Rob Horton is a young boy whose mother has recently died. His father uproots him from everything he knows and takes him to Lister, Florida to live in a seedy motel. Rob keeps all of his emotions locked up inside and will not share his feelings with anyone. When ugly red blisters appear on Rob's legs at school, the principal fears it is a contagious infection and sends him home. On his way home, while walking through the misty Florida woods, Rob is shocked to find a real-life tiger pacing back and forth in a cage. On the same day, Rob meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who is outgoing and readily displays her feelings.

Overall Expectations:

The students will:

• develop their skills in reading, writing, listening, and oral communication.

• use good literature as a vehicle for developing skills required by curriculum expectations: reasoning and critical thinking, knowledge of language structure, vocabulary building, and use of conventions.

• become meaningfully engaged in the drama of literature through a variety of types of questions and activities.

• identify and describe elements of stories (i.e. plot, main idea, characters, setting).

• learn and review many skills in order to develop good reading habits.

• provide clear answers to questions and well-constructed explanations.

• organize and classify information to clarify thinking.

• learn about the dynamics of grief, anger, and isolation, coping with the loss of a parent, forging healthy relationships, accepting responsibility for one's actions.

• learn the healthiness of expressing one's feelings/needs to those close to us.

• relate events and feelings found in the novel to the student's own lives and experiences.

• appreciate the importance of friends and how relationships can contribute to personal growth.

• appreciate that the growth of one's character is often the result of opportunities and trials that come into one's life.

• learn the importance of dealing with adversity and developing perseverance in the face of difficult experiences.

• state their own interpretation of a written work, using evidence from the novel and from their own knowledge and experience.

Introduction includes:

• Learning Expectations and Skill List

• Teacher Suggestions

• Synopsis and Author Biography

• Student Checklist

• Answer Key

Chapter Questions

• Chapters One and Two

  • Student Booklet Cover

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

• Chapters Three and Four

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities 

• Chapters Five and Six

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities 

• Chapters Seven and Eight

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Nine and Ten

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Eleven and Twelve

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Nineteen and Twenty

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty-Two

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Twenty-Five and Twenty-Six

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Twenty-Seven and Twenty- Eight

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

• Chapters Twenty-Nine and Thirty

  • Before You Read

  • Vocabulary

  • Comprehension Questions

  • Language Activities

  • Extension Activities

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