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: Robot Zot is not from planet earth, so the things we have in our schema are not in his. He fights with a blender, mixer, coffee maker, toaster, television, and thinks that a dog in a warrior to contend with as well. This book would be a great example of how we have to [...]
Schema: thunderstormSetting: outside on a farm POV: The narrator is the young girl in the story who tells the story in first person. The day is hot, and everyone on the farm is hot and lazy except for Dad, then a big thunderstorm begins. Text-to-Self Connections: Being outside when a storm blows in, feeling the [...]
Schema: sea, setting Questions to activate background knowledge: Can you think of another time in history where a group of people have been treated unfairly because of the color of their skin? Can you imagine being taken away from your family because of your ethnicity? Why is the title so far from the sea when [...]
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