Starlight Sketchbook Worksheet
Starlight Sketchbook
Chapter 1: The Boa Constrictor
Pilot:
Date:
"I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them."
Part I: Word Flight
Match the vocabulary word to its meaning by drawing a line.
Magnificent
Digestion
Disheartened
Pondered
Thought carefully about something
Feeling like you have lost hope
Extremely beautiful or impressive
The process of breaking down food
Part II: The Inside Story
In the box below, re-create the narrator's "Drawing Number Two." Show exactly what was happening inside the boa constrictor.
Part III: Pilot's Log
1. When the narrator showed his first drawing to the grown-ups, why weren't they frightened?
A
They thought the boa constrictor looked very friendly.
B
They believed the drawing was just a picture of a hat.
C
They were too busy studying geography and history.
D
They had seen many boa constrictors before.
2. Based on Chapter 1, what do grown-ups value more than art and imagination?
A
Exploring the jungle and finding wild animals.
B
Writing stories about stars and far-away planets.
C
Practical things like arithmetic, grammar, and geography.
D
Teaching children how to fly airplanes safely.
3. How did the grown-ups' reaction change the narrator's life path? Why did he choose a new career?
4. The narrator says grown-ups "never understand anything by themselves." What does he mean by this?
End of Flight Log