Ali Baba Bernstein
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Name: ____________________________________________ The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein Pre-reading: Look at the title, cover and chapter titles of this book. What genre do you think this book is? _____________________________________ Write a prediction of what you think you will read about in this book. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read Chapter 1 Why was David reading the Manhattan telephone book? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Why did David want to change his name? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What did David believe to be true if he changed his name to Ali Baba? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Reread page 2 of chapter one. There are 14 words on this page which contain r-controlled vowels. Please write 10 of these words below and highlight the r-controlled vowel in each word. ______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ If you could change your name to that of a story book character, what name would you choose? Why would you choose this name? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Read the title of Chapter 2. Write a prediction. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2 Why did Ali Baba begin to explore the basement? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Describe the setting in the basement. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Outline the key events in this chapter. Close your book and explain in your own words what happened. Remember to use transition words. For example, first, second, then, next, also, in the meantime, a little while later, finally, etc. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 3 Write a prediction for Chapter 3. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think Ali Baba Bernstein wanted his friend Roger to change his name to Sinbad? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What did Ali Baba do before the party that told you he was thinking about solving mysteries? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Why did Ali Baba think Eddie Whitestone was a thief? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ How did a common expression help Ali Baba and Roger find the missing earring? Why was Ali Baba embarrassed by his discovery? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 4 Vocabulary: Match the vocabulary word on the left with its meaning on the right. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. protested threaten enchanted flushed deflated a. collapsed or contracted b. subjected to magic c. disagreed with something d. be a source of danger e. reddened Questions Why did Ali Baba think the afternoon at the Fishbones would be wasted time? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ How did Valerie outsmart Ali Baba? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ How did Valerie feel about the name Sheherazade? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Why did Ali Baba think it wasn’t such a wasted afternoon after all? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Have you ever dreaded going somewhere only to find it was fun once you got there? Explain. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Write a prediction for Chapter 5. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Syllabication Directions: Break the following words into syllables and identify each syllable type. frequently pupils students protested entire enchanted selected flushed often deflated Chapter 5 1. Why was Sugar the only one who called Ali Baba by his chosen name? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why didn’t Roger and Ali Baba realize that Sugar was gone? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. What made the boys think they could be in danger? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why do you think Roger didn’t tell his mother that Sugar was gone? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Write a short summary for Chapter 5. Remember to include only the important details. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 6 In Chapter 6, Ali Baba looks up the word wart in an encyclopedia to learn more about it. Break the word encyclopedia into syllables and label each syllable type. encyclopedia 1. What is a superstition? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why do you think Ali Baba’s wart seemed so big to him? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did Ali Baba try to get rid of the wart? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why did Ali Baba and Roger get into a fight? How did Mrs. Booxbaum feel about Ali Baba’s behavior? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. How did Ali Baba finally get rid of his wart? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
