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: bullies Text-to-Self Connections: Discussions about bullies and how to deal with them, telling someone Cause and Effect: Because Brenda made fun of Jessica, the effect is that Jessica felt bad inside. Synthesis: Do you synthesize that Brenda felt good or bad inside when she bullied Jessica? How could you deal with a bully? Author’s [...]
Schema: honey bees Text-to-Self Connection: standing still when a bee is near, being afraid of bees Point of View: Rhyming text tells two tales from a bee’s point of view and a girl’s point of view as the two go to gather pollen and berries. Both are afraid of each other, but their mothers tell [...]
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