Look at the illustrations on 4 and 5. What do you notice? The shelves holding the filling station supplies and car parts What does that tell you about the father? look cluttered and unorganized. The shelves holding the rocks are neat and organized. The rocks are also labeled. This tells us that rocks are very important to the father. Reread page 6 What do the father’s actions on this page tell you about him? The father is smart and can figure out ways to do things. He taught himself to fix a Model T by taking it apart and putting it back together again. He found some parts he could use for free in junkyards. Reread page 7 What do the people mean by, you think people are going to The people think that the father is crazy if he thinks anyone will “If buy that junk, you’ve got rocks in your head”? buy items from that pile of Model T parts. (Teacher will chart responses to reveal how the meaning of the phrase changes throughout the text.) Reread page 8 and 9 What’s keeping the father so busy? He’s pumping gas, changing tires, and fixing Model T cars. How do you know that the father is interested in rocks? When customers come to the filling station, he talks about rocks, he has the rocks on his shelves labeled, and he has them in his pocket. How do people feel about the father’s interest in rocks? How They are interested. They’re asking questions, looking at the do you know? rock collection, and trading rocks with the father.
Look at the illustrations on 4 and 5. What do you notice? What does that tell you about the father? Reread page 6 What do the father’s actions on this page tell you about him? Reread page 7 What do the people mean by, “If you think people are going to buy that junk, you’ve got rocks in your head”? (Teacher will chart responses to reveal how the meaning of the phrase changes throughout the text.) Reread page 8 and 9 What’s keeping the father so busy? How do you know that the father is interested in rocks? How do people feel about the father’s interest in rocks? How do you know? The shelves holding the filling station supplies and car parts look cluttered and unorganized. The shelves holding the rocks are neat and organized. The rocks are also labeled. This tells us that rocks are very important to the father. The father is smart and can figure out ways to do things. He taught himself to fix a Model T by taking it apart and putting it back together again. He found some parts he could use for free in junkyards. The people think that the father is crazy if he thinks anyone will buy items from that pile of Model T parts. He’s pumping gas, changing tires, and fixing Model T cars. When customers come to the filling station, he talks about rocks, he has the rocks on his shelves labeled, and he has them in his pocket. They are interested. They’re asking questions, looking at the rock collection, and trading rocks with the father.
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