Mem Fox Adapted from: Roger D. Moore, Ph.D., MBA JEOPARDY!

RouterModesWANEncapsulationRouterBasics RouterModesWANEncapsulationRouterBasics Characters (who) Setting (where or (where or when) Plot (what) Theme (the lesson (the lesson learned) Author’s Style Wild Card

Answer Which word describes the character Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge? Mean, curious, or tall? Characters curious

Answer Boris Von de Borch from Tough Boris Characters What character was described as tough, massive, scruffy, greedy, fearless, and scary?

Answer Grandma Poss and Hush Characters What are the names of the two main characters in Possum Magic?

Answer a wizard Characters Who “appeared with a sign that said: STOP!” in The Magic Hat?

Answer Sleepy Bears; Time for Bed; Koala Lou; Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild Characters What are three Mem Fox books that have a mother and her child or children as the main characters?

Answer true Setting True or false: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lived next to an old people’s home.

Answer Australia Setting Where did the story Possum Magic take place? (Hint: It is the same place that Mem Fox lives)

Answer on a ship Setting Where did the story Tough Boris take place? In a car, on a plane, or on a ship?

Answer Time for Bed and Sleepy Bears Setting What two Mem Fox books did we read that took place at bedtime?

Answer winter Setting What season was it in Sleepy Bears? Summer, fall, winter, or spring?

Answer He cried and cried. Plot What did Tough Boris do when his parrot died?

Answer No, she came in second place. Plot Did Koala Lou win the Bush Olympics?

Answer Harriet and her mother laughed as they picked up the feathers from the pillow together. Plot What happened in the end of Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! ?

Answer She wanted to know what she looked like. Plot In Possum Magic, why didn’t Hush want to be invisible anymore?

Answer an egg Plot What did Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge give Miss Nancy that was something warm? An egg, a puppet, or a trumpet?

Answer true Theme True or false: In Tough Boris, Mem Fox teaches us that even tough, fearless pirates cry when something sad happens.

Answer yes Theme Is it important to hold on to your memories?

Answer emu; possum; wombat; kookaburra; dingo; koala; kangaroo; snake Theme Name three Australian animals that were in Possum Magic.

Answer She loved her. Theme In Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! how did Harriet’s mother feel about her pesky daughter?

Answer A. People may have differences, but we’re all the same on the inside. Theme What is the main idea of Whoever You Are? A.People may have differences, but we’re all the same on the inside. B. When you get older you may be different. C. People around the world do not have different schools, lands, or words.

Answer false Author’s Style True or false: Mem Fox illustrates all of her books.

Answer fiction Author’s Style Does Mem Fox write fiction or nonfiction?

Answer true Author’s Style True or false: Mem Fox uses rhymes and repeats words in her books.

Answer She wanted to choose her words carefully and pick the best describing words for her story. Why did it take Mem Fox three years to write Tough Boris even though it is a short book? Author’s Style – 400

Answer She gets ideas from her own life. How does Mem Fox choose topics for her stories? Author’s Style - 500

Answer false True or false: Writers never teach us anything. Wild Card - 100

Answer true True or false: There are many reasons to write. One reason is to hold on to memories. Wild Card - 200

Answer Sleepy Bears and Time for Bed or Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! and Sleepy Bears What stories did we compare using the Venn Diagram? Wild Card - 300

Answer Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge For which story did we do Readers Theater? Wild Card - 400

Answer Dr. Smith After we read Tough Boris, we wrote a story using describing words about who? Wild Card - 500

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