Chapter 6

• Each student will post the question they created in the comments of the blog using their name.
• Students with a last name that starts with B to K will respond to a student with a last name that starts with L to Z.
• Students with a last name that starts with L to Z will respond to a student with the last name B to K.
• Students will then meet with each other - the person who posted and the person who replied to evaluate if the question and reply are effective based on the criteria.

Chapter 6

Last Name starts with A-D will answer question 1 & 2.

Last Name starts with E-K will answer question 2 & 3.

Last name starts with L- R will respond to blog posts for questions 1-4.

Last name starts with S-Z will answer question 4 & 5.

Chapter 6 (page 43-55)

1. Peter decides to remain at the ball field when the team takes the field to better “blend in” with the others.  Jon Klassen’s illustration on page 44 shows Peter sitting on the bench.  What details in the illustration might suggest how Peter is feeling?

2. How is the shortstop on the field described?  Why do you think Peter connects with him so strongly?

3. Peter recalls seeing a therapist after his mother’s death.  When the therapist asks him if Peter felt “angry”, he quickly responds “No”.  What does he do after the therapy session that illustrates that he is indeed angry?  What is the truth behind Peter’s anger?

4. At the end of the chapter, Peter makes a huge mistake.  Describe what happens?  

5. Make a prediction at this point.  What might happen next?  

Chapter 5

Last Name starts with A-D will answer question 1.

Last Name starts with E-K will answer question 2.

Last name starts with L- R will answer question 3.

Last name starts with S-Z will respond to blog posts for questions 1-3.

Chapter 5 (pages 35-42)
1. Pax encounters Bristle, a female fox or vixen.  How does Pax react to her?  How does Bristle react to Pax?

2.Why is Pax amazed that Bristle’s brother is able to seemingly fly?  What do you think he’s really doing?  And why might Pax not have learned such a skill?

3. Bristle seems irritated by her brother’s antics and yet Pennypacker reveals on page 39 that “her love for him [was] obvious”.  What are actions that Bristle takes that illustrate that love?

Chapter 3 & 4

Last Name starts with A-D will respond to blogs for questions 1-4.

Last Name starts with E-K will answer question 1.

Last name starts with L- R will answer question 2 & 3.

Last name starts with S-Z will answer question 4.

Chapter 3 (pages 24-28)
1. Pennypacker mentions a soaring vulture several times in the chapter. What might that vulture represent for Pax?  

Chapter 4 (pages 29-34)

2. What was Peter’s first mistake of the trip?  Why was that a mistake?

3. What does he conclude was his second mistake? And what might be the consequences?  

4. Peter decides to rest at a school baseball field.  Find language in the text that emphasizes why he chose that sight.

2 - Questions

Chapter 2:
What makes Peter go back for Pax? What does Peter use to find his way back home? What does this tell you about the time period of the story? What might he have used if the story was written today?

1 - Questions - CCSS 6RL2&4 and 6W4 & 6

Think about the meaning of the phrase that appears before the story begins: “Just because it isn’t happening here doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.” What does that phrase mean to you? Why do you think the author did not name a specific place or area as the setting of the book? What did Peter throw to get Pax to run and why do you think the author chose that object?

Pax was only a kid when his family was killed, rescued by “his boy,” Peter, from abandonment and certain death. Now the war front approaches, and when Peter’s father enlists, Peter has to move in with his grandfather. Far worse than being forced to leave home is the fact that Pax can’t go. Peter obeys his stern father and agrees to release Pax back into the wild. But before Peter makes it through even one night under his grandfather’s roof, regret and duty spur him to action; he sneaks out into the night, determined to find his beloved friend. This is the story of Peter, Pax, and their independent struggles to return to each other in the face of war.