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Journal
Read the Story
Read Closely
Think Critically
Choose a Task
Essential Questions:
What is the power of love? What is the value of friendship? How do authors keep
readers engaged?
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Journal
You are about to read a story about a boy with a very big
secret. In your journal (or on your own paper), spend five
minutes writing about secrets. Here are a few ideas: what
it feels like to keep a secret; a time you kept a secret; a
time you trusted someone else with a secret. But you can
write about anything related to secrets that you think of.
Your journal entry will remain private—no one else will read
it.
Read Closely 1. What questions might
Nathan be talking about?
Opposable thumbs. Let me tell you
something, whoever-you-are: If you have
opposable thumbs, you probably take
them for granted. And if you don’t have
them? Well, that would answer a lot of
the questions I have right now. Let’s just
say I hope you have opposable thumbs.
But the Skypes are awkward, with the 2. Why are the adults
parents looking nervous in the looking nervous and
background. Part of friendship is scrutinizing everyone else?
hanging out with nobody watching,
which is hard when the grown-ups are
scrutinizing everyone else.
He was supposed to come over after 3. Does Evan come by?
school today, after my appointment with Explain how you know.
the doctors. What if he stops by with a
bag of Ms. Pena’s empanadas?
A big dinner with lots of families is just 4. So far, the author has
the kind of thing Mom loves. It proves given hints about Nathan’s
she’s family, but has not revealed
doing everything right. I knew she was the whole truth. Why might
thinking that the other mothers hadn’t this be?
even thought twice about our family:
That we were—that Mom had made us—
that good. And me most of all. I was
perfect. Undetectable.
Mom stood next to me while I 5. Why is this line
brushed my teeth, first with regular important? What does it
toothpaste, then with the special kind connect to later in the
they send us from the Boat. She stared story?
at my reflection in the mirror the
whole time, like she thought it might
start talking to her.
Here’s the thing that happened last 6. What is this line a hint
Saturday in Florida: In the morning, I about? Explain. What other
reached for my swimsuit. I swam in the hints can you find
pool every morning with Dad, who is throughout the story?
still trying to get over his natural-born
hatred of water.
Agent B: It’s called an empanada. Maybe 7. Is Agent B exactly who
Agent R wasn’t exactly who you thought the supervisor thought he
she was. was? Explain.
Think Critically
1. Why do you think the author included the parts of the story about
Nathan’s friendship with Evan?
2. In this story, the alien cats first plan to turn themselves into humans
so they can live on Earth; when that doesn’t work out, they decide
to turn the humans into cats instead. Why do you think the alien
cats did not consider trying to live on Earth just as they are?
3. During the debriefing of Agent B (a.k.a. Toto), Agent B tells his
supervisor, “Don’t worry about me. I have something lined up.” Do you
think Agent B really does have something lined up? If so, what might it
be?
Choos Write a sequel to the story that
begins aboard the Mothership.
OR
Write a sequel from the point of
view of someone who finds
Create the written report Agent B
submitted to his “Operation Earth”
supervisor about what happened on
Wednesday.
Write the conversation
between Agent B and Agent R
in which they discuss the need
for a backup plan and organize
the details of Plan B.
ea
Nathan’s letter in the future.
Write the scene that happens

between the end of Nathan’s letter
Task
Write the lyrics to a song and the debriefing. Be true to Pick a favorite line or excerpt
from the point of view of any information revealed in the from the story and illustrate it.
character in the story. Be sure to
give your song a title. Optionally, debriefing and to the characters in Include the line or excerpt
set your song to the tune of the story. beneath your illustration and
another song (or make up your explain why you chose it.
own original tune) and record it. Note: This is the contest
prompt that appears at the
end of the story.
Rewrite “Plan B” in the form Make a short video that gives

of a graphic novel. Be sure to Imagine that “Plan B” is being made other readers a preview of
include thought and speech into a movie. Create the trailer for “Plan B.” Consider what is
balloons, captions, sound effects, that movie. enjoyable and relatable about
and motion lines. the story.

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