Carry On Mr. Bowditch Unit Study

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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Study Guide

Download the activities for 24 chapters including, reading comprehension questions, background information, vocabulary words, maps and more.

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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Chapter by Chapter Activities

Content Questions

We provide valuable pointer questions that do much more than just double check that the student read the chapter (though they do do that too.) Our questions:

• Highlight the important action in each chapter
• Pin point important clues to character development and literary analysis
• Have discussion question stems

You may chose, if you prefer, to use just the stem of the question as a discussion starter rather than a multiple choice question.

Literary Elements

Motifs

All of the Kaleidos unit studies make literature analysis fun and easy to do.

This book provides the perfect example of a motif, a reoccuring event tied to the theme. Repeatedly, the ship's captain tells him to, "Carry On." Two other repeating motifs are present in the book (his method for learning new languages and his method of notebooking about trades associated with sailing.)

Themes and Purpose

Motifs point to themes. Students can easily identify perseverence as the theme of the book.

A little practice is given in identifying (and developing one's own) motifs, themes, and symbols; as well as themes, moral of the story, and purpose of the story.

Other Literary Elements

These literary elements are also presented in this story:

• Setting
• Problems
• Character Development
• Figures of Speech
• Allusion
• Imagery
• Inference
• Mood
• Anthropomorphism
• Foreshadow
• Symbolism
• Puns
• Metaphor
• Climax
• Denouement

Activities

Activities that students can participate in include:

• Identifying locations on a ship (worksheet included)
• Points of a compass (of course you know NW and NNW, but do you know "west by north?"
• Plumb Line
• Samplers
• Notebooking
• Make your own hard tack                 AND More

Maps

Our unit study for "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" provides 4 different maps and 2 answer keys that correlate to Nathaniel Bowditch's journeys in the book. These include:

• World Map highlighting his destinations
• Map of Madeira Island, Spain, Portugal
• Map of Massachusetts and Salem
• Map of Salem Harbor
• Color coded answer key to world map
• Answer Key to route through Salem Harbor

Vocabulary Words

You and your students will both appreciate the convenient vocabulary bookmarks. Unfamiliar terms and vocabulary words are listed in the order they appear in the text with their defintions. Here is a list of vocabulary words for "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" chapters 1 - 6.

Background Information

Helpful Information Boxes give students background information on historical topics. Some topics include:

• Indentured apprenticeships
• Nautical Terms
• Roles onboard ship
• British and French outcomes after the American Revolutionary War (The British may have lost, but they made out better financially.)
• Latitude and Longitude
• The East India Company

Creative Writing

Well constructed passages are used as model sentences for our "Super Writer Challenges." Students can play with words in low-pressure activities that allow them to stretch and bend words as they imitate the author's craft.

More Helps!

Grammar

Passages in the book are correlated to grammar studies and sentence structure as students see grammar practically applied.

Test Taking Skills

Students are given test taking tips to improve their ability to demonstrate knowledge they have aquired when confronted with some tricky types of test questions.

Get the Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Study Guide

Download the activities for 24 chapters including, reading comprehension questions, background information, vocabulary words, maps and more.

Student Guide AND Teacher's Answer Key Included
$2.99 Download - 86 pages

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How Big Is the Carry On, Mr. Bowditch pdf?

This fantastic 86 page resource includes:

• 39 student pages
• Teacher's Answer Key which highlights activities
• 2 vocabulary pages
• 6 maps
• 2 extra activity pages

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