words, it is fun the read and easy to

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete is an inspirational movie about two friends who conquer a very challenging summer, yet it includes inspirational stories of redemption and key terms used in the Black Families Textbook.

These ducks symbolize Holden in that they are unable to stay where they are. Holden has been expelled from several prep schools. The ducks have to leave when the pond freezes over, and Holden has to leave when he gets himself into trouble.

Louie was able to survive in the raft because of his brother Pete, his Olympic experience and he was smart and papered, to a degree. Pete influenced his survival because before Louie joined the war Pete helped train him for the Olympics, when Pete pushed and encouraged him to never stop and to always keep his head up, which help Louie not give up on the raft and keep fighting for his life. The text states on pages 15, “from that day on Pete was all over Louie for him to train,” this proves that Pete pushed Louie, which thought Louie to never stop and to always keep going. The Olympic experience helped Louie survive because it thought him to take the pain and keep going. The text states on page 44, “…as he neared the final turn he saw a tiny

Where do the ducks go during the Winter when the water is frozen? In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the character, Holden Caulfield, has an underlying mental condition. He failed out of four schools; he saw his friend commit suicide; and his younger brother died of cancer. These life-changing experiences paved the way for Holden’s insecure and unstable life. By his narration, Holden hints at his disorder throughout the book without fully explaining his condition. Holden’s many insecurities, his teetering on the edge of childhood and adulthood, and his irrational ideas help the reader realize that Holden has a mental problem.

I will write on the whiteboard a list of the word that should be rhyming from the reading, and encouraging them to find them in the reading.

On Holdens way home from school he begins to think about the ducks in the pond in Central Park again: “I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home. If it was where did the ducks go? Or did they just fly away?” (13). The ducks not only symbolize not a permanent change but they also symbolize Phoebe.

Through the ducks, Holden is seeking inspiration for what to do when his own life gets tough. The ducks in central park are developed through Holdens curiosity and symbolize change, which is significant to Holdens progression between

The ducks represent Holden himself in the beginning of the story, because he’s moving around; they highlight his curiosity (and the overall curiosity of youth), and show transition (he’s in a transition between school and

“I was thinking about the lagoon...I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away too a zoo or something and they just flew away” (13).

In a 4th grade classroom the students can begin looking at the language used. For example, “They toss out shoes like they’re throwing footballs.” This is a great example of a simile. “Flames pounce up the side of our building.” This is a perfect example of personification. What does this look like to students? What animals pounce? What would flames pouncing look like? Tone, imagery, theme, symbolism (the two cats from different owners of different races holding paws), foreshadowing, point of view, conflict, diction, etc.; this book is filled with topics to discuss with students. I found myself easily considering bringing this story to use with my 6th graders. In a middle school classroom this book would be great to begin a discussion on racial issues or riots. Also, really understanding and breaking down the text and what the author is creating by the end of the story is something younger grades might not pick up on yet. 6th grade can really comprehend what Eve Bunting was trying to accomplish with this

The ducks from the little lake near Central Park are very similar to Holden, because recently he has been expelled from his school and now he does not know what to do with his life as of right now. As winter is approaching, the ducks have to move out of their homes, due to the fact their environment is not safe at the moment. Both Holden and the ducks do not know what they are in for, because life is a crazy ride.

During the summer everything was perfect for the ducks. As the year went by it began to get colder and colder. The ducks didn’t know what to do. The food stopped growing and the ducks were starting to have to survive instead of thrive. As it started getting even colder the ponds and lakes began to freeze. Now the ducks were running out of food and water.

The poem can be used in a lot of ways to implement other language arts activities but the highlight of this activity is coming up with silly or fun body movements to accompany the choral reading of the poem. Doing the body movements creates lots of laughter and giggling. The fun, being silly, and the laughter, relaxes the children, helping to being more receptive to soaking in new information. This also lights a spark in the students to learn the moves and memorize the poem so that they can share it with the family.