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Hoot

Hoot. By: Carl Hiaasen. About the Author: Carl Hiaasen. Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his family. A graduate of the University of Florida, at age 23

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Hoot

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  1. Hoot By: Carl Hiaasen

  2. About the Author: Carl Hiaasen • Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his family. • A graduate of the University of Florida, at age 23 • Joined The Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the newspaper’s weekly magazine and prize-winning investigations team. Since 1985 Hiaasen • Has been writing a regular column, which at one time or another has pissed off just about everybody in South Florida, including his own bosses • Today his column appears on most Sundays in The Herald’s opinion-and-editorial section, and may be viewed online at www.herald.com. • Started writing novels in 1980s

  3. Do NOW: Monday: Listen to this song, IRONIC, by Alanis Morisette. What do you think it means if something is ironic? Pick examples out from the song. Tuesday: What are some ways that teens may cope with peer pressure or bullying? Wednesday: Why do you think people are vandalizing the construction site and why do you think this happens in our world today? Thursday: How does irony relate to what you have read in the story so far?

  4. Objectives • To define vocabulary terms in context and using the glossary when needed • To comprehend and answer basic comprehension questions related to events in the story • To critically think and respond to teacher led discussion questions • To identify and recognize characters and traits • To understand the term “irony” and apply it to the text

  5. Setting: where the story takes place • Time • Place • Description • The Setting of HOOT: • Coconut Cove, Florida • Trace Middle School • Construction Site

  6. Irony – a difference between the appearance of things and reality, or when the opposite of what we expect happens • EXAMPLES: • you study all week for your test, and then you get a bad grade • A fire station burns down • a police station gets robbed • pilot has a fear of heights

  7. Vocabulary: • incredibly • malicious • skeptical • perpetually • consternation • balefully • vandalism • errant • gingerly • perpetrators • cowering • ominously

  8. Characters: • Roy Eberhardt • Dana Matherson • Mullett Fingers • Beatrice Leep • Officer David Delinko • Curly (Leroy Branitt)

  9. Vocabulary • Incredibly – extremely or unusually • Malicious – evil; to do harm • Skeptical – to have doubt • Perpetually – constantly; in a way that never changes • Consternation – sudden shock that causes confusion • Balefully – in a threatening way • Vandalism malicious destruction of property • Errant – straying from proper course • Gingerly – careful or cautious • perpetrators – person who carries out harm • cowering – crouch down in fear • ominously – in a way to suggest something bad is going to happen

  10. Characters: • Roy Eberhardt – new boy in town who goes to Trace Middle School in Coconut Cove, Florida; victim of bullying; PROTAGONIST • Dana Matherson– class bully • Mullett Fingers – nickname of barefoot boy who lives on his own; befriends Roy; want to protect burrowing owls • Beatrice Leep– stepsister of Mullet Fingers; a member of the soccer team; befriends Roy; helps Mullet Fingers survive on his own and save owls • Officer David Delinko– police officer investigating the construction site of vandalism (often against the police department’s wishes); hope to become a detective • Curly (Leroy Branitt) – construction foreman; witnesses acts of vandalism on construction site; stays in trailer at night to guard site

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