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The Tiger Rising (950l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

Vale Middle School Reading Article

The Tiger Rising (950L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Questions: Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed. Lists and charts are the

exception and may be answered in phrases.

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Student _________________________________Class Period______________________

Notes on my thoughts,

The Tiger Rising

reactions and questions as I

read:

By Kate DiCamillo

Chapter 1

That morning, after he discovered the tiger, Rob went and stood under the

Kentucky Star Motel sign and waited for the school bus just like it was any other

day. The Kentucky Star sign was composed of a yellow neon star that rose and

fell over a piece of blue neon in the shape of the state of Kentucky. Rob liked the

sign; he harbored a dim but abiding notion that it would bring him good luck.

Finding the tiger had been luck, he knew that. He had been out in the woods

behind the Kentucky Star Motel, way out in the woods, not really looking for

anything, just wandering, hoping that maybe he would get lost or get eaten by a

bear and not have to go to school ever again. That’s when he saw the old

Beauchamp gas station building, all boarded up and tumbling down; next to it,

there was a cage, and inside the cage, unbelievably, there was a tiger – a real-

life, very large tiger pacing back and forth. He was orange and gold and so

bright, it was like staring at the sun itself, angry and trapped in a cage.

It was early morning and it looked like it might rain; it had been raining every

day for almost two weeks. The sky was gray and the air was thick and still. Fog

was hugging the ground. To Rob it seemed as if the tiger was some magic trick,

rising out of the mist. He was so astounded at his discovery, so amazed, that he

stood and stared. But only for a minute; he was afraid to look at the tiger for too

The Tiger Rising (950l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet