Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter


Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
Parent Child Book Discussion
Grades 4-5
February 2009

Questions by Julie Moran

Snacks: Trader Joe's cat cookies

1. Thumbs up/down and general thoughts about the book.

2. Who was your favorite character and why?

3. This series is very popular at our library-- why do you think so many kids like it?

4. Who did you think the traitor of Thunderclan was?

5. Do you think Bluestar is a good leader of Thunderclan? Why or why not?

6. Who do you think the next leader of Thunderclan will be? What kind of leader do you think they will be?

7. What are the pros and cons of having Yellowfang living with the Thunderclan?

8. Do you have a "kittypet" at home? If so, what kind of Warrior cat do you think they would make? What do you think their Warrior name would be?

9. Will you/have you read other books in this series or have you ever read any books like these before? (share Redwall, Mistmantle, etc.)

EXCELLENT WEB RESOURCES FOR THIS TITLE:

Activity: On the Warriors website, children can find out what their name and clan would be:
http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html

The website also has a Warriors Quiz related to the book:
http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html

A Reading Guide from Harper Collins to round out discussion questions:
http://web3.streamhoster.com/idstaff/PDF/ReadingGuides/0060000023.pdf

1 comment:

Roe said...

Thank you so much for this! My son and I are forming a family book discussion group; he picked the first book because he's been dying for me to read Warriors. These questions and the resources will give us a great discussion!