Picture Book - Week 9 - Discussion Questions

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1. Do you think the Lorax and his friends will come back if new Truffula Trees grow?
2. Where do you think they have been?
3. The Once-ler says, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." What does the Once-ler mean?
4. Can one person make a difference? Can you?
5. What are some things you can do to better your own environment?
6. How does the Once-ler feel about what his Thneed business did to the Lorax and friends?
7. Dr. Seuss used bright colors on some pages of the book and dull colors on others. Did you notice this? Why do you think he did that?
8. What do you think the message of the story is for the reader?
9. Give the book a rating and say why you chose that rating.

    1 - I didn't enjoy this book at all.

    2 - This book was OK but I wouldn't tell anyone else about it.

    3 - This book was good. I might tell someone else about it.

    4 - This book was great. I would share it with my friends.

    5 - This book was awesome and I think everyone should read it!

Chapter Book - Week 9 - Discussion Questions

Chapter 16

1. What would Lief have thought as he waited for something to happen to Barda?
2. How did the Lilies of Life help Barda?
3. How did Jasmine get the trees to help?
4. What was the ‘great prize’ that Jasmine referred to?
5. Why did Jasmine believe the Lilies will bloom again?
6. Jasmine states that only a fool would want to live forever. Give your opinion on this idea.
7. What power does the topaz have?
8. What message did Jasmine’s mother give her?
9. Do you think including Jasmine in the quest is a good idea? Why or why not?
10. Why did Barda want to stay a few days in the Forest?
11. How would finding the first gem change Lief’s opinion of himself?

Picture Book - Week 8 - Discussion Questions

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1. Why is it important to speak up for others?
2. Have you ever spoken up for someone else?
3. Has someone else ever spoken up for you?
4. How does the Once-ler's Thneed business hurt the land of the Lorax
5. What happens to the Swomee-swans, the Brown Bar-ba-loots, and the Humming-fish?
6. How could things have been different if the Once-ler listened to the Lorax?
7. What do you think the boy hearing the story will do with the Truffula seed that the Once-ler tosses to him?
8. What would you do if you were the boy?

Chapter Book - Week 8 - Discussion Questions

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Chapter 14 and Chapter 15

1. How was Jasmine able to lead Lief and Barda safely through the trees at night?
2. What does Jasmine learn about the trees with the vines which upsets her?
3. Why did Barda and Lief have to climb down to the ground?
4. Who was the guardian of the topaz and where was it kept?
5. How did Lief know that the knight had been there for a long time?
6. Why weren’t Lief and Barda able to resist Gorl?
7. What did Barda mean when he told Gorl he was not a true knight?
8. How did Gorl take care of the vines?
9. What would Barda have thought when his attack had no effect on Gorl?
10. How was Gorl killed?
11. How could Lief and Jasmine save Barda from dying?

Picture Book - Week 7 - Discussion Questions

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1. What was the land of the Lorax like before the Once-ler arrived?
2. Did it seem like someplace you'd like to live?
3. What parts of your own environment would you be sad to see go?
4. What kind of person is the Once-ler?
5. Why won't he listen to the Lorax?
6. The Lorax says to the Once-ler, "You are crazy with greed." Why does the Lorax say that? Do you agree or disagree?
7. Why does the Lorax speak for the trees?

Chapter Book - Week 7 - Discussion Questions

Chapter 12 and 13

1. What did Lief say that made the girl come back?
2. Why did the girl think that Lief and Barda were Grey Guards?
3. What family does Jasmine have?
4. What difficulty did Lief and Barda have climbing the tree?
5. What would Lief have thought when the Wennbar started leaping at the tree?
6. How was the fabric of Lief’s cloak special?
7. Do you think Barda was right in not telling Jasmine what they were searching for? Why or why not?
8. Describe how Lief and Barda travelled to Jasmine’s nest.
9. How was Jasmine able to survive growing up in the Forests alone?
10. Where did the potion come from?
11. Why isn’t Jasmine able to make more of the potion?

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Picture Book - Week 6 - Discussion Questions

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1. After everyone had brought in their recycling the tree was still short of some leaves. Who solved that problem?
2. Where did Morten get all of his recycling from?
3. Why did Marv say he would be in ‘such big trouble’?
4. What do you think the message of the story is for the reader?
5. Give the book a rating and say why you chose that rating.

    1 - I didn't enjoy this book at all.

    2 - This book was OK but I wouldn't tell anyone else about it.

    3 - This book was good. I might tell someone else about it.

    4 - This book was great. I would share it with my friends.

    5 - This book was awesome and I think everyone should read it!

Chapter Book - Week 6 - Discussion Questions

Chapter 9 and Chapter 10

1. What information did Barda tell Lief about his own past?
2. How did Jarred and Anna know they could trust Barda?
3. What training did Barda want Lief to have as he grew up? Why?
4. Why was Lief embarrassed when he learnt that Barda had been his bodyguard?
5. How was Barda able to find out about the Shadow Lord’s plans?
6. Why did Lief think Barda’s question about going to the Forests of Silence was a test?
7. Why was Lief so scared of the Forests of Silence?
8. Why was Lief determined not to be the one to call for a rest?
9. Why did Barda want to take the path to Wenn Del?
10. What was the first sign Lief had that something was wrong?
11. What does Lief discover when he wakes up?