Dear Parents,
The assigned summer reading book for July for students entering third grade in September 2016 is Loyola Kids Book of Saints by Amy Welborn. The questions are divided per chapter as directed by Mr. Woods. The questions should be answered on looseleaf beginning with a full heading and neatly written. Each answer should be numbered correctly, written in complete sentences, and based on TEXT EVIDENCE. I suggest that students pace themselves reading ONE chapter and responding to each set of questions PER DAY or every other day so reading is consistent and enjoyable, not overwhelming. One or two sentence responses are fine.
Chapter 1 is based on saints who love children.
1. Explain something mentioned about the life of St. Nicholas that reminds you of Santa Claus.
2. How did St. John Bosco help the homeless boys in the slums of Italy?
3. What made it difficult for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to start her school in New York?
Chapter 2 is based on saints who love their families.
4. What problem did St.Monica have with her son St. Augustine?
5. How did St. Therese of Lisieux show devotion (love) for her sisters?
Chapter 3 is based on saints whose actions surprised others.
6. What was St. Simon's reason for sitting on a pillar?
7. What did St. Celestine do after he resigned as a pope?
8. What did the voices St. Joan heard ask her to do?
Chapter 4 is based on saints who used their creative talents.
9. How did St. Hildegard use her talents to praise God?
10. What was special about Fra Angelico's paintings?
11. What helped St. John of the Cross deal with his suffering?
Chapter 5 is based on saints who teach us how to pray.
12. What was life like as a monk in St. Benedict's monasteries? What did they do?
13. Why did St. Dominic think the rosary helps us when we pray?
14. What difficulties did St. Louis de Monfort face in teaching the poor in France?
Chapter 6 is based on saints who see beyond the everyday.
15. What did the Virgin Mary ask Juan Diego to do? Why?
16. What convinced most people that St. Bernadette did not make up the story of seeing Mary?
17. What does it mean that Padre Pio experienced "stigmata"?
Chapter 7 is based on saints who travel far from home.
18. How did St. Boniface surprise the worshipers of Thor to show their god wasn't real?
19. How did St. Peter Claver deal with the slave trade in Cartagena, Spain?
20. In which two countries did St. Francis Xavier do most of his missionary work?
Chapter 8 is based on saints who are strong leaders.
21. What did Attila, the Hun agree to do after meeting with Pope Leo the Great?
22. What were some results of St. John Neumann's hard work?
Chapter 9 is based on saints who told the truth in times of difficulty.
23. What caused the disagreement between St. Thomas Becket and King Henry VIII?
24. Why did Fr. Titus need to speak against the Nazis?
Chapter 10 is based on saints who help us undertand God.
25. What job (related to the bible) did St. Jerome agree to do?
26. Why wasn't it easy to teach the people of Ireland about Christianity?
27. What important question did St. Thomas Aquinas answer in his writings and teachings?
Chapter 11 is based on saints who change their lives for God.
28. What was the problem St. Ambrose faced in becoming a church leader?
29. Why didn't St. Gregory like being a pope?
30. How did St. Katharine Drexel help African and Native Americans?
Chapter 12 is based on saints who show bravery.
31. St. Perpetua and Felicity were considered "catechumens." What does that mean?
32. Why is St. George remembered for his bravery?
33. Why did St. Isaac Jogues stay with the Mohawk tribe after they tortured him?
Chapter 13 is based on saints who help the poor and sick.
34. Why was St. Elizabeth of Hungary so wealthy?
35. Why was it so important to St. Martin de Porres's father that his son become a barber?
36. What happened to St.Vincent de Paul soon after he was ordained a priest?
Chapter 14 is based on saints who help in ordinary ways.
37. Based on the reading why do you think we have our throats blessed on the feast of St. Blaise?
38. Based on the reading why do you think we pray to St. Anthony of Padua to find lost things?
Chapter 15 is based on saints who come from all over the world.
39. How did the strangers called "Black Robes" change the life of Kateri Tekakwitha?
40. How did St.Paul Miki demonstrate Christ-like behavior?
