A Pet for Calvin

What is the message of the selection?

• It is important to listen to your parents.

• Having pets is not important.

• It doesn't matter what type of pet you have as long as you care for it.

• The message of this selection is that worms are different.

What examples help you determine that the selection is realistic fiction?

• The story takes place in a house with people that could be real.

• The story takes place in a castle with worms.

• Calvin is not real and neither is the worm.

• You could never have a worm as a pet.

From whose point of view is the selection being told and how do you know?

• The story is being told from the point of view of Calvin because the author uses I, me, us, mine.

• The story is being told from the point of view of the grandma.

• The story is being told from the point of view of the narrator because the author uses words like, he, him, her, Calvin.

• There is no point of view.

What are the five elements of a plot? List them.

• Beginning, after beginning, Middle, End, After the end

• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

• Plot, Sequence, main events, solution, conclusion

• Characters, setting, climax, events, end

How do Calvin's parents' reactions to his pet worm differ from that of his grandmother?

• Calvin's parents were excited about the worm but grandma thought is was yucky.

• The grandma thought the worm was too weird but Calvin's parents supported his pet.

• Both the grandma and Calvin's parents supported his choice of pet.

• Calvin's parents did not want him to keep the worm and his grandma was excited for him to finally have a pet he could care for.

What was Calvin's problem at the beginning of the story?

• He did not have any friends to talk to at school.

• He was a new student at Homer Applegate Elementary.

• He was the only fourth grade student without a pet.

• He had a kooky grandmother.

Why wasn't Calvin able to have a pet of his own?

• His house was too small for any type of pet to live there.

• He had a serious allergic reaction to different type of animals.

• He had always wanted a specific type of pet and had not found it yet.

• His parents did not allow him to have a pet because they did not like animals.

What happened when Calvin's parents tried to get him a dog as a pet?

• He got run over by the neighbors.

• It was not the type of dog that Calvin wanted so they returned him.

• The dog attacked Calvin so he had to be returned.

• Calvin's eyes closed up and couldn't breathe because of his allergies.

Why does Calvin say that worms must be all feeling?

• Worms do not have any ears.

• Worms do not have any arms so they can't feel.

• Worms have sensory receptors that allow them to feel throughout their bodies.

• Worms send shocks through the dirt.

What can you conclude were Calvin's feeling toward the worm because he put him on the shelf above his bed?

• He didn't have any space anywhere else.

• He wanted the worm to feel the warmth of the light.

• He placed all his important things above his bed so this was the perfect place.

• The worm decided this would be the best place.