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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. Today’s Starter Journal Entry 10/1/2013. Make a list of five things you know for a fact. Complete this sentence in five different ways: “Growing up is…”. Author Information. Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym for Charles Dodgson.

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Alice in Wonderland

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  1. Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

  2. Today’s Starter Journal Entry 10/1/2013 Make a list of five things you know for a fact. Complete this sentence in five different ways: “Growing up is…”

  3. Author Information Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym for Charles Dodgson. As a child he contributed to the family magazine by writing poems and short stories. At Oxford University, he taught Mathematics. Other famous books written in the 1850’s were Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Scarlet Letter, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In the very next decade, the USA would be at war with itself in the Civil War.

  4. Chapter One-Journal Entry Because you are older than Alice, you might have been able to get that key; describe what you would have done.

  5. Chapter Two-Journal Entry • Select any one of the following expressions. Illustrate its literal meaning with a drawing, and include an explanation of the figurative meaning. • It brought down the house. • He is up to his ears in debt. • She flew into rage. • Get to the heart of the problem. • A bad idea.

  6. Chapter Three-Journal Entry • Based on the following example, what is a “Tom Swifty?” • “’Hold your tongue, Ma!’ said the young Crab, a little snappishly. • Research the Internet to find three additional Tom Swifty’s.

  7. Chapter Four-Journal Entry What is “Irony?” How is Alice’s meeting with the puppy ironic?

  8. Chapter Five-Journal Entry What is “Logic?” Create five “if-then” logical statements that relate to the story.

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