Tuck Everlasting
Week 1: Read Chapters 1 – 9. Complete the questions and activities in the packet for these chapters. Look for vocabulary words from the list below to write on your Vocabulary-Building Bookmark. Check the dictionary for any unknown words.
Week 2: Read Chapters 10 – 19. Complete the questions and activities in the packet for these chapters. Look for vocabulary words from the list below to write on your Vocabulary-Building Bookmark. Check the dictionary for any unknown words.
Week 3: Read Chapters 20 – Epilogue. Complete the questions and activities in the packet for these chapters. Look for vocabulary words from the list below to write on your Vocabulary-Building Bookmark. Check the dictionary for any unknown words.
Tuck Everlasting
Exploring the Book
Chapters 1 - 9
1. Why is Winnie discontent at the beginning of the story?
2. Why is Winnie afraid to run away?
3. Why does Winnie talk to the toad?
4. Why doesn’t Jesse want Winnie to drink from the spring?
5. What does Mae mean when she says, “The worst is happening at last”?
6. How could someone look exactly the same for 87 years?
7. Why does the stranger remind Winnie of funeral ribbons?
8. Why doesn’t Winnie ask the man in the yellow suit for help when she is being kidnapped?
9. Why does Winnie feel reassured when she hears the music box?
10. Why does Winnie begin to feel happy about being kidnapped?
11. Why do you think the stranger is following Winnie and the Tucks?
12. How does the author show that the Fosters aren’t very neighborly?
13. What part of the story is fantasy?
14. Winnie learns an incredible story from the Tucks. How would you have felt about it? What would you have done?
15. Mae has a music box as her special possession. What special possession do you have?
As you read, identify literary devices that you find in your readings:
simile metaphor personification
Use the following chart to write and illustrate your findings:
Figurative Illustration
Literary Illustration
Literary Device
Chapters 10 – 19
1. How do the Tucks show kindness to Winnie?
2. How does the man in the yellow suit blackmail the Fosters?
3. Why is the constable surprised that the Fosters agree to sell the wood?
4. What is the motive of the man in the yellow suit?
5. Why has living forever not always been fun for the Tucks?
6. Why does Winnie say she wants to go home?
7. How is the pond water like life itself?
8. Why does Tuck say he and his family are “like rocks beside the road?”
9. Why is it so important for Winnie to understand and keep the Tucks’ secret?
10. Why doesn’t Winnie want to fish?
11. Why does Winnie think that Tuck is the “dearest of them all?”
12. Why does the author say, “Across the pond a bullfrog spoke a deep note of warning” when Winnie and Tuck go out in the rowboat?
13. Why does the author put the stranger in a yellow suit?
14. What is your reaction to the Tuck’s home? Is it a place you would like to be?
15. Have you ever been homesick? How did you feel?
16. What do you think about Jesse’s offer to Winnie? Would you agree to drink the water? Should Winnie?
17. How do you feel about Mae’s reaction to the stranger?
Miles and Jesse are different in their personalities, outlooks, and appearances. Complete the Venn Diagram on the next page to compare and contrast the two young men.
Jesse
Miles
It is important to use the five senses during communication. Authors often tap into a reader’s five senses to make a book more vivid. As you are reading, fill in the following chart using different examples from the book where you could really “visualize” the story.
Sight
Sound
Touch
Taste
Smell
In Chapter 12 Tuck describes the water cycle in his effort to explain life and death to Winnie. Make and Label a colorful diagram of the Water Cycle in the space below.
Chapters 20 – Epilogue
1. Why does Winnie tell the constable that she wasn’t kidnapped?
2. How does Winnie help Mae escape?
3. How does Winnie’s image in the village change after she helps Mae?
4. Why does Tuck stare “entranced” at the man in the yellow suit after Mae hits him?
5. Why is Tuck distressed about Mae being hung on the gallows?
6. How do you think the Fosters feel about the stranger’s death?
7. Why is Winnie conflicted about helping Mae escape?
8. Why does Winnie save the toad from the dog?
9. Why does Tuck say, “Good girl” when he sees that Winnie is dead?
10. What important decision does Winnie make when she pours the spring water on the toad?
11. How does the author foreshadow the use of Tuck’s gun?
12. How does the author connect Winnie and the Tucks at the end of the story?
13. Is Jesse being selfish when he gives Winnie the bottle of spring water?
14. How does the ending make you feel?
Almost 70 years pass before the Tucks return to Treegap. What type of changes do you think they will find? What types of changes have happened in your community during the past 70 years?
Vocabulary Words:
Balmy submission patent amber
Tangent indomitable petulance pruned
Tranquil eddies unflinchingly fidgeted
Bovine perilous acrid burly
Contemplation cavernous exertion implored
Melancholy mirage gingerly reservoirs
Rueful trill ponderous colander
Bristly elation remorseless accommodations
Intrusions skittering plaintive gallows
Grimace anguish circuit judge prostrate
Exasperated barbarian curlicues teeming
Jaunty illiterate ebbed surveyed
Constable self-deprecation furrowed searing
Remnants roust protruding metaphysics
Galling cahoots perversely constricted
Accomplice staunchly revulsion lounged
Catholic verandah
Week 1: Read Chapters 1 – 9. Complete the questions and activities in the packet for these chapters. Look for vocabulary words from the list below to write on your Vocabulary-Building Bookmark. Check the dictionary for any unknown words.
