Friday, January 10, 2014

Miki and the North Wind by Anne Miranda

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Book: Miki and the North Wind
Author: Anne Miranda
ISBN: 978-0-02-202699-8

Chapter 1: Missing

1. What does “Miki” mean in the Inupiac language?
2. What happened to Miki’s father during a hunting trip?
3. Did the uncle give up hope in finding his brother?
4. Did Miki and his mother give up hope in Miki’s father returning home?
5. Did Miki and his mother believe Miki’s father was still alive?
6. What happened when the family ran out of food?
7. Did Miki catch any fish?
8. What happened to Miki on his way home?
9. What do you think is the North Wind?
10. What did Miki say to the North Wind?
11. What did the North Wind do with Miki?
12. Where did Miki’s mother find Miki?
13. In what condition was Miki when his mother found him?
14. How did Miki’s mother react, when she heard that the North Wind took the fish and Miki’s father’s hook?
15. How far is the North Wind’s home from where Miki lives?

Chapter 2: The Special Pot

16. Did Miki eventually make it to the North Wind’s house?
17. Did the North Wind take Miki’s fish and his father’s hook?
18. How does the North Wind feel/think of about Miki?
19. What does the North Wind give Miki?
20. What does Miki have to do to get food
21. Where did Miki stop on his way home from meeting the North Wind?
22. Who or what greeted Miki in front of his uncle’s house?
23. Did the uncle offer Miki to stay at first?
24. What did Miki say that the uncle allowed him to stay?
25. Did Miki feed his uncle and the dogs?
26. What did Miki’s uncle do while Miki was sleeping?
27. What happened when Miki got home and said, “Pot, pot, cook food”?
28. Did Miki’s mother feel that the North Wind tricked her son?
29. What did she tell Miki to do?

Chapter 3: The Special Sack

30. Did the North Wind deny taking Miki’s father’s fur?
31. What did the North Wind give Miki?
32. What does this special sack do?
33. What did Miki give his uncle?
34. What did Miki give the dogs?
35. What happened when Miki got home?
36. What did Miki feel the North Wind did to him?

Chapter 4: The Special Stick

37. This is now the third time Miki visits the North Wind.  How does he approach the North Wind?
38. The North Wind tells Miki he didn’t take anything from him.  He gives Miki a _______________     ______________________ to find out who took his things.
39. Who did Miki visit after receiving the stick from the North Wind?
40. Who tried to take Miki’s stick?
41. Who took Miki’s stick instead?
42. What happened to the dogs once Miki said, “Stick, stick, do your work!”?
43. Who ran away with the stick once the father and uncle turned human?
44. What did the false uncle turn to?
45. What is a shape-shifter?
46. Who or what blew the raven far away?
47. Who guided Miki, Miki’s father, and the uncle home?
48. Compare and contrast yourself to Miki.
49. Quote 3 facts from the story.
50. Quote 3 opinions from the story.
51. Choose an event that happened in the story and explain the cause and the effect of the event.

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