Read the passage below, then in complete sentences, tell me the following:

1. Read the passage below, then in complete sentences, tell me the following: • What can you infer about the kind of person Jim is and why? • What can you infer about the way other people might feel about him? • If Jim were a character in a story, what kind of conflict might he be faced with? Why do you think so? As usual, Jim left for school ten minutes later than he should have. His shoelaces were untied and his backpack was unzipped. He had traveled only one block when he heard his mother shout his name. He looked back and saw her waving his brown bag lunch.

2. Using evidence from the comic strip, how would you characterize Jeremy? Please explain and use complete sentences. 2. Using evidence from the comic strip, draw conclusions about what Jeremy’s Mother is thinking. Explain how and why you have arrived at these conclusions.

3. Spectrum of Logic Not Logical Not the intended message Easy to argue against Sort of Logical Maybe the intended message Kind of easy to argue against Very Logical Definitely the intended message Cannot be argued against 1 2 3