A TIME FOR ANDREW: A TIME FOR ANDREW By Mary Downing Hahn Diane Stammers andamp; Kuuipo Withington


Slide2: OBJECTIVE:


Slide3: Age 10 Today http://www.childrensbookguild.org/hahn.html


Slide4:     I grew up in a small shingled house down at the end of Guilford Road in College Park, Maryland. Our block was loaded with kids my age. We spent hours outdoors playing 'Kick the Can' and 'Mother, May I' as well as cowboy and outlaw games that usually ended in quarrels about who shot whom. In the summer, we went on day long expeditions into forbidden territory -- the woods on the other side of the train tracks, the creek that wound its way through College Park, and the experimental farm run by the University of Maryland. In elementary school, I was known as the class artist. I loved to read and draw but I hated writing reports. Requirements such as outlines, perfect penmanship, and following directions killed my interest in putting words on paper. All those facts -- who cared what the principal products of Chile were? To me, writing reports was almost as boring as math.         http://www.childrensbookguild.org/hahn.html


Slide5: Despite my dislike of writing, I loved to make up stories. Instead of telling them in words, I told them in pictures. My stories were usually about orphans who ran away and had the sort of exciting adventures I would have enjoyed if my mother hadn't always interfered. When I was in junior high school, I developed an interest in more complex stories. I wanted to show how people felt, what they thought, what they said. For this, I needed words. Although I wasn't sure I was smart enough, I decided to write and illustrate children's books when I grew up. Consequently, at the age of thirteen, I began my first book. In high school, I kept a diary. In college, I wrote poetry and short stories and dreamed of being published in a book. http://www.childrensbookguild.org/hahn.html


Slide6: By the time my first novel was published, I was 41 years old. That's how long it took me to get serious about writing. Since Sara appeared in 1979, I've written an average of one book a year. If I have a plot firmly in mind when I begin, the writing goes fairly quickly. More typically, I start with a character or a situation and only a vague idea of what's going to happen. Therefore, I spend a lot of time revising and thinking things out. If I'd paid more attention to the craft of outlining back in elementary school, I might be a faster writer, but, on the other hand, if I knew everything that was going to happen in a story, I might be too bored to write it down. Writing is a journey of discovery. That's what makes it so exciting. http://www.childrensbookguild.org/hahn.html


Slide7: POP QUIZ 1.) What state did Mary Downing Hahn grow up in? 2.) What type of game did she play growing up? 3.) What was she know in elementary as? 4.) Did she like to write as a child? 5.) How old was she when her first novel was published?


Slide8: POP QUIZ Answer Key 1.) What state did Mary Downing Hahn grow up in? She grew up in the state of Maryland. 2.) What type of game did she play growing up? As a child growing up, she played games such as 'Kick the Can, Mother May I, Cowboys andamp; Outlaw Games'. 3.) What was she know in elementary as? She was known as 'the class artist' in elementary. 4.) Did she like to write as a child? No, she did not like to write as a child. 5.) How old was she when her first novel was published? She was 41 years old when she published her first novel.


CHAPTER 1-4: CHAPTER 1-4 CHARACTERS: SETTING: Summary:


Slide10: CHAPTER 1-4 VOCABULARY QUIZ Mock Reminisced Scurried Neglected Quavered Cantankerous Superstitious Namesake To move briskly. To utter sound in trembling unsteady tones. One named after another To give little attention to. Difficult or irritating to deal with. A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, or trust in magic. To make fun of my mimicking. To talk or think about things that happened in the past.


Slide11: CHAPTER 1-4 VOCABULARY QUIZ ANSWER KEY Mock Reminisced Scurried Neglected Quavered Cantankerous Superstitious Namesake To move briskly. To utter sound in trembling unsteady tones. One named after another To give little attention to. Difficult or irritating to deal with. A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, or trust in magic. To make fun of my mimicking. To talk or think about things that happened in the past.


