Schema: Underground railroad, escaped slaves Author’s purpose: to share African American history Author’s Point of View: 3rd person omniscient as we see the story from more than one character’s point of view Cause and Effect: Because Henry’s family was sold, the effect was that Henry went to the extreme of mailing himself to escape the [...]
Schema: good witches, magic, 101 Dalmations Text-to-text connections: Roald Dahl’s books and humor Ms. Wiz, a witch, or as she likes to be called a “paranormal operative,” appears to Lizzie in a park and helps her find her lost cat. The story is similar to 101 Dalmatians except the evil woman wants cat fur to [...]
Schema: Dust bowl, Great Depression, bullies, superheroes, sisters and brothers Author’s purpose: to entertain and inform about the depression Inference: The family was leaving Kansas, but then when the mysterious figure runs in front of the car, it seems that the family didn’t end up leaving Kansas. We may infer that the sudden stop caused [...]
Schema: fairy tales, element of magic Genre: traditional literature Setting: Virginia Predicting: Predict what young Sam will do when the man comes back with the request to make his wife young again Character Motivation: What motivates young Sam to charge the man for what the hired hand did? What motivates him to change at the [...]
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