Weekly Oz Activites

Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog,
Wow, we just finished our 4th week of quarantine!! We should be very thankful for the hot weather there's been because it could change to thunder any day before we know it. I have enjoyed being home, but I'm really starting to get bored because I haven't got any of my friends to talk to. There have been some literacy activities set for us through the days of the week, so I'm going to show you what I have done with the time of my week in Literacy. As you know by now, Shaw Literacy has been reading and focusing on a book called "The Wizard Of Oz". I finished a couple of days ago and I really enjoyed reading it. This week we were focusing on the different themes of the book.

Friendship, Good vs Evil, Dreams & Hopes and Disappointment were our themes for this book. we had to answer the questions that our teacher put up for us so that he knows we understand about what we are reading. I will be sharing with you what I thought each of these questions meant and show you that I understand.

Friendship

1. What do you think is the greatest act of friendship in the book?
2. Why do you think Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion bond so quickly?
3. How do Dorothy and the Lion comfort each other when they're captured by the Wicked Witch?

Good vs Evil

1. What does the wizard do to help people? Name at least one example.

2. The Scarecrow and the tin man kill the Wicked Witch of the West's crows, wolves, and bees, and the Lion kills a giant spider. Why do you think they're still described as "good" characters?

3. When Dorothy kills the Wicked Witch of the West, she says she's "very sorry indeed." (12.82) Do you believe her? Why or why not?

Dreams & Hopes

1. What do the dreams of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion all have in common?

2. In what way does Dorothy's dream differ from the dreams of her friends?

3. Do you think that dreams come true in the Land of Oz? Explain your answer.

Disappointment

1. Why do you think that Dorothy is able to move past discouraging situations so quickly?

2. Describe a situation in the book where disappointment leads to a new opportunity.

3.What coping mechanisms do the characters draw on to deal with disappointments as they arise? Name at least two and describe the situations in which they were used.

As you can see I have put in a lot of effort to do this blog post. Overall I really enjoyed and tried my best at the tasks that were set for me. The questions were really interesting to discover and that gave me a chance to remember the book and the different times that different thins happened in. I will be watching the movie soon and I'm still figuring out if it would be like I was picturing it in my head. I hoped you liked this weeks blog post and enjoyed reading about what I've done in Literacy throughout the week. I'm interested to know what you guys are up to. Do you like Quarantine? Are you getting bored with it?