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I AM NUMBER FOUR. By Pittacus Lore. I AM NUMBER FOUR. Prologue Vocabulary Futile Amulet. Chapter 1. Vocabulary Assimilate , pg. 6 Unbeknownst, pg. 7 What happened to the first three children? How does Number four know when one of them dies? Who or what is Henri?. Chapter 2.
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I AM NUMBER FOUR By Pittacus Lore
I AM NUMBER FOUR • Prologue • Vocabulary • Futile • Amulet
Chapter 1 • Vocabulary • Assimilate , pg. 6 • Unbeknownst, pg. 7 • What happened to the first three children? • How does Number four know when one of them dies? • Who or what is Henri?
Chapter 2 • Vocabulary • Skittishness, pg. 12 • Why do they choose to change the boys name to John Smith? • Why is he tired of running?
Chapter 3 • Chapter 3 • Why do the boy and Henri have to travel light? • What do they always take with them?
Chapter 4 • Vocabulary • Criteria • Snickering • Dumbfounded • Why does Henri travel with many laptops and monitors? • Foreshadowing happens on page 24. Why is this important? • Who trips John and why? • Where does John hid when he starts feeling sick? • Have you ever been to a new school? Describe your first day. Does it compare to John’s?
Chapter 5 • Vocabulary • Meddles • What is the significance of John leaving his backpack in the classroom? • What do the three circles on his ankle represent?
Chapter 6 • Vocabulary • Lumen • Describe the flame “treatment”.
Chapter 7 • Chapter 7 • Who does John think has his phone? • According to this chapter, how many life-sustaining planets are there in the universe? Do you agree or disagree…..why or why not? • What is the outcome of the meeting with the principal after the meatball incident? • How does he get his phone back?
Chapter 8 • Chapter 8 • How does John open the chest? • When John’s mind drifts, what happens to him? What does he see?
Chapter 9 • Chapter 9 • Vocabulary • Gregarious • Manipulative • Herbivores • Carnivores • Ferocity • When the door opens……who or what is there? • The dog has a tag that reads Bernie Kosar. Where have we read that name before?
Chapter 10 • Vocabulary • Horrendous • Gerund • Ludicrous • incentive • What does John find at his locker? • What is the brown blur at the track? What is the significance? Predict what you think will happen with Bernie. • John doesn’t use oven mitts to take the muffins out of the oven. How does Sarah react?
Chapter 11 • Chapter 11 • Vocabulary • encompassed • Predict what you think happened to the second ship? • How long were John and the other on the ship before they landed on earth? • What is the relationship between John and the man in the silver and blue suit?
Chapter 12 • Chapter 12 • Vocabulary • Bustling • Intermittently • Contentious • Discord • Off-kilter • caricatures • Sam and Henri have an interesting conversation. What dos Sam say that shocks Henri? Why is this important to the plot of the story?
Chapter 14 • Chapter 14 • Vocabulary • delusional • Why does John not want to tell the sheriff what happened on the hayrack ride?
Chapter 15 • Chapter 15 • Vocabulary • Inherent • Transcends • monochromatic • In the tennis ball scene, why is John so frustrated? • Henri wants to move again, why? • The glass balls depict what? What is the purpose of the balls?
Chapter 16 • Chapter 16 • Vocabulary • anonymity • Vulnerability • Persistence • Why does Sam pull a gun on John? • Where do the publications that Sam reads come from?
Chapter 17 • Vocabulary • Imperative • Ostensibly • Why is John running to school now? • Why is Henri going to Athens, Ohio? • What would happen (in your opinion) if Henri did not go to Athens?
Chapter 18 • Chapter 18 • Predict what has caused Henri to miss Thanksgiving dinner with Sarah’s family. • “The whole camera is shaking in Sarah’s hands”. How would you feel in this situation? • Describe John’s telekinesis practice. • How do you think you would use telekinesis powers?
Chapter 19 • Vocabulary • Piqued • Scenario • Devious • Volition • How are Sam and John going to get to Athens? • Do you think this is a good or bad idea? Explain.
Chapter20 • Chapter 20 • This is an exciting chapter. Describe John’s new abilities.
Chapter 21 • Chapter 21 • Vocabulary • Anguished • Describe the Mongadorians. • How do John, Henri and Sam escape from the second floor? • How would you feel about having to leave your friends again? How do you think John felt? How did he respond when Henri told them they were leaving?
Chapter 22 • Vocabulary • Transcend • Sentinel • Segues • Describe John’s fire suit. • According to the author, “some of the greatest figures in Earth’s history were actually the product of humans and the Loric”. Name them.
Chapter 23 • Chapter 23 • Vocabulary • Discernible • Chimaera • Why did the other rocket hold animals? Where did it go?
Chapter 24 • Chapter 24 • What is the significance of the orange flyers? Whose party is it? How would you feel about going to the party?
Chapter 25 • Chapter 25 • Vocabulary • Coyly • Assuage • In the end of the chapter a scream comes from the second floor. Predict what will happen in the beginning of chapter 26.
Chapter 26 • Chapter 26 • Vocabulary • Sporadically • cordoned • How does Sarah react when John tells her he is Number 4? • Why do Sarah and John lie to the police? Would you tell the truth?
Chapter 27 • Chapter 27 • Vocabulary • incriminate • Haggard • Wanes • Cathartic • Contemptuously • Gothic • Foreboding • Callous • Harbinger • The principal, Mr. Harris, asks John “So, is it true?” What is he referring to?
Chapter 28 • Chapter 28 • Vocabulary • Vertigo • How does John react in the principal’s office? • Who does he find at his house? Why is he there? • Have you ever felt the terror that Sarah and John must have felt in the darkened school? Describe how your body felt. • Who is the surprise visitor that grabs Sarah and John in the classroom? Have you ever been grabbed in the dark? Describe your situation.
Chapter 29 • Chapter 29 • Vocabulary • Vigilant • Henri uses a healing stone on Six. How could doctors make use of a healing stone here on Earth? Discuss the possibilities. • John says the time has come. What is he referring to?
Chapter 30 • Chapter 30 • Who does Six think Bernie Kosar is? • When the group is lead out of the tunnel beneath the school…what do they discover?
Chapter 31 • Chapter 31 • Vocabulary • Villainous • Wraiths • Nonchalantly • Effigies • Guttural • Convalescence • Postelectrocution • Vertiginous • Dearth • Ominous • Concentric
Chapter 31 • Another twist in the terror Six, John and Henri face. Describe the BEAST. • Where does the soldier get energy for his cannon? • Wow, an exciting chapter. Describe one of the many beasts/soldiers/demons in this chapter. • We learn something else about Bernie Kosar. Did you predict this back in chapter 9 or 30?
Chapter 32 • Chapter 32 • Vocabulary • Blatantly • Vortex • Do we know if Bernie Kosar is alive at the end of the chapter? Have you lost a pet? Can you describe how John must be feeling?
Chapter 33 • Chapter 33 • Vocabulary • Translucent • Verdant • What makes John feel rejuvenated? • How does John get the beast to help him? • Who kills the last soldier?
Chapter 34 • Chapter 34 • Vocabulary • Impenetrable • Why would Sam be allowed to travel with John and Six? • Now that you have finished the book…what did you think of it? Did you read the sneak peak of the second book in the series? Why or why not?
