The trees stood as still as giant statues. FOURTH READING: Reread the entire text, stopping on specific pages to focus on the Activity 4 girl and the theme of this story. Use the attached Activity 4 sheet Page 9 you go owling you have to be quiet. That’s what Pa – “When to draw attention to times in the story when the little girl speaks always says. to the reader (second person point-of-view) to bring their Page 14 you go owling, you have to be quiet and make your own – “If attention to something she has learned. These questions have heat.” been marked with an asterisk (*). After each of these questions, Page 16 you go owling, you have to be brave. – “When students will draw pictures and annotate four parts of the story, Page 32 When you go owling you don’t need words or warm or – the beginning, the early middle, the later middle, and the ending anything but hope. of the story. Page 5 What time of day is it when the girl and her Pa go owling? It is late one winter night, long past the girl’s bedtime. Page 9 *What does Pa say you have to do if you go owling?* When you go owling you have to be that’s what Pa always says. Teacher think aloud: I read this sentence, I notice that all of a “When sudden the girl isn’t just telling a story. She’s stopped using the word “I” and started talking directly to us, the reader.” Page 12 The owl did not answer. What happened when Pa called to the owl? She was not disappointed because her brothers told her that you might How did the girl feel? see an owl, but you might not. Page 14 What makes owling hard work for the little girl?
The trees stood as still as giant statues. FOURTH READING: Reread the entire text, stopping on specific pages to focus on the girl and the theme of this story. Use the attached Activity 4 sheet to draw attention to times in the story when the little girl speaks to the reader (second person point-of-view) to bring their attention to something she has learned. These questions have been marked with an asterisk (*). After each of these questions, students will draw pictures and annotate four parts of the story, the beginning, the early middle, the later middle, and the ending of the story. Page 5 What time of day is it when the girl and her Pa go owling? Page 9 *What does Pa say you have to do if you go owling?* Page 12 What happened when Pa called to the owl? How did the girl feel? Page 14 What makes owling hard work for the little girl? Activity 4 Page 9 – “When you go owling you have to be quiet. That’s what Pa always says. Page 14 – “If you go owling, you have to be quiet and make your own heat.” Page 16 – “When you go owling, you have to be brave. Page 32 – When you go owling you don’t need words or warm or anything but hope. It is late one winter night, long past the girl’s bedtime. When you go owling you have to be that’s what Pa always says. Teacher think aloud: “When I read this sentence, I notice that all of a sudden the girl isn’t just telling a story. She’s stopped using the word “I” and started talking directly to us, the reader.” The owl did not answer. She was not disappointed because her brothers told her that you might see an owl, but you might not.
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