Week 2: Read Chapters 10 – 19. Complete the questions and activities in the packet for these chapters. Look for vocabulary words from the list below to write on your Vocabulary-Building Bookmark. Check the dictionary for any unknown words.
Week 3: Read Chapters 20 – Epilogue. Complete the questions and activities in the packet for these chapters. Look for vocabulary words from the list below to write on your Vocabulary-Building Bookmark. Check the dictionary for any unknown words.
Tuck Everlasting
Exploring the Book
Chapters 1 - 9
1. Why is Winnie discontent at the beginning of the story?
2. Why is Winnie afraid to run away?
3. Why does Winnie talk to the toad?
4. Why doesn’t Jesse want Winnie to drink from the spring?
5. What does Mae mean when she says, “The worst is happening at last”?
6. How could someone look exactly the same for 87 years?
7. Why does the stranger remind Winnie of funeral ribbons?
8. Why doesn’t Winnie ask the man in the yellow suit for help when she is being kidnapped?
9. Why does Winnie feel reassured when she hears the music box?
10. Why does Winnie begin to feel happy about being kidnapped?
11. Why do you think the stranger is following Winnie and the Tucks?
12. How does the author show that the Fosters aren’t very neighborly?
13. What part of the story is fantasy?
14. Winnie learns an incredible story from the Tucks. How would you have felt about it? What would you have done?
15. Mae has a music box as her special possession. What special possession do you have?
As you read, identify literary devices that you find in your readings:
simile metaphor personification
Use the following chart to write and illustrate your findings:
Figurative Illustration
Literary Illustration
Literary Device
Chapters 10 – 19
1. How do the Tucks show kindness to Winnie?
2. How does the man in the yellow suit blackmail the Fosters?
3. Why is the constable surprised that the Fosters agree to sell the wood?
4. What is the motive of the man in the yellow suit?
5. Why has living forever not always been fun for the Tucks?
6. Why does Winnie say she wants to go home?
7. How is the pond water like life itself?
8. Why does Tuck say he and his family are “like rocks beside the road?”
9. Why is it so important for Winnie to understand and keep the Tucks’ secret?
10. Why doesn’t Winnie want to fish?
11. Why does Winnie think that Tuck is the “dearest of them all?”
12. Why does the author say, “Across the pond a bullfrog spoke a deep note of warning” when Winnie and Tuck go out in the rowboat?
13. Why does the author put the stranger in a yellow suit?
14. What is your reaction to the Tuck’s home? Is it a place you would like to be?
15. Have you ever been homesick? How did you feel?
16. What do you think about Jesse’s offer to Winnie? Would you agree to drink the water? Should Winnie?
17. How do you feel about Mae’s reaction to the stranger?
Miles and Jesse are different in their personalities, outlooks, and appearances. Complete the Venn Diagram on the next page to compare and contrast the two young men.
Jesse
Miles
It is important to use the five senses during communication. Authors often tap into a reader’s five senses to make a book more vivid. As you are reading, fill in the following chart using different examples from the book where you could really “visualize” the story.
Sight
Sound
Touch
Taste
Smell
In Chapter 12 Tuck describes the water cycle in his effort to explain life and death to Winnie. Make and Label a colorful diagram of the Water Cycle in the space below.
Chapters 20 – Epilogue
1. Why does Winnie tell the constable that she wasn’t kidnapped?
2. How does Winnie help Mae escape?
3. How does Winnie’s image in the village change after she helps Mae?
4. Why does Tuck stare “entranced” at the man in the yellow suit after Mae hits him?
5. Why is Tuck distressed about Mae being hung on the gallows?
6. How do you think the Fosters feel about the stranger’s death?
7. Why is Winnie conflicted about helping Mae escape?
8. Why does Winnie save the toad from the dog?
9. Why does Tuck say, “Good girl” when he sees that Winnie is dead?
10. What important decision does Winnie make when she pours the spring water on the toad?
11. How does the author foreshadow the use of Tuck’s gun?
12. How does the author connect Winnie and the Tucks at the end of the story?
13. Is Jesse being selfish when he gives Winnie the bottle of spring water?
14. How does the ending make you feel?
Almost 70 years pass before the Tucks return to Treegap. What type of changes do you think they will find? What types of changes have happened in your community during the past 70 years?
Vocabulary Words:
Balmy submission patent amber
Tangent indomitable petulance pruned
Tranquil eddies unflinchingly fidgeted
Bovine perilous acrid burly
Contemplation cavernous exertion implored
Melancholy mirage gingerly reservoirs
Rueful trill ponderous colander
Bristly elation remorseless accommodations
Intrusions skittering plaintive gallows
Grimace anguish circuit judge prostrate
Exasperated barbarian curlicues teeming
Jaunty illiterate ebbed surveyed
Constable self-deprecation furrowed searing
Remnants roust protruding metaphysics
Galling cahoots perversely constricted
Accomplice staunchly revulsion lounged
Catholic verandah