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Keeper Student Journal Due Date Discussion Date

Introduction Pages 2–4

Pages 11–57 Pages 5–6






The Exchange

Assessment

Keeperby Mal Peet

Do heroes make

themselves, or

are they created?

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Keeper

Getting Started

What If?On your way to school, you see a young girl playing in the street. The girl is alone, and you are the only person nearby. You see a car coming and you shout at the girl to get out of the street. She doesn’t hear you, so you run to her to pull her out of the way of the car.

The next thing you know, the girl’s mother is hugging you and thanking you for saving her daughter. There is an article about your heroic deed in the morning newspaper. Dozens of reporters come to your house to interview you. Everyone in town is now calling you a hero.

Make notes about how this would affect you.

• Would you feel like a hero? Why or why not?

• What would you say to the news reporters?

• How would all of the attention make you feel?

Connect to The Exchange Question Discuss how this situation could relate to The Exchange Question: Do heroes make themselves, or are they created? Summarize your discussion.



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Introduction

Read the Introduction on pages 7–9 in Keeper. The Introduction will help you understand key concepts in the book. Knowing them will help you discuss and write about the book.

The Introduction includes information about

• the World Cup

• the role that journalists play in sports

• the South American rain forest

• the plot and setting of Keeper

After you read the Introduction, answer these questions to check your understanding.

1. What is the World Cup?

2. What do sports journalists do?

3. Where does the story take place? How is this setting changing?



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Introduction: Key Concepts

Word Web

Study the Word Web for instruct. What words does instruct make you think of? Write a sentence using the word instruct.

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Key Concepts

accountencounterinspireinstructtutor

Word Web

On a separate sheet of paper, create a similar Word Web for each of the Key Concept words. Write a sentence for each one.

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learn teach

Key Conceptinstruct



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Respond to Pages 11– 571. Personal Response El Gato’s mother wants him to become a

naturalist. Does someone close to you have an opinion about what you should do in your future? How do you feel about his or her opinion?

2. Character’s Motive Why does the Keeper use the hawk to instruct El Gato how to protect the goal? Use the word instruct in your answer.

3. Cause and Effect Why does El Gato feel guilty when he hears his parents arguing about his future?

4. Generate Questions Write a question about this section for someone else reading this book. Exchange questions with them. Do you agree with their answer?



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Respond to Pages 11– 57, continued

5. Setting El Gato learns about the rain forest from his father, his grandmother, and his uncle. List details about what the forest is like according to El Gato’s family members.

Details Web

Even though he is terrified of the Keeper, why does El Gato return to the rain forest to find him?

Rain Forest



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Respond to Pages 58 – 931. Personal Response El Gato stops going to school and trains to work

as a mechanic at the logging camp, instead. Tell about a big change that took place in your life. How did you adjust?

2. Foreshadowing What does El Gato see in Hellman’s office? What does this foreshadow about El Gato’s chances of playing soccer?

3. Figurative Language When El Gato arrives at the logging camp, he says, “I looked around and saw I had been brought to a place where a terrible battle had been fought.” What does he mean by this?




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Respond to Pages 58 – 93, continued

5. Comparisons El Gato begins to work at the logging camp where his father works. Write what El Gato’s life is like before and after he goes to work at the camp. Use the T Chart to answer the question.

T Chart

Why do El Gato and his father view the camp differently? Why doesn’t El Gato tell his father how he feels about working there?

Before After



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Respond to Pages 94 – 1371. Personal Response El Gato has been preparing to be a goalkeeper

for years. Tell about a time when you had to prepare for an event. Was your preparation helpful? Why or why not?

2. Analogy Why do the men at the camp give El Gato (The Cat) his nickname? How does the Keeper’s tutoring help El Gato earn this name? Use the word tutor in your response.

3. Conclusions Why does El Gato feel that he has learned all he can from the Keeper? What does El Gato feel when he realizes this?




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Venn Diagram

Respond to Pages 94–137, continued

5. Comparisons El Gato plays goalkeeper in a real soccer match. How are El Gato’s practices and his real match similar and different? Use the Venn Diagram to answer the question.

How does practicing with the Keeper prepare El Gato for his match? In what ways is he not prepared?

GamePractice Both



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Respond to Pages 138 – 1761. Personal Response El Gato moves from a small village to the city.

Tell about a time you entered an environment that was different from what you were used to. How did you adjust?

2. Minor Character What does El Gato learn from his encounter with Larsson, “The Thief”? Use the word encounter in your response.

3. Summarize El Gato becomes the goalkeeper for San Juan. How does this event nearly cause his death? What saves him?




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5. Judgments El Gato receives an offer to join a professional soccer team. Tell what El Gato’s mother, father, and uncle think about this opportunity. Use the Cluster to answer the question.

Who do you think understands El Gato the best in his family? The least? What makes you think so?

Family’s Thoughts

Uncle

FatherMother

Cluster



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Respond to Pages 177 – 2061. Personal Response El Gato finally achieves his life goal of winning

the World Cup. Tell about a goal you set for yourself that you did or did not achieve. How did it make you feel?

2. Comparisons El Gato cries when he tells Faustino about the last time he saw the Keeper. How is his account of his father’s death different? Why? Use the word account in your response.

3. Mood What is the mood when El Gato is describing the World Cup game? How does it make you feel?




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5. Opinion El Gato describes how his father dies. Write the events that lead to his father’s death in the order in which they happen.

Sequence Chain

Should El Gato feel guilty about his father’s death? Why or why not?

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Respond to Pages 207 – 2271. Personal Response Faustino is shocked when he hears that El Gato

will quit playing soccer. How would you want the book to end? Why?

2. Character’s Motive How does El Gato hope to inspire people by publishing a book about his life? Why is it more important to him than soccer? Use the word inspire in your answer.

3. Symbolism The Lost Ones are set free once they hold the World Cup. What does the trophy symbolize? Why does this free them?

What If?4. Connect Look at your notes on Student Journal, page 2. Think about what might

happen if people insisted you were a hero. Compare this to Keeper. How does El Gato become a hero?

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5. Character’s Motive By the end of El Gato’s interview, the reader has learned not only about El Gato, but also about Paul Faustino. Write what you know about Faustino in the Details Web below.

Details Web

Why does El Gato choose Paul Faustino to write the book about his life? Do you agree that Faustino is the best person for the job? Why or why not?

Paul Faustino


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