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Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson

Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson. Feature Menu. Introducing the Selection Literary Focus: Motivation Reading Skills: Summarizing. Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson. Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson. What if you were left in the middle of nowhere.

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Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson

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  1. Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson Feature Menu Introducing the Selection Literary Focus: Motivation Reading Skills: Summarizing

  2. Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson

  3. Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson What if you were left in the middle of nowhere with children you hardly know and nothing to eat?

  4. Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson There is no game for hunting no crop for harvesting no food for sharing. Even the fish won’t bite. What would you do?

  5. and Mary alone. Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson It’s all up to Mary now. . . Read how one young girl is forced to become “too soon a woman.” [End of Section]

  6. Too Soon a WomanLiterary Focus: Motivation As you read “Too Soon a Woman,” you will be asked to analyze motivation in the story. A character’s motivation is his or her reason for displaying a behavior. Motivation answers the question why?

  7. Too Soon a WomanLiterary Focus: Motivation Guess the motivations of the people in the photos below. To save lives or property? To feel heroic? To help children? To make a living?

  8. Too Soon a WomanLiterary Focus: Motivation As you read “Too Soon a Woman,” ask yourself why the characters do what they do. Do the characters’ actions make sense to you? Are their motivations clear right away, or only later in the story? [End of Section]

  9. Too Soon a WomanReading Skills: Summarizing As you read “Too Soon a Woman,” practice summarizing. When you summarize, • identify the major characters • describe the characters’ problems • state the main events • explain how the problems are resolved

  10. Too Soon a WomanReading Skills: Summarizing Remember: A summary is a short restatement of the main events and ideas. = + Keep your summary simple—leave out minor details. [End of Section]

  11. Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson The End

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