WHAT TWO GIFTS DID MATT RECEIVE FROM HIS FATHER ?

WHY ARE THESE TWO GIFTS SO IMPORTANT?

HOW LONG WOULD MATT HAVE TO SAY ALONE?

WHY DIDN'T HE GO WITH HIS FATHER?

WHERE DID HIS FATHER GO?

DESCRIBE MATT'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER .

CHAPTER 2THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER

WHAT TASKS DID MATT HAVE TO DO AROUND THE CABIN?

HOW WAS A FIRE STARTED WITHOUTMATCHES?

DRAW A PICTURE OF THE CORNPATCH AND THE CHORES MATT PERFORMED WHILE TENDING THE CORNPATCH.DRAW ON THE BACK OF THE PAPER.

WHAT DID MATT EAT FOR DINNER?

HOW DID HE GET HIS FOOD?

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVERCHAPTER 2

1. WHAT ADVICE DID MATT RECEIVE FROM HIS DAD ABOUT INDIANS?

2.WHAT WERE SOME SOUNDS OF THE FOREST?

CHAPTER 3

1.WHO WAS THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR?

2.HE COULD TELL A GOOD STORY.RELATE SOME OF THE STORIES HE TOLD.

3.WHY WAS MATT AFRAID NOW?

4.HOW WOULD HIS LIFE BE AFFECTED?

CHAPTER 4THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER

1.MATT TRAVELED ALONG THE CREEK TO FISH.HE HAD A LUCKY CATCH.HE TRAVELED FAR.WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS GONE?

2.HOW WOULD THIS INCIDENT AFFECT HIS LIFE?

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVERCHAPTER 5

1.WHY DID MATT SUDDENLY START TO THINK ABOUT THE BEE TREE?

2.WERE BEES ALWAYS IN AMERICA?EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER

3.DESCRIBE MATT'S ESCAPE FROM THE BEE STINGS.

4.WHO HELPED MATT OUT OF THE WATER?

5.DESCRIBE THE RESCUE.

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVERCHAPTER 6

AN IMPORTANT BARGAIN IS MADE BETWEEN MATT AND SAKNIS.WHAT WAS IT?

WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR ATTEAN TO LEARN TO READ?

SEQUENCING

SAKNIS INTRODUCED HIMSELF

SAKNIS BROUGHT MATT A CRUTCH

MATT DISCOVERED HIS ANKLE HURT

SAKNIS INTRODUCED ATTEAN

MATT MUST HAVE SLEPT THROUGH HALF A DAY AND NIGHT

MATT GAVE SAKNIS A GIFT

MATT ATE STEW AND CORNBREAD

MATT INTRODUCED HIMSELF

MATT WILL TEACH ATTEAN HOW TO READ

SAKNIS BROUGHT A PAIR OF MOCCASINS

Chapter 7THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER

1.WOULD IT BE EASY TO TEACH ATTEAN TO READ THE WAY MATT LEARNED TO READ?

2.DID MATT LEARN TO READ THE SAME WAY YOU LEARNED TO READ?

3.WHAT STRATEGY DID MATT DEVELOP TO TEACH ATTEAN TO READ?

4.DESCRIBE ATTEAN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD READING.

5.WHY DID ATTEAN BRING HIM A DEAD RABBIT?

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1.COMPARE ROBINSON CRUSOES'S METHOD OF SURVIVAL TO MATT AND HIS FATHER'S AND COMPARE IT TO ATTEAN'S METHOD OF SURVIVAL.

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1.DID MATT WRITE WITH PENCIL AND PAPER?

2.WHAT DID HE USE?

3.DO YOU THINK ROBINSON CRUSOE IS A HARD BOOK TO READ?

WHY DOYOU THINK AS YOU DO?

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1.HOW DID ATTEAN KILL THE RABBIT?

2.WHAT IS A SNARE.USE CONTEXT CLUES TO FIGURE OUT THE MEANING.

3.HOW DID ATTEAN REACT TO MATT'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT A SNARE?

HOW DID HE REACT THE SECOND TIME?

4.WHAT DID MATT CATCH IN THE SNARE?

5.DOES ATTEAN HAVE TO BRING HIM MORE MEAT?

6.ATTEAN KEPT BRINGING FOOD EVERY MORNING ANYWAY.WHY?

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1.WHY DO YOU THINK ATTEAN KEPT COMING BACK TO SEE MATT EVERYDAY?

2.COMPARE ATTEAN'S METHOD OF FISHING TO MATT'S.

3.WHICH METHOD IS BETTER?

WHY?

4.WHY DO YOU THINK ATTEAN FINALLY SMILED?

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1.WHEN ATTEAN CAME TO THE CABIN, DID THEY JUST READ?

WHAT ELSE DID THEY DO?

2.DESCRIBE ATTEAN'S DOG?

3.ATTEAN'S DOG WOULD CHASE ANYTHING.WHAT WAS THE ANIMAL CALLED THAT HAD "NEEDLES"?

4.EXPLAIN THE SIGN OF BEAVER

5.WHAT DID MATT HAVE TO DO ONCE THEY WERE DEEP IN THE FOREST?

SIGN OF THE BEAVER CHAPTER 11--CONTINUED

1.WHAT WERE THE SECRET SIGNS?P. 57

2. ATTEAN HAD TAUGHT MATT SEVERAL SECRETS OF THE FOREST.WHAT WERE THEY?(THINK BACK SEVERAL CHAPTERS AS WELL AS THIS ONE)

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1.WHAT DID MATT DECIDE HE WANTED?

2.DESCRIBE HOW ATTEAN MADE THE BOW AND COMPARE IT TO MATT'S METHOD OF MAKING ONE.

