Hewitt Anderson

Discussion Questions:

1.  What are some things that make Hewitt Anderson a fairy tale?

2.  What is Hewitt's main problem in the story?

3.  Why do Hewitt's parents decide to give him survival lessons?

4.  Why does Hewitt like to hear his parents sing?

5.  How does Hewitt show he can take care of himself?

6.  How/When do Hewitt's parents finally stop worrying?

7.  What is the theme of the story (what lesson are they trying to teach)?

8.  Why do you think the author wrote this story?

Vocabulary:

Vast - Very wide.  Hard to get across.

The Mississippi River is vast.

bountiful - you have a lot of something.

I have a bountiful amount of basketball cards from my childhood.

stature -  A person's stature is his/her height.

Timbo might be small in stature, but he has very big ideas.

intentions -  What you are planning to do.

My intentions are to become a millionaire by starting a business.

inadvertently -  to do something without meaning to.

I inadvertently knocked the glass off the table.

relentless -  to never give up.

The Germans during WWII were relentless.  They never quit fighting.

resourceful -  a problem solver

Bill showed he was resourceful by solving the hard division problem.

roused - wake up or alert someone

My dog Timbo roused me so I could get out of the house during the fire.