“The Scarlet Ibis”

1. “The Scarlet Ibis” Teacher Annotations

2. Directions: • Read through first page once • Look for connections • Text to text • Text to world • Text to self

3. Teacher Annotations • Underline or circle teacher notes on your text • Then write an explanatory note in the margin

4. Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born Margin Note • Personification/Setting • Season was dying – sounds sad – plants were rotting

5. …all this is still so clear to me...- and I remember Doodle Margin Note • Indicates a flashback

6. They named him William Armstrong, which is like tying a big tail on a small kite Margin Note • Simile • He was small and weak, so it was odd to give him such a powerful name.

7. invalid brother Margin Note • Vocabulary word • His brother couldn’t walk or move – they thought he would die soon

8. I began to make plans to kill him Margin Note • Characterization • Selfish - He was unhappy that his brother couldn’t play rough with him.

9. I pulled the go-cart…down into thee green dimness where the palmetto fronds whispered by the stream Margin Note • Personification of fronds (leaves) • Seems like a magical setting with the leaves whispering

10. at times I was mean to Doodle Margin Note • Characterization • The narrator knows he was mean to his brother (lesson)

11. sick-sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song Margin Note • Simile • Mournful = sad • Sounds like a sad setting; sad that Doodle can’t walk here in the story