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: sticks, playing with sticks Text-to-Text Connections: Over in the Meadow, an old rhyme about the animals in a meadow; the rhyme goes something like, “over in the meadow in the sand and the sun lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one…” See the lyrics Also a connection with the Gingerbread Man [...]
Schema: making tamales, admiring jewelry Text-to-Self Connections: taking something without permission, not wanting to get caught, getting together with relatives for the holidays, seeing something and then remembering something you forgot about Predicting: Predict what Maria is going to do when her mother leaves to answer the phone. Drawing Conclusions: What conclusion does Maria come [...]
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