Schema: windy days Personification: The wind takes on human traits and speaks in this tale. Cause and Effect: Because the wind blows the sisters’ cornmeal away, the effect is that Willa is determined to get it back or get something in return. Characterization: Willa is a strong woman character. She can be described as fearless [...]
Schema: March winds, the old saying that “March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb,” chasing something that has blown away Cause and Effect: Because it was so windy, the effect is that everything is blowing away Predicting: Ask the students to predict what is going to blow away next. There are [...]
Anne of Green Gables meets the animal version of Swiss Family Robinson in this coming of age novel that incorporates a realistic plot about a young girl, McKenna, who is passed from foster home to foster home seeking love while trying to find her place in the world. She believes she is related to the [...]
Schema: pets Text-to-Text Connections: The Adventures of Sparrowboy by J. Brian Pinkney Text-to-Self Connections: Pets chewing on things, lightning strikes during a storm Words with Multiple meanings: striking Compare and Contrast how Weezer was before and after the strike with a Venn Diagram. Synthesis: What do you synthesize is Weezer’s hope for the world?
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