<p class="ql-block">Chapter 1</p><p class="ql-block">What had Jack and Annie finally become? Master Librarians p. 1</p><p class="ql-block">What happens to time when Jack and Annie go on an adventure? No time passes, they would return to Frog Creek the same time they left p. 3</p><p class="ql-block">What should Jack and Annie do in their darkest hour? Ask the ancient story for help p. 7</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. What do the letters “ML” mean on the library card? (p. 1) They mean Master Librarian. </p><p class="ql-block">2. How often do Jack and Annie check in the woods? (p. 2) They look in the woods every morning. </p><p class="ql-block">3. Math extension: If Jack and Annie started from their house, went to the tree house, went back to their house, and then returned to the treehouse, how much time would that take? (p. 3) 5+5+5=15 minutes </p><p class="ql-block">4. What was Annie’s nightmare about? (p. 3) She dreamed that there were fires and the ground was shaking. </p><p class="ql-block">5. Did Jack think Annie’s dream was a warning? Why or why not? (p. 3) Jack thinks it is not a warning because nightmares never come true. </p><p class="ql-block">6. When some libraries got lost in history, what also got lost? (p. 5) They also lost wonderful stories. </p><p class="ql-block">7. What was written on the paper? (p. 5) Vir Fortissimus in Mundo </p><p class="ql-block">8. What is Latin? (p. 6) It is the language of the ancient Romans in Italy. </p><p class="ql-block">9. What does Morgan tell them to remember? (p. 7) In your darkest hour, only the ancient story can save you.</p><p class="ql-block">Chapter 2</p><p class="ql-block">What were Jack and Annie wearing when the tree house stopped spinning? White tunics, belt, sandals, Jack had a leather bag p. 9</p><p class="ql-block">Why didn’t Annie want to get out of the tree house and go find the writing? She felt like something was wrong, the ground shook and rumbled p. 13</p><p class="ql-block">What is a soothsayer? Someone who tells the future p. 19</p><p class="ql-block">What strange things were happening that Annie noticed? The creek was dry, the grove of trees was silent, a woman in a black cloak was calling “the end is near” p. 20</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. Draw Jack and Annie in their outfits described on p. 9. </p><p class="ql-block">2. Why does Annie feel like Cinderella? (p. 10) She likes her new clothes! </p><p class="ql-block">3. Pompeii is a Roman town. Romans went there for vacation. Their large houses were called villas. They planted olive trees by Mount Vesuvius. (p. 10-11) </p><p class="ql-block">4. How does the name “Vesuvius” make Annie feel? (p. 12) She feels scared. </p><p class="ql-block">5. What does Annie feel that Jack doesn’t? (p. 12) The ground is shaking. </p><p class="ql-block">6. Why was the grove silent? (p. 14) There weren’t any birds singing. </p><p class="ql-block">7. What was weird about the stream? (p. 16) It was all dried up. </p><p class="ql-block">8. What is a forum? (p. 19) A forum is the center of a Roman town. People go there to sell things and talk about politics. </p><p class="ql-block">9. What did the old woman say? (p. 20) “The end is near! Go home, strangers!”</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">Chapter 3</p><p class="ql-block">What were some of the buildings Jack and Annie saw as they walked through town? The bathhouse, temple of Jupiter</p><p class="ql-block">Tell me two ancient myths Jack and Annie talked about. Medusa, Venus, Hercules, Apollo p. 26</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. What did the book say about the old woman? (p. 22) She was a soothsayer who could see the future. </p><p class="ql-block">2. What did people do at the Public Baths? (p. 23) They washed, swam, played sports, and visited with their friends. </p><p class="ql-block">3. What did people do in the Temple of Jupiter? (p. 25) They prayed to Jupiter and gave him gifts. </p><p class="ql-block">4. Describe the gladiators. (p. 26-27) They are tall with large muscles. They wear helmets and carry shields. Their feet are chained together.