Schema: school stories, funny spells from old movies such as Freaky Friday Word Choice: This is a great book to share with students who are practicing creative writing skills. The word choice in this book sets the tone and adds to the humor. Check out this great reader’s theater script. This book is an experience [...]
Schema: teachers, fifth grade Text-to-Self Connections: many students will identify with one of the seven characters Text-to-Text Connections: Jessica refers to many great books that she is reading throughout the book. Students will relate to some of the titles. Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars is about a girl and her mentally handicapped brother, [...]
Schema: Pirates or sailors on ships, missing a hand or a foot, we can infer that they take risks if they are missing a limb, they wear funny hats, have parrots for pets, brave, hunt buried treasure, modern pirates steal and harm Text to self connections: Pirates of the Caribbean’s Jack Sparrow, Peter Pan’s Captain [...]
Schema: March winds, the old saying that “March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb,” chasing something that has blown away Cause and Effect: Because it was so windy, the effect is that everything is blowing away Predicting: Ask the students to predict what is going to blow away next. There are [...]
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