Schema: superheroes, moms knowing when you are doing something you are not supposed to do Large colorful illustrations feature an African American preschool aged boy and his mother. Matthew’s mother has a great ears and knows him well. He infers that she may be a super hero and that she may have x-ray vision because [...]
Schema: families, new moms and dads, getting a second pet, accepting change Text-to-text connections: Detective LaRue books by Teague, and Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Stevens Emma, owned by George, and Hankie, owned by Loretta, are worried about what is happening to their owners, each thinking the other’s owner may be trying to kidnap their own owner, [...]
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: rock climbing, pets, thunderstorms Text-to-Text: Firestormby Jean Craighead George has the same main character Cause and Effect: Because Grits was stuck on the mountain cliff, the effect is that Axel has to rescue him. Inference: We can infer that Grits must have followed the women up the mountain trail when he went up. Drawing Conclusions: [...]
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