Clock Work

Clockwork

Story Maps in class

Genres

Themes

Characters

Setting

• time
• place

Problems 

Conflicts

Climax

Outcomes

1. Words to look up on vocabulary.com and use in a good sentence.

Optimist

Pessimist

Oscillate

Cog

Chime

Dynasty

Heir

Glower

In Pairs

2. Make a list of the comparing and contrasting (similarities/differences) between Karl, Gretl, and Fritz

How they are described

How they think

How they act

How they change

Their role in the story

What happens to them in the end

Find examples from the story to back up your ideas.

Answer in good sentences please.

3. Pg. 16 What does the author mean by an artistic temperament?

How does he feel about the idea? Why?

4. Pg. 49 Princess Mariposa stood at the palace window, she heard the chiming of the cathedral clock, and said “I wish I had a child as sound as a bell and as true as a clock”, and when she had said those words she felt her heart lift.  Can you explain how this uses simile and metaphor?

5. The author uses clock terms and references throughout the story.

Find 5 from each part of the book (at least a sentence each, none from the same page please)

Describe what kind of language use each is.

BONUS

6. When we say, "it works like clockwork" we usually mean something that works well, precisely, and exactly as expected.

In what ways does this story work like clockwork? In what ways does it not?

List your examples.

Explain why you think the author chose to do this.

SUPER BONUS

7. In traditional folk or fairy tales, the characters usually do not change throughout the story, and the power of the story is not in character development so much as in imagery, symbols, language, plot, conflicts, theme or setting. Do you think this is true of Clockwork? If so, which of these elements would you say is most memorable about this book? What does the author do to make that aspect of Clockwork most memorable?