Slide12: Chapter 5-8 Characters: Setting: Summary


Slide13: Scenario Deficiency Suspension Glimpse Interrupt Duffel Hideous Relent a sequence of events especially when imagined to get a brief look at temporary withholding offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly the quality or state of being inadequate a coarse heavy woolen material with a thick nap to cease resistance to stop or hinder by breaking in CHAPTER 5-8 VOCABULARY QUIZ


Slide14: Scenario Deficiency Suspension Glimpse Interrupt Duffel Hideous Relent a sequence of events especially when imagined to get a brief look at temporary withholding offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly the quality or state of being inadequate a coarse heavy woolen material with a thick nap to cease resistance to stop or hinder by breaking in CHAPTER 5-8 VOCABULARY QUIZ ANSWER KEY


Slide15: Chapter 9-13 Characters: Setting: Summary


Slide16: Totter Diphtheria Scarcely Monotonous Billow Cower Solemnly Mollycoddle Convalescent A contagious bacterial disease with fever. Uttered or sounded in one unchanging tone. A person whose character has been weakened due to over pampering. To sway or rock back and forth as if to fall. To shrink away or crouch down from. By a narrow margin. To regain strength gradually after illness or weakness. To bulge or swell out. Being serious or dignified in appearance or behavior. CHAPTER 9-13 VOCABULARY QUIZ


Slide17: Totter Diphtheria Scarcely Monotonous Billow Cower Solemnly Mollycoddle Convalescent A contagious bacterial disease with fever. Uttered or sounded in one unchanging tone. A person whose character has been weakened due to over pampering. To sway or rock back and forth as if to fall. To shrink away or crouch down from. By a narrow margin. To regain strength gradually after illness or weakness. To bulge or swell out. Being serious or dignified in appearance or behavior. CHAPTER 9-13 VOCABULARY QUIZ ANSWER KEY


Slide18: Chapter 14-18 Characters: Setting: Summary:


Slide19: Prosecution Embezzling Asphyxiated Tyrant Contrite Mourning Ignorance Metronome Fervently To undergo or cause to undergo death or loss of consciousness caused by a lack of oxygen. The expression of grief and respect for a beloved person who has died. A ruler who exercises power in a harsh or cruel manner. To initiate or conduct a legal action against someone. A device that makes a series of clicks separated by precise, adjustable intervals of time. Showing deep feeling or great emotion. The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge. To take money or property for one’s own use in violation of a trust. Feeling or caused by guilt. CHAPTER 14-18 VOCABULARY QUIZ


Slide20: Prosecution Embezzling Asphyxiated Tyrant Contrite Mourning Ignorance Metronome Fervently To undergo or cause to undergo death or loss of consciousness caused by a lack of oxygen. The expression of grief and respect for a beloved person who has died. A ruler who exercises power in a harsh or cruel manner. To initiate or conduct a legal action against someone. A device that makes a series of clicks separated by precise, adjustable intervals of time. Showing deep feeling or great emotion. The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge. To take money or property for one’s own use in violation of a trust. Feeling or caused by guilt. CHAPTER 14-18 VOCABULARY QUIZ ANSWER KEY


Slide21: Chapter 19-24 Characters: Setting: Summary:


Slide22: Sentinels Sneer Gouge Demented Monstrosity Sarcasm Conceited Emerge Merging Embankment Plummeted To come into view; appear. To bring or come together so as to form one; unite. Having a serious mental disorder; insane. A mound of earth or stone built up to hold back water or to support a roadway. A facial expression of contempt made by raising one corner of the upper lip slightly. A sharply mocking remark; a contemptuous taunt. Too proud of oneself or one’s accomplishments; vain. To cut, scoop out, or make grooves in. Someone or something that is or like a monster, deformed, grotesque; huge, enormous, frightful and/or shocking. To drop straight down; plunge. Something that serves to guard or give warning of approaching danger. CHAPTER 19- VOCABULARY QUIZ


Slide23: Sentinels Sneer Gouge Demented Monstrosity Sarcasm Conceited Emerge Merging Embankment Plummeted To come into view; appear. To bring or come together so as to form one; unite. Having a serious mental disorder; insane. A mound of earth or stone built up to hold back water or to support a roadway. A facial expression of contempt made by raising one corner of the upper lip slightly. A sharply mocking remark; a contemptuous taunt. Too proud of oneself or one’s accomplishments; vain. To cut, scoop out, or make grooves in. Someone or something that is or like a monster, deformed, grotesque; huge, enormous, frightful and/or shocking. To drop straight down; plunge. Something that serves to guard or give warning of approaching danger. CHAPTER 19- VOCABULARY QUIZ ANSWER KEY