Schema: blaming something on someone else Definition of Scapegoat In rhyming text the author shares the story about very mischevious Jimmy and his goat, P. Petunia Oat. Sequencing: What did Jimmy blame on Petunia in order: eating his coat, throwing away the TV remote, blowing his nose in the tote, breaking the boat, shaving the goat’s thoat Reader’s [...]
Schema: fall colors Author’s POV: third person Text-to-Self connections: brothers, helping parents with work Metaphor and similes: bus crawling as slowly as a caterpillar, leaves compared to boats, bus sleeping through the winter like a bear after tourist season is over, tree limbs like brooms sweeping the clouds away Cause and Effect: Because the seasons change, the effect [...]
Schema: pets, choosing a pet Text-to-Self Connections: Choosing a pet, getting a pet that causes problems Text-to-Text Connections: What Pet to Get by Emma Dodd Author’s purpose: The main reason the author wrote the book could be to show students the process of choosing the right pet, and also, how an author has to follow [...]
Schema: The original story of the three little pigs Compare and Contrast: the original story with the modern one Personification: the robot Characterize the robot and the wolf in the original story The story of the Three Little Pigs meets the space age in this new twist on the original story. The three aliens all [...]
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