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Tuesday, May 21 st

Tuesday, May 21 st. AIM: What does the riddle game between Bilbo and Gollum reveal about these two characters? WORD OF THE DAY: ingenuity = inventiveness; cleverness Example : A riddle is a question or puzzle that requires ingenuity to solve its answer.

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Tuesday, May 21 st

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  1. Tuesday, May 21st • AIM: What does the riddle game between Bilbo and Gollum reveal about these two characters? • WORD OF THE DAY: ingenuity = inventiveness; cleverness • Example: A riddle is a question or puzzle that requires ingenuity to solve its answer. • HOMEWORK: Finish reading and annotating Chapter 6 (pp. 91-111).

  2. A Riddle Game • What’s black and white and red all over?

  3. A Riddle Game • What’s black and white and red all over? ANSWER: A newspaper.

  4. A Riddle Game 2. What has many eyes but cannot see?

  5. A Riddle Game 2. What has many eyes but cannot see? ANSWER: A potato.

  6. A Riddle Game 3. What two things can you never eat for breakfast?

  7. A Riddle Game 3. What two things can you never eat for breakfast? ANSWER: Lunch and dinner.

  8. A Riddle Game 4. What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?

  9. A Riddle Game 4. What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening? ANSWER: Humans (on all fours as babies, two legs as adults, and three—with a cane—in old age).

  10. A Riddle Game 5. What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

  11. A Riddle Game 5. What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years? ANSWER: The letter M.

  12. A Riddle Game 6. I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. One hundred men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?

  13. A Riddle Game 6. I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. One hundred men and their horses cannot move me. What am I? ANSWER: The castle’s shadow.

  14. A Riddle Game • What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet it never grows?

  15. A Riddle Game • What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet it never grows? ANSWER: A mountain.

  16. Gollum’s Riddle Game • Yes, you guessed it—that last one was from The Hobbit (page 73). • Let’s look at the rest of Gollum’s riddles.

  17. Gollum’s Riddle Game • Why does Gollum ask Bilbo riddles? • What does Gollum’s use of riddles reveal about him? • What does Bilbo’s ease with riddles reveal about him? • How does this scene change the tone of the novel?

  18. Riddle Battle • If we have extra time, write your own riddles. • Then, we’ll break up into two teams and see if we can stump each other. • The winning team gets a little prize tomorrow!

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