Literature circle questions use the questions and activities that follow to get more out of the experience of reading the tiger rising. It was a fairly good book but not the best if you are searching for books with suspense and good plots. The tiger rising quotes showing of 34 her words sounded the way all those things made him feel, as if the world, the real world, had been punched through, so that he could see something wonderful and dazzling on the other side of it. Oclc 43115159 the tiger rising is a 2001 childrens book written by newbery medal winning author kate dicamillo. The tiger rising quotes by kate dicamillo goodreads. Willie may refers to the tiger rising up and it reminds rob of her telling him that his sadness needed to rise up to clear the rash on his legs. This story takes place in and around a motel in lister, florida.
He has recently moved to a new town that he does not like and has a hard time fitting in with the other kids or even his teacher at school. It is about a 12yearold named rob horton who finds a caged tiger in the center of the woods near his home. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Free the tiger rising worksheets and literature unit for. It was a fairly good book but not the best if you are searching. The book boys know a thing or two about friendshipand thats just one of the reasons why they were so moved by kate dicamillos the tiger. The tiger rising will meet the task of reading a book with a yellow andor orange cover because there is orange on the tiger, yellow on the title words and yellow on sistines hair. The tiger rising 2002 read online free book by kate.
Third grader, audrey, gets us excited to read one of her favorite books, by her favorite author. The tiger rising is a book about friendship, growth, and trust. Sistine is always trying to talk rob into letting the tiger go. This is a book report, movie trailer style, done by my 3rd grader. The tiger rising is the tale of 12yearold rob horton who finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the kentucky star motel where he. When rob has to make a decision to let the tiger go or just to let it be. The tiger rising kate dicamillo 3rd grade book report.
The tiger rising is the tale of 12yearold rob horton who finds a caged tiger in the. For example, i read the tiger rising, the tale of despereaux, and because of winndixie. Lucy calkins and colleagues at the teachers college reading and writing project present watch a small group conversation to see students tracing a theme across and. By the end of the book, when rob and sistine release the tiger, rob confronts his father with all the feelings he has bottled up inside. The national book award finalist from the bestselling author o. Lets all talk about the tigers death and whether it had to happen.
Dicamillos second novel may not be as humorous as her debut, because of winndixie, but it is just as carefully structured, and her ear is just as finely tuned to her characters. Rob keeps all of his emotions down and feelings down,but sistine puts them out their for the whole entire world to see. Throughout the story, the caged tiger represents the feelings and dreams that rob has pushed deep down inside of him. The tiger rising is a book about a boy named rob, who holds a lot of his sad feelings inside of him because his mother died and his dad will not let him talk about her or be sad. When she was in her twenties, she worked in a book warehouse where she. Free the tiger rising study unit worksheets for teachers to print. This was a nice, simple, and powerful story, but i still favor the magicians elephant and the tale of desperaux. Literature circle guide to the tiger rising book summary. The tiger rising is a great book that shows how rob goes through all of these events with a tiger. Comprehension questions the tiger rising risetoreading. Students responses will vary based on how they interpret the major theme of the story.