Velma Gratch & the way cool butterfly

Our book of the week "Velma Gratch & the way cool butterfly" is a _______________.

• non-ficton text

• fiction book

• fairy tale

• tall tale

What is the author's purpose for writing this story?

• to inform the reader about characteristics of butterflies

• to entertain the reader

• to persuade the reader to go to a butterfly conservatory

• to teach the reader about the butterfly life cycle

What lesson (central message/moral) can you learn from reading "Velma Gratch & the way cool butterfly"?

• Good things come to those who wait.

• Don't touch butterflies!

• Listen to your teacher.

• Try your best and never give up!

What is the point of view of this story?

• 1st person: a character is telling the story

• 2nd person: the narrator is talking directly to you

• 3rd person: the story is told by a narrator NOT in the story

• none of the above

Which of the following sentences from this story has alliterations?

• Velma Gratch was the youngest of her three Gratch sisters.

• Everyone from the class guinea pig to the principal had magnificent memories of the older Gratch girls.

• Velma couldn't wait!

• In chorus she sang the loudest so that the teacher could hear her best.

Why did Velma repeat the word metamorphosis again and again in this story?

• So she knew how to spell it.

• So she could become a scientist!

• So she wouldn't forget the word.

• So she could say the word really fast.

Velma felt ____________ her two older sisters because everyone in the school remembered them.

• mad at

• annoyed at

• envious of

• bored of

Velma was the first Gratch to ever visit the principals office.

• True

• False

After visiting the conservatory, Velma felt __________ because the butterfly wouldn't leave her finger.

• furious

• excited

• anxious

• envious

Velma sang the loudest in chorus, ran the slowest in gym, and muddled up her math because _________________.

• She wanted to be noticed!

• She was feeling tired.

• She loved to sing!

• She was not good at math.