March Curriculum

2/28 Chapter 9

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Frank envy the children whose fathers are in England?

Option #2: What does the quote "We don't care about England or France, all we want is the German advance" mean? Why does Angela tell her children to stay inside at the beginning of Chapter 9?

Option #3: Why does Malachy agree to go work in England? Why is Frank hospitalized for a second time in Chapter 9? What is Angela's last resort for feeding the children in Chapter 9?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: Why does Mr. Downes believe Malachy may be sent back to Ireland in Chapter 9?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/27 Chapter 8

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: What does Peter Dooley want to do when he grows up?

Option #2: For what does Peter Dooley charge Frank? Why is Frank hospitalized? 

Option #3: What does Seamus bring Frank in the hospital? What is wrong with Patricia Madigan? Where does Frank's transfused blood come from?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: What does Angela bring Frank in the hospital?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/26 Chapter 7

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: In Chapter 7, what does Malachy make his children promise when he gets them out of bed late at night after drinking?

Option #2: What job does Frank do with Pat Sheehan? Why is Declan upset with Frank in Chapter 7?

Option #3: What happens to Macushla in Chapter 7? What does Frank read to Mr. Timoney? Why does Angela think Mr. Timoney lost his cleaning woman?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: Why does Mickey die?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/25 Chapter 6

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why is Frank afraid to go home in Chapter 6?

Option #2: What do Paddy and Frank eat when they go to Finlan's for lunch? Why does Paddy get into trouble with his mother in Chapter 6?

Option #3: What does Paddy's father tell Frank about his mother in Chapter 6? Why does Angela cry on the way home from Paddy's home?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

Family & Community Partnerships

2/15 Chapter 6

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Quigley seem to annoy his teachers?

Option #2: Why is Mr. O'Neill called "Dotty?" What is Mr. O'Neill particularly enthusiastic about teaching?

Option #3: Why does Mr. O'Halloran yell at Mr. O'Neill? In Chapter 6, where do Paddy and Frank go when they skip school?Why are Angela and Malachy angry with Frank in Chapter 6?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: What is wrong with Paddy's father in Chapter 6?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/14 Chapter 5

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: How does Frank spend his tuition money?

Option #2: When Angela says that God has not been "seen lately in the lanes of Limerick," to what is she referring? Why does Angela believe that Frank was not accepted as an altar boy?

Option #3: What job does Frank take on for Margaret? What is the poem Angela shares with Bridey, "The Man From the North," about?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: What is the Confraternity?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/13 Chapter 5

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why is Frank's grandmother not speaking to Angela at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Option #2: Why is Frank disappointed that his mother is not speaking to his grandmother in Chapter 5? Why does Margaret get angry with Frank and make him take Galvin's food to the kiln for

free?

Option #3: Why does young Malachy have to visit Barrington's Hospital? While at the hospital, what do the doctor's discover about Frank?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: What kind of lessons does Angela decide Frank must take?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/12 Chapter 4

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: How is Frank able to attend the cinema at the end of Chapter 4?

Option #2: How does Mr. Benson have the boys practice for communion? What is Paddy's dream?

Option #3: After confessing to the priest on his first communion, why does Margaret send Frank

back into the confessional?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: What does Frank most want to see at the cinema?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/11 Chapter 4

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does it seem that Nora Molloy enjoys being taken to the asylum?

Option #2: Mikey tells Frank that the best part of the first communion is the collection. What is the

collection? What does Frank do with the raisin he finds in his pastry?

Option #3: What kind of teacher is Mr. Benson? What does Frank confess at his first confession? What does Grandma mean when she says that she has "God in me backyard?"

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: Why does Frank miss his collection?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

Family & Community Partnerships

2/8 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why do the children at school tease Frank and his brother about their boots?

Option #2: What does Frank's teacher tell the boys who teased Frank about his shoes?

Option #3: What does Frank's father tell the officials from the St. Vincent de Paul Society about their lavatory? Where does Frank get a job at the end of Chapter 3?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: Why is Angela angry at the end of Chapter 3?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/7 Chapter 3

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why is the family receiving less money at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Option #2: Why does the family move to Roden Lane? Why does the family call the upstairs of their home Italy and the downstairs Ireland?

Option #3: Why do Frank's classmates laugh at him as they leave the store before Christmas? How does the family get coal for Christmas dinner? What does the "Angel on the Seventh Step" bring the family?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: When Michael is sick, how does Frank's father save him?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/6 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why is Frank so understanding when his father is telling Oliver stories about Cuchulain?

Option #2: Why does Angela insist on going to the Labour Exchange with Malachy after Oliver's

death? In Chapter 2, why does Frank get in trouble with Mr. Benson at school?

Option #3: After Eugene's death in Chapter 2, why does Frank get angry with his father in the pub? How does Frank envision heaven at the end of Chapter 2?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: Summarize chapter 2.**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/5 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: When told there is no work in Ireland, Malachy decides to go to Dublin. Why?

Option #2: When Malachy goes to the IRA office to claim his pension, what is he told? Why does the man at the IRA office refuse to give Malachy money for the bus fare home?

Option #3: Because they do not have bus fare home, where does the family sleep that night? How do the McCourts get back to Angela's family? Once the family rents a room, why are they unable to sleep that first night?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: After receiving money from the Vincent de Paul society, why does Nora insist on going to the store with Angela?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/4 Chapter 1

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Why does Angela slide into a deep depression? 

Option #2: What does Tommy Flynn say happened to Margaret's body?

Option #3: Why do Philomena, Delia, Mrs. Leibowitz, and Minnie write to Angela's mother?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

2/1 Chapter 1

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1: Where were both of Frank's parents born? Frank's father, Malachy, originally comes to America for what reason?

Option #2: Where does Malachy meet Angela? Why is Angela and Malachy's first born son not named after his father?

Option #3: What happens to Frank's brother Malachy on the playground? When Malachy gets a job, what happens the third week he is supposed to bring home the wages? Why does Angela go to Malachy's job?

**Bonus: Please log onto iXL.com and complete 20 minutes of mathematical exercises.**

**Bonus question: Why does Malachy believe he lost his job?**

Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________            

Please leave any comments or questions you have below.

February Curriculum