Of Beetles & Angels

Of Beetles & Angels

LessonsLearned Right There Characters Vocab Inference 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Characters – 100 Mawi’s older brother who is killed by a drunk driver Tewolde

Characters - 200 Mawi’s half sister who joins his family days before leaving for America Mulu

Characters - 300 A World Relief Case Worker who found sponsors for the Asgedoms Beth Raney

Characters - 400 A Wheaton College Student who babysat for the Asgedoms Charlene

Characters- 500 Mawi’s track coach who spent his own money for Mawi’s track shoes Mr. Martin

Vocabulary - 100 Define exude To emit, send out

Vocabulary - 200 Define appalled Horrified or shocked

Vocabulary- 300 Define Vagabond A wanderer

Vocabulary - 400 Define lorry A large truck

Vocabulary- 500 Define plight A difficult situation

Lessons Learned – 100 The lesson Mawi’s mother taught him which he still follows to this day Cover your head with the sheets

Lessons Learned - 200 The lesson learned from the title of the book Angels often appear as beetles, treat everyone as you would want to be treated

Lessons Learned - 300 The main point of the “Chicken & the Egg” story Bad deeds start out small and should be stopped before they get out of hand

Lessons Learned - 400 The lesson Mawi’s brother teaches him after he has died Anyone can make a difference

Lessons Learned - 500 The author’s purpose (the lesson Mawi teaches us) Hard work & doing the right thing can take you where you want to go in life

Inference - 100 Infer the meaning of “I will make you lost.” I will disown you/You are in trouble

Inference - 200 When the font of the book is in ALL CAPS, we can infer that… Mawi’s father is speaking

Inference- 300 Mr.Quul-fee was long and made of animal skin—he could usually be found around my father’s waste…what can we infer “Mr. Quul-fee” is? a belt

Inference - 400 What can the reader infer about Mawi’s relationship with his father Haileab was tough on Mawi, but Mawi respected his father and knew he had his best interests in mind.

Inference - 500 What are we meant to infer from the chapter title “Days of Mischief” Mawi was a troublemaker

Right There - 100 Mawi & his brother were picked on in school because They were different

Right There - 200 Mawi & his brother broke the law when they Stealing a parking meter

Right There - 300 Mawi & Tewolde’s favorite candy was Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Right There - 400 Name two of Haileab’s health problems Diabetes, Poor Eyesight, becomes senile

Right There- 500 “LibeeMigbar” translates as Developing a Heart

Of Beetles & Angels