Schema: Dust bowl, Great Depression, bullies, superheroes, sisters and brothers Author’s purpose: to entertain and inform about the depression Inference: The family was leaving Kansas, but then when the mysterious figure runs in front of the car, it seems that the family didn’t end up leaving Kansas. We may infer that the sudden stop caused [...]
Schema: fairy tales, element of magic Genre: traditional literature Setting: Virginia Predicting: Predict what young Sam will do when the man comes back with the request to make his wife young again Character Motivation: What motivates young Sam to charge the man for what the hired hand did? What motivates him to change at the [...]
Schema: horses, saddles, birthdays; Roy does not have “horse” in his schema so he has to ask other to share with him. Characterization: Characterize the traits of a horse as each animal character shares a bit about horses. He is told that it is a living thing, an animal, has legs, is friendly, doesn’t change [...]
Schema: foxes, sheep, not following directions, forgetting where you leave books Text-to-Text Connections: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig has similar illustrations of the animals. The Teeny Tiny Woman also has a talking bone in the story. Personification: The bone takes on human characteristics and feelings. Compare and Contrast with Chris Van Allsburg’s [...]
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