1a. What is Father William sure he doesn't have?
2a. What does Father William say about answering three questions?
3a. What does the son in "Jabberwocky" do despite his father's warning? What happens when the young man finds the Jabberwock?
4a. How does the father react when the son returns home?
1b. Why would Father William say this to his son?
2b. What does Father William think about his son's line of questioning?
3b. Does the son seem frightened? Why does he stop along the way? How does he feel on his way home?
4b. Why does he react this way?
5a. Identify examples in each poem of how the father communicates with his son. Then find specific examples showing how the son acts and how he communicates with his father.
5b. Develop a character description for the father and the son in "You Are Old, Father William." Do the same for the father and the son in "Jabberwocky."
6a. Summarize and cite the positive elements of the father-son relationships in both poems.
6b. Which poem more fully describes the father-son relationship? Which father-son relationship is more believable? Which relationship is more intimate? Explain your answers.
Mood. Describe the mood of "You Are Old, Father William." Describe the mood of "Jabberwocky." How does the mood shift or change in that poem?
Blend. Write the words from "Jabberwocky" you think are blends. Then look up those words in the dictionary to see if the entry indicates that the word is a blend of two other words. Keep in mind that many of Carroll's made-up words do not appear in the dictionary.
Rhyme. Fill in the two other stanzas from "You Are Old, Father William" and indicate their rhyme schemes in the space provided. Do they match the first stanza? Does the entire poem use the same rhyme scheme? Copy several stanzas from "Jabberwocky" and identify the poem's rhyme scheme.
Synonyms. A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word. For each word below, write down three synonyms. If you need help, use a thesaurus or a dictionary.
1. seek:
2. shun:
3. supple:
4. incessant:
How to Find the Simple Subject and Verb. Read the Language Arts Survey 3.19, "How To Find the Simple Subject and Verb." Then, in your own words, rewrite the four-step method to finding the simple subject and the verb in a sentence in the space below.
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