JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH- CHAPTERS 13-18

What sort of apps would help James when they reached the sea? For this activity, you are asked to design
your own colorful IPod Touch. Your IPod Touch should include four Apps. You will also need to explain
what the application is and how it relates to your reading.

Top Left App

Top Right App

Bottom Left App

Bottom Right App

Strategy Focus: Extending the Meaning of the Text

To take care of their hunger problems, James told them to eat the peach. For this activity, you are asked to
create a name of a restaurant and 2 or 3 menu items that could be made from a peach. Here are the steps you
should take:
1. Write your restaurant name above the peach.
2. Write down at least menu items, a short description of each, and a price.
3. Make sure that your restaurant name and daily special menu items all relate to the story. An example is
provided for you.
Book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Restaurant Name
Grandpa Joes Chocolates
Menu Item
Veruca Salt $3.19
This dish is a mixture of salted nuts, a spoiled attitude, and chocolate.

Daily Specials

Strategy Focus: Visualizing

Good readers will draw pictures in their heads as they read to better understand the story. In the telescope
lens below, draw what the boat captain saw when he looked through his telescope.

Describe below what the boat captains reaction when he saw the peach through the telescope. What was the
first mates reaction?

Strategy Focus: Visualizing

Good readers will draw pictures in their heads as they read to better understand the story. In the telescope
lens below, draw what the boat captain saw when he looked through his telescope.

Describe below what the boat captains reaction when he saw the peach through the telescope. What was the
first mates reaction?

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1. What did the grasshopper think that they should do before they exited the peach?

2. How does the earthworm feel about being in the sea?

3. Why are all the creatures in the peach worried at the end of the chapter?

4. What was James plan to get away from the sharks? What did the creatures think of the plan?

5. What did James use for bait to get the seagulls to come by the peach?

6. Who went to inspect the damage from the sharks and what did he/she find out about the damage?

Strategy Focus: Working with Words

For this activity, you are asked to match the vocabulary words with the correct meaning by putting the correct
letter next to the vocabulary word. Page numbers are provided to help you determine the meaning based on
context clues, but please note that some page numbers may vary due to the book being used.
1.

____

Chaos

a.

Impulsive; flighty; dizziness

2.

____

Disentangle

b.

Foam; bubbles

3.

____

Trifle

c.

A state of confusion

4.

____

Giddy

d.

5.

____

Amidst

e.

Struck with overwhelming

shock or amazement
Precise; stiffly neat

6.

____

Dreadfully

f.

In the middle of; among

7.

____

Primly

g.

To untangle

8.

____

Aghast

h.

Horribly; extremely

9.

____

Froth

i.

A circumstance of little value

Strategy Focus: Working with Words

For this activity, you are asked to match the vocabulary words with the correct meaning by putting the correct
letter next to the vocabulary word. Page numbers are provided to help you determine the meaning based on
context clues, but please note that some page numbers may vary due to the book being used.
1.

____

Chaos

a.

Impulsive; flighty; dizziness

2.

____

Disentangle

b.

Foam; bubbles

3.

____

Trifle

c.

A state of confusion

4.

____

Giddy

d.

5.

____

Amidst

e.

Struck with overwhelming

shock or amazement
Precise; stiffly neat

6.

____

Dreadfully

f.

In the middle of; among

7.

____

Primly

g.

To untangle

8.

____

Aghast

h.

Horribly; extremely

9.

____

Froth

i.

A circumstance of little value