Schema: Ghosts, New Orleans, beignets The story is set in New Orleans and is about a family who opens a restaurant that is haunted. Fred, the ghost is a little timid and all of his attempts to scare people off only make the place more interesting to them. The main character, Marie, a child of [...]
Schema: Christmas trees, Great Depression Author’s Purpose: to share about the Rockefeller Christmas tree and Habitat for Humanity. Cause and Effect: Because the father in the story gave from his heart to the men at the construction site, the effect is that the men wanted to help his family with their home. Because the young [...]
Schema: Saints days, Christmas Text-to-Self Connections: Each Saint holiday from December 6th through January 6th is included. Text-to-Text Connections: Strega Nona’s Christmas Big Anthony is once again the star of the show as he gobbles up the goats special turnips. Author’s Purpose: to share the culture of Italy and the special Saint’s days. Drawing Conclusions: [...]
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 [...]
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