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Amber & Audrey’s 4 th Grade Class. Introducing. About the Author: Katherine Paterson http://www.terabithia.com/ about.html. What I know. What do we know about this book? the book is written about a class that the author taught.
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Amber & Audrey’s 4th Grade Class Introducing
About the Author: Katherine Paterson http://www.terabithia.com/about.html
WhatI know • What do we know about this book? • the book is written about a class that the author taught. • Looking at the cover we can predict that the book will be about a friendship between a boy and a girl.
What I Want to Know • Who are the main characters? • What kind of relationship is the book about? • Who are the boy and girl in the relationship? • What is going to happen in the book? • What is the book trying to teach?
Vocabulary Foldable • Screech- Unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek • Worship- Adore • Despise- Hate • Trot- Run Slowly • Droopy- Sagging • Claim- Take for one’s own • Drizzle- Light rain • Puny- Small, weak, or unimportant • Chores- Work around the house or yard • Primly- In a precise and proper manner • Whine- Complain
Setting • The Aaron family’s country farm
Characters • Jess (main character) • May Belle • Joyce Ann • Momma • Ellie
Brenda • Miss Bessie (The family’s cow) • Earle Watson (the race starter) • Wayne Pettis (The usual race winner) • Daddy • Miz Timmons • Lollie
Problem • Jess always ends up doing all the work around the farm because his sisters make other plans and his little sister do not help with chores yet. • The older girls want to go shopping but Mama does not have money to give them except five dollars.
Goal • Jess wants to be the fastest runner at school.
Events • Jess runs in the morning • Breakfast in the Aaron’s house • The older girls go shopping with the Timmons family. • Jess is left to do all the chores.
Resolution • No resolution is given at this point in the book we will make predictions later on.
WhatI Learned • The main character in chapter one is Jess. • Jess has four sisters. • Jess is 10 years old and has straw colored hair.
MakePredictions What do you think will happen in the rest of the book? • Jess will be the fastest boy in school. • Jess and his older sisters will get in a fight.