The BFG - Chapters 7-8

Look at the diagram. Which should go in space 1?

• what the BFG likes to look at

• Sophie's heartbeat

• mice talking

• things the BFG hears

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Look at the diagram. Which should go in space 2?

• what the BFG likes to look at

• Sophie's heartbeat

• Giant Country

• things the BFG hears

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Do you think dream-blowing is a good or a bad thing? Explain why.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read this line from the selection:

"All at once, a huge tear that would have filled a bucket rolled down one of the BFG's cheeks and fell with a splash on the floor.

This shows that the BFG can be considered—

• evil.

• confusing.

• caring.

• cold.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why does the BFG eat snozzcumbers?

• It is all that grows in Giant Country.

• To giants they are delicious.

• They give him his hearing powers.

• They taste just like "human beans."

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How are these chapters important to the plot?

• They provide background information about the main characters.

• They present the main problem of the story that the main characters must solve.

• The setting is finally discovered.

• They introduce the main characters.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Would you like one snozzcumber, or one hundred snozzcubmbers? Explain why.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How did the BFG know that Sophie was looking at him?

• He saw her.

• Her thoughts made too much noise.

• His dream did not work on her.

• He heard her heartbeat.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Sophie and the BFG's relationship change in this selection?

• They care more about each other but want to go their separate ways.

• Their friendship becomes closer and more benevolent.

• Their friendship drifts apart and becomes suspicious.

• What they learn about each other causes them to dislike each other.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3