Literature Connection

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Directions
As you read each section of the book, use the prompting question or activity to make a literature connection or demonstrate
your thinking.
Section Prompt Response
Chapters 1-2 Make a prediction about what the tale of Phoebe
Winterbottom, her mother, and the lunatic will be
about.
Chapters 3-4 Share your thoughts and feelings about the characters so far- do you see any character types yet?
Chapters 5-6 What can we infer about Sal’s mom and dad from
this memory?
Chapters 7-8 There are two (and sometimes even three)
very different settings that are being described
throughout the novel. List and describe them.
Chapters 9-10 Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in
his moccasins includes our book title as well. Share
what you think the meaning and significance of this
message might be.
Chapters 11-12 Using the events from these two chapters, create
some inferences about Sal, her mom, and her dad.
Chapters 13-14 Compare Phoebe and Sal. How are they alike? How
are they different? You may include situation and
personality traits.
Chapters 15-16 The voices change from hurry, rush to slow down
in this section. How might this be an example of
foreshadowing?
Walk Two Moons Literature Tracker
© 2018 Bridgeway Homeschool Academy
Directions
As you read each section of the book, use the prompting question or activity to make a literature connection or demonstrate
your thinking.
Section Prompt Response
Chapters 17-18 Create a theory about what may have happened to
Sal’s mother.
Chapters 19-20 Make a prediction about what has happened to Mrs.
Winterbottom.
Chapters 21-22 Sal and Ben both represent their souls as a maple
leaf inside a circle. What might these pictures
symbolize?
Chapters 23-24 Develop more detail about the three different
settings that have been described so far.
Chapters 25-26 Sal has inferred why Phoebe is acting the way she is.
Build your own inference about why Phoebe is acting
this way.
Chapters 27-28 Because of the two different plot lines throughout
the novel, there are many conflicts. List the conflicts
that are happening throughout the story. Circle the
ones that are most problematic for the characters.
Chapters 29-30 Analyze Sal’s thinking to determine why finding
Phoebe’s mother has now become so important to
her.
Chapters 31-32 Make an inference about why Phoebe might be
avoiding Sal. Can you make a personal connection
here?
Walk Two Moons Literature Tracker
© 2018 Bridgeway Homeschool Academy
Directions
As you read each section of the book, use the prompting question or activity to make a literature connection or demonstrate
your thinking.
Section Prompt Response
Chapters 33-34 What point of view is the story told from and how
does it affect the reader’s understanding of what is
going on?
Chapters 35-36 Make an inference about what is going on between
Mrs. Winterbottom and the lunatic.
Chapters 37-38 Discuss how the plot of Phoebe and Mrs.
Winterbottom and Sal and her mom parallel one
another.
Chapter 39 Write your reaction to the fact that Mrs. Partridge is
the one placing the notes.
Chapters 40-41 Write your prediction about who the lone survivor is.
Explain your thinking.
Chapters 42-43 Write the climax of the plot and argue why you
believe this is the plot climax of the novel. Some argue that this story has more than one climax; write
about whether you agree or disagree with this idea.
Chapter 44 Analyze the conclusion of the novel. Do you think it
makes sense? Do you believe the characters have
found closure? Why or why not?
Walk Two Moons Literature Tracker