COMMENT on What do Fish Have to do with Anything? by Avi

Start using what we have learned in your comments: 

• The setting…
• This is the exposition/rising action/climax/falling action/resolution…
• This is an example of an internal/external conflict…
• This is first person point of view/third person point of view… because
• This is indirect/direct characterization… because

STUDY vocabulary before taking your Quizlet –  contemplate, inevitably, preoccupied, retort, threshold, urgency

High Five Comprehension Questions

1. What do Willie and his class learn about a certain kind of fish that lives in caves?
2. Why do you think Willie wants to be called “William” at the end of the story? What does this show about how his character has grown?
3. The type of fish with no eyes is mentioned many times in the story. What do you think is symbolizes? Now read lines 34-48 and 286-310. What do you think the pound cake symbolizes?
4. The two people in the story who have the greatest influence on Willie are his mom and the homeless man. Compare and contrast how these two characters try to help Willie.
5. What does the homeless man mean when he says, “What a person needs is always more than they say?”

RESOURCES for “Ghost Fish” Project 

National Geographic News – Ghost Fish

Cavefish Not Blind to Attractions of Surface-Dwelling Cousins | Evolution of the Ghostly ‘Blind’ Cavefish | Blind Mexican Cavefish & Evolutionary Loss of Eyesight and Pigmentation | LiveScience

Blind Cave Fish Can’t Catch Zzz’s – Discovery News

PIttsburgh Zoo

Give Back and Share Resources
Father Joe’s Villages 
StandUp for Kids

Community Service Report Documentation