The Treasure of Lemon Brown & The Moustache

CHOICE Menu 2 - Pick 5

Directions: Please choose five of the assignments below to complete. If you need to
review any of the elements of fiction please refer to your notes. If you still have a question,
after you have referred to your notes, ask at least three classmates before you ask your
teacher. If you still need help, raise your hand for help from the teacher.

1. Describe and illustrate the setting of either The Treasure of Lemon Brown or
The Moustache and explain how mood affects the characters (ex: thoughts,
feelings, actions, reactions).

2. Describe 2 or more of the main characters of either The Treasure of Lemon

Brown or The Moustache and the impact they had on the other characters.

3. Find a way to illustrate at least 3 events in the plot of either The Treasure of Lemon
Brown or The Moustache so that others can see how those events impacted the main
characters and other aspects (elements) of the story.

4. Explain the conflict or conflicts that drove the plot in either The Treasure of Lemon
Brown or The Moustache, decide why it is internal or external, and then describe and
explain how it caused the characters to evolve (develop) as they did.

5. Describe the author’s style (syntax or sentence structure, use of figurative

language, formal/informal language, repetition, vocabulary used) in either The
Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache. **Remember, it is not what they say, it
is HOW they say it.

6. Choose The Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache and compare the
resolution of the conflict by the author to the ideas you had about it as you were
reading the story. How would you have resolved the conflict? Explain why.
EXPAIN your alternate ending.

7. Choose one term from each of the 3 lists below and explain or illustrate how it
was used in The Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache.
A B C
Suspense Style Point of View
Foreshadowin Simile (using like or as) Symbolism
g Hyperbole (extreme Metaphor
Author’s exaggeration) Tone
purpose Mood
Theme
8. On construction
paper, use a Venn Diagram to examine the similarities and differences between
Greg and Mike.

9. Taking on another character’s point of view, write an alternative resolution to

The Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache. How and why would the story
change if it were written from another character’s perspective?
 10. Create a ten question multiple choice test using the Marzano Question
Stems. All of your answer choices have to be in A, B, C, or D format. Identify the
correct answer and provide the detail from the text to prove your answer. You may not
use “None of the above, or “All of the above” as answer choices.

**You may ask…”How long do my responses need to be?” My reply, “As long as they
need to be.”
 The Treasure of Lemon Brown & The Moustache
CHOICE Menu 2 - Pick 5
Directions: Please choose five of the assignments below to complete. If you need to
review any of the elements of fiction please refer to your notes. If you still have a
question, after you have referred to your notes, ask at least three classmates before you
ask your teacher. If you still need help, raise your hand for help from the teacher.

1. Describe and illustrate the setting of either The Treasure of Lemon Brown
or The Moustache and explain how mood affects the characters (ex:
thoughts, feelings, actions, reactions).

2. Describe 2 or more of the main characters of either The Treasure of Lemon

Brown or The Moustache and the impact they had on the other
characters.

3. Find a way to illustrate at least 3 events in the plot of either The Treasure of
Lemon Brown or The Moustache so that others can see how those events
impacted the main characters and other aspects (elements) of the story.

4. Explain the conflict or conflicts that drove the plot in either The Treasure of
Lemon Brown or The Moustache, decide why it is internal or external, and then
describe and explain how it caused the characters to evolve (develop) as they
did.

5. Describe the author’s style (syntax or sentence structure, use of figurative

language, formal/informal language, repetition, vocabulary used) in either The
Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache. **Remember, it is not what they say,
it is HOW they say it.

6. Choose The Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache and compare the
resolution of the conflict by the author to the ideas you had about it as you were
reading the story. How would you have resolved the conflict? Explain why.
EXPAIN your alternate ending.

7. Choose one term from each of the 3 lists below and explain or illustrate how
it was used in The Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache.
A B C
Suspense Style Point of view
Foreshadowi Simile (using like or Symbolism
ng as) Mood
Author’s Metaphor Tone
purpose Hyperbole (extreme
8. On construction
Theme exaggeration)
paper, use a Venn
Diagram to examine the similarities and differences between Greg and Mike.
 9. Taking on another character’s point of view, write an alternative
resolution to The Treasure of Lemon Brown or The Moustache. How and why
would the story change if it were written from another character’s perspective?

10. Create a ten question multiple choice test using the Marzano Question
Stems. All of your answer choices have to be in A, B, C, or D format. Identify the
correct answer and provide the detail from the text to prove your answer. You may
not use “None of the above, or “All of the above” as answer choices.

**You may ask…”How long do my responses need to be?” My reply, “As long as
they need to be.”