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 [...]
Schema: trees Personification: The point of view is from the tree. The tree’s voice is heard through a rhyming text about a tree from its roots to its branches. Author’s Purpose: The simple text provides the reader with the basic information about how a tree grows, what lives in it, and what lives below it. [...]
Schema: Robot Zot is not from planet earth, so the things we have in our schema are not in his. He fights with a blender, mixer, coffee maker, toaster, television, and thinks that a dog in a warrior to contend with as well. This book would be a great example of how we have to [...]
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