</p><p class="ql-block">Chapter 4</p><p class="ql-block">Where did the soldiers take the gladiators? Into the amphitheater p. 28</p><p class="ql-block">Why didn’t the guard let Jack and Annie into the amphitheater? No children were allowed p. 29</p><p class="ql-block">What did Annie show the soothsayer? Her Master Librarian card p. 32</p><p class="ql-block">Where was the writing that Jack and Annie needed to find? House of Brutus p. 34</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. What are gladiators? (p. 28) They are slaves or criminals who were forced to fight each other. </p><p class="ql-block">2. The old woman says the streams dried up and the animals went away because the end is near. (p. 32) </p><p class="ql-block">3. Where is the library? (p. 34) The library is in the house of Brutus. </p><p class="ql-block">4. Where is Brutus? (p. 34) They’re in Rome, and the house in Pompeii is his vacation villa. </p><p class="ql-block">5. Why does the soothsayer think Brutus won’t mind if they take his book? (p. 34) After that day, nothing would be left in Pompeii.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">Chapter 5</p><p class="ql-block">What did the dining room look like? Sloping couches, pillows, low table, silver dishes p. 38</p><p class="ql-block">Did Jack and Annie find any books? No p. 40</p><p class="ql-block">What did the Romans use to write? Small reeds, octopus ink, scrolls of paper/ papyrus p. 40</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. How did the people of Pompeii get water without sinks? (p. 36-37) They have a hole in the ceiling and a stone pool underneath to collect the rain water. </p><p class="ql-block">2. What was a Roman bedroom like? (p. 38) It had wooden beds, walls with pictures on them, and floors with tiny pieces of colored stone. </p><p class="ql-block">3. What was a Roman dining room like? (p. 38) It had a low table, silver dishes, and couches with pillows. </p><p class="ql-block">4. What was in the room by the garden? (p. 39) The room had shelves filled with rolls of paper. </p><p class="ql-block">5. How did Romans write? (p. 40) They wrote with small reeds dipped in octopus ink. They wrote on papyrus paper.</p><p class="ql-block">Chapter 6</p><p class="ql-block">Why were Jack and Annie in such a hurry after they found the scroll? The soothsayer told them to hurry, Jack read about the volcano destroying the city p. 43</p><p class="ql-block">What helped Jack and Annie know what time it was? The sundial p. 44</p><p class="ql-block">What does the shadow on a sundial look like at noon? Can hardly be seen p. 46</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. Why can’t Jack and Annie read the story when they find it? (p. 42) It is written in Latin, and they can’t read Latin. </p><p class="ql-block">2. What happened at noon on August 24, A.D. 79? (p. 43) Mount Vesuvius erupted into a volcano. </p><p class="ql-block">3. What did Jack just realize? (p. 43) It IS August 24, A.D. 79! </p><p class="ql-block">4. How did the Romans tell time? (p. 44) They used a sundial. </p><p class="ql-block">5. When was there barely a shadow on the sundial? (p. 46) At noon </p><p class="ql-block">6. Predict: What was the loudest sound that Jack had ever heard?</p> <p class="ql-block">Chapter 7</p><p class="ql-block">What ruined Pompeii? A great cloud of pumice, ash and burning rock rained onto the city p. 49</p><p class="ql-block">Why did it get dark? A thick black cloud spread over the city like an umbrella p. 50</p><p class="ql-block">What did Jack and Annie use to protect their heads from the falling debris? Pillows p. 51</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. What happened to Mount Vesuvius? (p. 48) It blew off its top as it erupted. </p><p class="ql-block">2. What is magma? (p. 49) It’s hot, melted rock inside a volcano. </p><p class="ql-block">3. What is lava? (p. 49) It’s hot, melted rock outside a volcano. </p><p class="ql-block">4. Why was there no running lava from Mount Vesuvius? (p. 