Schema: alphabet, vowels, spelling Text-to-Text Connection: Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood Cause and Effect: Because X changed his mind, the effect is the alphabet stayed the same. Drawing Conclusions: The letters draw the conclusion that each letter has an important part to play when they begin exploring the roles of each other. X is the [...]
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: 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 [...]
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