SIGN OF THEBEAVERCHAPTER 13PAGE 1

1.WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD TITLE FOR THIS CHAPTER?THINK:WHAT WAS THIS ENTIRE CHAPTER ABOUT?

2. What does piz wat mean?P. 66

3.Attean was set against learning everything Matt would teach him.What did he refer to as piz wat?

4.Matt learned many things from Attean.In the blanks provided write t or f.If Matt learned this from Attean, place a T for true.If he didn't learn it from Attean, place an F for false.

He learned how to make iron traps.

Matt learned about a weed that took away the sting of insectbites.

Matt learned to drop an onion in the stew to make it moretasty.

He learned to make a raincap out of birchbark.

Matt liked to try out Indian words.

He learned about an enemy band of Indians.

He learned how to watch for Indian signs.

He learned how to swim.

Matt learned about plants he should never eat. 

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The Sign of the BeaverChapter 14

1.Make a list of Indian words and their meanings.Use the entire book to make your list.Compare your list to someone else's and add words you missed copying from the book.

2.How did Matt feel when he found out Attean told other Indians the stories from Robinson Crusoe.

3.What story did Attean know and relate to Matt?

4. Which book was Matt reading from now that he finished Robinson Crusoe?

5.Matt and Attean traded stories about the Great Flood.Were the stories the same in respect to their main idea or theme?

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO STORIES

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER CHAPTER 15

1.IF WE COULD NAME THIS CHAPTER WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

1.The Bear

2.Matt and Attean's Greatest Adventure

3.The Big Bear Hunt

2.Describe Squaw's work.Describe the Man's work.Page 74
 

SQUAW'S WORK	MAN'S WORK

THE INDIAN'S DID NOT KILL FOR SPORT.WHY DID THEY KILL THE ANIMALS?

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVERCHAPTER 16

1.MATT THOUGHT ATTEAN WAS WEARING WAR PAINT, BUT HE WASN'T.WHAT WAS THE PAINT FOR?

2.WHAT WAS THE CANOE MADE OF?

3.WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND IN THE BOOK THAT WAS MADE FROM THE BIRCH TREE.

4.Why did the Indians wear the Englishman's coats and jackets when Matt came to visit.

5.A drink was served in a gourd cup.What is a gourd?

6.Matt joined in the dance.Why were the Indian's dancing?

7.Did Matt go home after the feast?

8.Why didn't Attean eat?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter 17

1.Attean cannot go on the deer hunt.Why?

2.Attean was somewhat bitter and gloomy on page 87.Matt understood.Read page 87 and explain.

3.What had happened to Attean's parents?

4.The Indians and French went to war against the English.The dispute was over land.Read about this war and write a brief summary.

USE A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER TO DO YOUR RESEARCH.YOU MAY USE THE VOLUME F ENCYCLOPEDIA AND LOOK FOR FRENCH & INDIAN WAR.

THE SIGN OF THE BEAVERCHAPTER 18

1.Did Matt want to go back to the Indian camp?

2.Matt's family was very late in coming.How long had they been gone?How do you know?

3.The trees were beginning to change colors.What kind of trees would you see in this forest?Use chapter 18 for reference.

4.What did Matt find as he walked through the forest. This animal was in a trap.

5.Once Matt found this animal in the trap he tried to save it but the animal was growling and mean.What did Matt decide to do?

6.Did Attean find the Indian camp? YES OR NO

EXPLAIN HIS METHOD FOR FINDING THE INDIAN CAMP.

7.Matt couldn't find Attean.Where had he gone?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter 19

1.Matt was finally welcomed to return to the Indian camp.Why did Grandmother change her mind?

2.Why did Matt watch the women as they worked?

3.Describe the Indian game the boys were playing.

4.What did the loser have to do?

5.What did Matt give up?

6.What kind of game did they play with a deerskin ball?

7.Matt no longer felt alone in the forest.Why?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter 20

1.Attean explained to Matt that he would be gone for awhile.He had to go find his manitou.What is a manitou?(read carefully to find the definition)

2.Describe what Attean has to do to find his manitou.

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The Sign of the BeaverChapter 21

1.Attean finally returned with his grandfather.Attean looked different.Describe him.

2.Attean now has a gun. How did he get it?

3.Saknis invited Matt to go with them on the hunt.Why was Matt invited to go?

4.Matt felt he shouldn't go because he needed to guard the cabin and wait for his family to return.Matt decided to stay but would have considered going.He knew he would feel welcome, but he didn't think he could leave his own people.Did Attean say good-bye to Matt?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter22

1.Attean did return four days later to say good-bye.His grandfather sent a gift to Matt.What was it?

2.Where was Attean's tribe going?

3.How did Attean feel about owned land?

4.What was Attean's gift to Matt?

5.What was Matt's gift to Attean?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter 23

1.Now that Matt is alone he filled his days with work.What did he do?

2.Now that he was alone, what bothered Matt the most?

3.Why did this bother him?

4.What did Matt do about clothes to keep himself warm?

5.Matt did "squaw work" in order to survive. It was a good thing he learned from the Indians.Is his life better and easier since he learned how to survive in the forest?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter 24

1.How long has his family been gone now?

2.Matt finally gets to use the snowshoes.Why did he need them and where did he go?

3.Describe his day.What did he do from morning to night?

The Sign of the BeaverChapter 25

1.Matt's family finally returned.Did they travel by wagon?

2.Why had the family taken so long to return?

3.Where was the baby?

4.Ma was excited about having neighbors.How far away would the neighbors live?

5.Do you think their homestead would eventually become a town?

DID YOU LIKE THIS BOOK?

WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE ELSE?Why or why not?