The Treasure of Lemon Brown
Click the link above and read the short story by Walter Dean Myers.
In your composition books (in the reading log section) write a page about The Treasure of Lemon Brown. Use three of the strategies listed below as you write, and indicate which three you have selected, either as you write or at the bottom of your page. Lastly, write a short (1/4 page or so) paragraph about the connections you noticed between A Christmas Carol and The Treasure of Lemon Brown.
*Citation: Reading Strategies borrowed from Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
1. CONTRASTS & CONTRADICTIONS:
When a character does something that contrasts with what you’d expect or contradicts his earlier acts or statements, stop and ask,“Why is the character doing that?” The answer will help you make predictions and draw inferences about the plot and conflict.
2. WORDS OF THE WISER:
When a character (probably older and wiser) takes the main character aside and offers serious advice, stop and ask, “What’s the life lesson and how might it affect the character?” This lesson is probably the theme of the story.
3. AHA MOMENT:
When a character realizes, understands, or finally figures out something, stop and ask yourself, “How might this change things?” If it is about a problem, it tells you something about the conflict; if it is a life lesson, it tells you something about the theme.
4. AGAIN & AGAIN:
When you notice a word, phrase, or situation mentioned over and over, stop and ask your-self,“Why does this keep happening again and again?”The answer will tell you about the theme and conflict, or will foreshadow what might happen later in the story.
5. MEMORY MOMENT:
When the author interrupts the action to tell you about a memory, stop and ask yourself, “Why might this memory be important?” The answer will tell you about the theme and conflict, or will foreshadow what might happen later in the story.
6. TOUGH QUESTIONS:
When a character asks himself a very difficult question, stop and ask yourself, “What does this question make me wonder about?” The answer will tell you about the conflict, and help you think about what might happen later in the story.
Click the link above and read the short story by Walter Dean Myers.
In your composition books (in the reading log section) write a page about The Treasure of Lemon Brown. Use three of the strategies listed below as you write, and indicate which three you have selected, either as you write or at the bottom of your page. Lastly, write a short (1/4 page or so) paragraph about the connections you noticed between A Christmas Carol and The Treasure of Lemon Brown.
*Citation: Reading Strategies borrowed from Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
1. CONTRASTS & CONTRADICTIONS:
When a character does something that contrasts with what you’d expect or contradicts his earlier acts or statements, stop and ask,“Why is the character doing that?” The answer will help you make predictions and draw inferences about the plot and conflict.
2. WORDS OF THE WISER:
When a character (probably older and wiser) takes the main character aside and offers serious advice, stop and ask, “What’s the life lesson and how might it affect the character?” This lesson is probably the theme of the story.
3. AHA MOMENT:
When a character realizes, understands, or finally figures out something, stop and ask yourself, “How might this change things?” If it is about a problem, it tells you something about the conflict; if it is a life lesson, it tells you something about the theme.
4. AGAIN & AGAIN:
When you notice a word, phrase, or situation mentioned over and over, stop and ask your-self,“Why does this keep happening again and again?”The answer will tell you about the theme and conflict, or will foreshadow what might happen later in the story.
5. MEMORY MOMENT:
When the author interrupts the action to tell you about a memory, stop and ask yourself, “Why might this memory be important?” The answer will tell you about the theme and conflict, or will foreshadow what might happen later in the story.
6. TOUGH QUESTIONS:
When a character asks himself a very difficult question, stop and ask yourself, “What does this question make me wonder about?” The answer will tell you about the conflict, and help you think about what might happen later in the story.