A summary of all the characters in detectives in toga. Carrie arrives at her sisters onefloor apartment and we now learn that sis is named minnie. The plot was complex for my young children 5 and 8 and yet they always wanted to go on to the next chapter. It includes vocabulary match, storycharacter analysis, comprehension questions, and answer key for vocabulary matchcomprehension questions. Detectives in togas readalouds b reading with history. At first, i was also a teensy bit suspicious about rufus because there were mountains of evidence piled up against him.
Detectives in togas by estelle kleinman, joyce friedland. Caius, mucius, rufus, antonius, publius, julius, and flavius. Please note that a brief synopsis of many of the books included here are provided in our library builders section. This book is an exiting sequel to the detectives in togas. Detectives in togas 272 by henry winterfeld, michael stearns editor, richard winston translator, clara winston translator, charlotte kleinert illustrator henry winterfeld. What are the characters names in detectives in togas answers. Seven highspirited roman boys and their crabby teacher make up the cast of this outstanding headscratcher, set in the heydey of romes domination. In these two delightful historymysteries, seven boys in ancient rome solve strange crimes.
Detectives in togas novelties study guide learning. Here is a quote from the book on pages 28 and 29 that i enjoyed. What are the characters names in detectives in togas. If you take notes on all characters and their descriptions and two sentences about the action in each chapter, you will have a great summary. Detectives in togas literature study by homeschool primer. In terms of similar sites for ancient egyptian, greek or medieval mysteries. Pretty much the only thing carrie likes about the place is the sound of the bells on the horsecars outside, and the apartment itself is pretty drab with shoddy furniture and threadbare carpet. An excellent excuse to read some more books and quality childrens literature makes for relaxing reading. Click to read more about detectives in togas by henry winterfeld. Buy detectives in togas by henry winterfeld online at alibris. The ease and peace of mind the instructors guides bring is invaluable to this busy mom. Seven ancient roman boys become entangled in a fastpaced and humorous, though apparently deadlyserious mystery.
Although the boys are proud of their school, the lessons are sometimes boring, and everyone has given xanthos the nickname xantippus, in reference to the wife of socrates, who was known for her nagging. But in the end everything ended well and the pieces of the puzzle were all put in. It is a really well written book and the great story line nicely. Long books my books mystery stories for kids my fathers world mystery of history history mysteries chapter books childrens literature. They all go to the same school and are all good friends. In preparation for this, i am looking out a couple of chapter books about europe for the book club. It was hard to put down as henry winterfeld leaves a nice cliff hanger at the end of each chapter until you finally find out who did it. We seek familyfriendly options, but the web changes regularly and we cannot ensure the content you may encounter will be appropriate. It is in a series of other books by this german author and translated into english, but there isnt a series title. Detectives in togas is a childrens book written by henry winterfeld, and translated from the german by richard and clara winston.
Detectives in togas by henry winterfeld librarything. Find detectives in togas 0632969 by winterfeld, henry. According to detectives in togas book report bellm and whitebrook 2003, p. Clara winston in an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall. This story is a very good readatnight or readwhenbored book. It is a really good suspense book, and very funny at points. There are some parts that you will not understand unless you read the first book. The first two pages are vocabulary and definition match story. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about detectives in togas by henry winterfeld.
Detectives in togas seven roman boys, all the sons of wealthy families, attend the school run by the greek mathematician and scholar, xanthos. Detectives in togas chapter 16 with annotation chart. The setting is the same except their slave is a secret curior that is carrying a message about witch of the boys fathers is to be murdered. Mysteries set in ancient egypt is a good bet for the first. Study guides for the same book are often available from several publishers, so we found it more efficient to give a description of the book only once. It is a really well written book and the great story line nicely intertwines information about the romans and their society. Their teacher is a greek called xanthos and he is very strict. The book called detectives in togas is written by henry winterfield. In fact, detectives in togas is a whodunit which involves seven boys who live in rome. Aug 20, 20 detectives in togas 20 days may read myster of the roman ransom as well aug 20, 20 detectives in togas 20 days may read myster of the roman ransom as well. I have been reading detectives in togas by henry winterfeld. This literature study unit is based on the book, detectives in togas, by henry winterfeld.
Yes, rufus wrote caius is a dumbbell on his tablet at school, but no, he did not break into the schoolroom, did not tie up his teacher, and certainly did not paint his slur about caius on the. Written in chapter by chapter format, the guide contains a synopsis. Author henry winterfeld 19011990 was born in germany, wrote his first childrens book trouble at timpetill in 1933, and emigrated to the u. I had difficulty with the number of characters but we likely read the book over too long a time. This is a free sample of the novel study, detectives in togas by henry winterfeld. Rufus wrote caius is a dumbbell on his tablet at school. Bookshark does not control the content of these sites. It was published in 1956, and reissued in 1984, 1990, and 2003. The main characters are tellus, lukos, xantippus, rufus, caius, antonius, mucius, julius, flavius, and publius. Childrens chapter books set in europe in the autumn, the home education group, that we attend, is looking at europe. Detectives in togas by henry winterfeld, charlotte.
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