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Hoot By: Carl Hiaasen

Hoot By: Carl Hiaasen. Halle Coleman. v. What Is It? In this novel, the main character, Roy, wants to save owls. A company is building a restaurant where there are nests. Attribute: Roy and his two friends try to stop construction of a pancake house to save nest of owls.

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Hoot By: Carl Hiaasen

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  1. Hoot By: Carl Hiaasen Halle Coleman

  2. v What Is It?In this novel, the main character, Roy, wants to save owls. A company is building a restaurant where there are nests. Attribute: Roy and his two friends try to stop construction of a pancake house to save nest of owls. Support From Text! Title: Hoot What is your books genre? Realistic Fiction Attribute: Setting makes the book a realistic fiction. Support From Text! Example: Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech Example: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo Example: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes and Louis Slobodkin Attribute: The school bully, Dana Matherson, makes the book a realistic fiction. Support From Text!

  3. Attribute: Setting GO TO DEFINITION MAP * “Trace Middle School didn’t have the world’s strictest dress code, but Roy was pretty sure that some sort of sneakers in his backpack , if only he’d been wearing a backpack. No shoes, no backpack, no books – strange, indeed, on a school day.” pg. 2 “The sun had finally broken through the clouds, but after that it was all downhill. The construction site remained uncleared, the earthmoving equipment sitting idle.” pg.103 “The shine had returned to the boy’s checks, and his dog-bitten arm no longer appeared puffy and stiff.” Pg. 170

  4. Attribute: Roy and his two friends try to stop construction of a pancake house to save nest of owls. GO TO DEFINITION MAP *

  5. Attribute: The school bully, Dana Matherson, makes the book a realistic fiction. “Grabbed Roy's head from behind and pressed his thumbs into into Roy's temple as though he were squeezing a soccerball." "When Roy tried to writggle free Dana mushed his face against the window." “Dana Matherson was digging his fingernails into Roy's scalp trying to make him squeal, but Roy barely felt a thing." GO TO DEFINITION MAP *

  6. Evaluation: Is Hoot a good example of a Realistic Fiction? • Carl Hiaasen did a great job creating realistic settings and events. When reading, the reader could visualize exactly what he was describing. The setting of Florida in the spring, was very realistic. Also, the bully was realistic. Carl made the story more interesting by having the bully pick on Roy multiple times. The ending was great. Roy and his two friends ended up saving the owls.

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