“Stop the Sun”

Name: _________________________

Directions: As you read the story on pages 49-52, identify cause and effect relationships
between the behaviors of Terry’s father and Terry’s own feelings.

Events (Terry’s Father) Feelings (Terry)

Page Number: 49-50 Emotion:

Cited Evidence: “Sometimes during a meal Page Number:

his father’s fork would stop halfway to his
mouth, just stop, and there would be a long
pause while the eyes went away, far away.” Cited Evidence:

Emotion:
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Page Number: 51
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Cited Evidence: “Waiting, Terry sat in a chair

next to his father, looking at the floor, wanting
only for the earth to open and let him drop in a
deep hole. He wanted to disappear.”

Closure: Up to page 52, what word(s) and/or phrase(s) exemplify Terry’s view of his father?
Remember to use cited evidence to support your ideas. Be sure to follow the conventions of
Standard English.

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 “Stop the Sun”

Name: __________________________

Directions: As you read the story on pages 49-52, identify cause and effect relationships
between the behaviors of Terry’s father and Terry’s own feelings.

Events (Terry’s Father) Feelings (Terry)

Page Number: 49-50 Emotion:

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Cited Evidence:
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Emotion:
Page Number: 51
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Closure: Up to page 52, what word(s) and/or phrase(s) exemplify Terry’s view of his father?
Remember to use cited evidence to support your ideas. Be sure to follow the conventions of
Standard English.

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“Stop the Sun”

Name: _________________________

Directions: As you read the story on pages 49-52, identify cause and effect relationships
between the behaviors of Terry’s father and Terry’s own feelings.

Events (Terry’s Father) Feelings (Terry)

Page Number: ____ Emotion:

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Cited Evidence:
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Emotion:
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Cited Evidence: Cited Evidence:

Closure: Up to page 52, what word(s) and/or phrase(s) exemplify Terry’s view of his father?
Remember to use cited evidence to support your ideas. Be sure to follow the conventions of
Standard English.

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 “Stop the Sun”

Name: ______________________________

Before Reading: Use the organizer below to examine the meaning of the word “normal.”

“Normal”
“Looks Like” (List three examples.) “Does NOT Look Like” (List three examples.)

1. 1.

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My definition of “normal”: ____________________________________________________________________________

Class definition of “normal”: ____________________________________________________________________________

 “Stop the Sun”

Name: ____________________

Before Reading: Complete the word web below with words that you associate with “normal.”

Normal

My definition of “normal”: ____________________________________________________________________________

Class definition of “normal”: ____________________________________________________________________________