49) It cooled so quickly that it erupted as pumice. </p><p class="ql-block">5. Science Connection: What kind of rock is pumice and why? Pumice is an igneous rock because it is formed when magma cools and hardens. </p><p class="ql-block">6. What buried the town? (p. 49-50) Ash, pumice, and burning rock buried Pompeii. </p><p class="ql-block">7. Write the simile on p. 50. A thick black cloud was spreading over the earth like an umbrella. </p><p class="ql-block">8. Why is the sky getting dark? (p. 50) The cloud of ash is covering the sky. </p><p class="ql-block">9. How did Jack and Annie protect their heads? (p. 51) They tied pillows to their heads.</p><p class="ql-block">Chapter 8</p><p class="ql-block">What did it smell like when the volcano was erupting?Rotten eggs, sulfur p. 54</p><p class="ql-block">Where was the tree house? In the olive grove p. 56</p><p class="ql-block">Why couldn’t Jack and Annie get across the dried up stream? The bridge had vanished and the bed was full of pumice rock p. 58</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. The hot, dusty air smelled like rotten eggs. (p. 54)</p><p class="ql-block">2. Science extension: Which mineral smelled like rotten eggs? Sulfur </p><p class="ql-block">3. What was happening to all the buildings as Jack and Annie walked past? (p. 56) They were falling down and breaking. </p><p class="ql-block">4. Where is the tree house? (p. 56) It’s in the olive grove by the bridge by the shops. </p><p class="ql-block">5. Text-to-text: What happened to Annie’s nightmare? (p. 57) It was coming true! </p><p class="ql-block">6. What happened to the bridge? (p. 58) It vanished.</p> <p class="ql-block">Chapter 9</p><p class="ql-block">What happened to Jack and Annie when they tried to wade through the pumice? They got stuck p. 61</p><p class="ql-block">What did Annie remember to do when they were stuck? Ask the story for help p. 61</p><p class="ql-block">Who appeared from the story to help Jack and Annie? A huge gladiator p. 64</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. What do Jack and Annie get stuck in? (p. 61) They get stuck in piles of pumice. </p><p class="ql-block">2. Predict: How could the story save them? (p. 61) </p><p class="ql-block">3. What happened after Annie asked the story to save them? (p. 63) A deep voice said, “Rise up, son!” and lifted Jack into the air. </p><p class="ql-block">4. What was unusual about the man that Jack saw? (p. 64) He looked like a gladiator, but he was even bigger.</p><p class="ql-block">Chapter 10</p><p class="ql-block">What were Jack’s glasses covered with? Ash, dust, filth p. 66</p><p class="ql-block">What story was going to be destroyed by the volcano? The Strongest Man in the World, Hercules p. 71</p><p class="ql-block">Who is Hercules? A hero of the Greeks and Romans, he’s the son of Jupiter/Zeus p. 71</p><p class="ql-block">-----</p><p class="ql-block">1. Why were Jack and Annie so excited to breathe? (p. 66) They weren’t having to breathe volcanic ash any more. </p><p class="ql-block">2. Why couldn’t Jack see? (p. 66) His glasses were dirty. </p><p class="ql-block">3. How do scientists today know about ancient Pompeii? (p. 67) They study the remains of the city. </p><p class="ql-block">4. What happened to the people of Pompeii? (p. 68) They escaped since the city wasn’t fully buried until the next day. </p><p class="ql-block">5. Where are Jack and Annie going next? (p. 70) They’re going to ancient China! </p><p class="ql-block">6. What was the title of the book they rescued? (p. 71) The title was The Strongest Man in the World. </p><p class="ql-block">7. Who was Hercules? (p. 71) He was one of the heroes of ancient Greeks and Romans. He was the son of Jupiter. </p><p class="ql-block">8. Who was the giant man who saved Jack and Annie? (p. 72) Hercules saved them!</p><p class="ql-block">9. What was Annie’s simple explanation for the myth of Hercules? (p. 73) Today, Hercules is a myth. Back in the Roman times, they thought he was real. Since they were in Roman times during their adventure, Hercules was real to them.</p>