[P. 1] When the author writes that the blinking lights The planes are moving quickly and its lights blend in with the “soared across the night sky like shooting stars,” what picture comes to stars. The sentence compares the planes’ lights to shooting your mind? In that sentence, what is the author comparing? stars. The author might be comparing them because they are Why did the author choose to compare these two things? both lights you can see faraway in the sky. In general, the image is of things that seem very distant. [P. 1] The author repeats the three times: means to question or be curious about something. “wondered” “Wonder” wondered where they came from. He wondered where Juno seems to be doing a lot of wondering on this page, so he “Juno they were going. And he wondered…” What does the word appears to be a curious boy, especially when it relates to his mean? What does this tell the reader about Juno? grandmother. He probably cares about his grandmother since “wonder” Does it seem like he knows much about his grandmother? How he is thinking about her. Juno knows that his grandmother lives do you know? in little town near Seoul” and persimmons every “a “eats evening.” This page does not reveal anything else Juno knows about his grandmother. [P. 27] Read the description of the dream that Juno had about hair… on top of her head like a powdered doughnut” “gray his grandmother, and then ask students to draw a picture of his morning tea” “sipping grandmother and the setting. Ask students which words from leaves which cover the persimmon garden” “golden the text helped them create that picture. enough to crackle” “crisp Show students the text’s illustration of this (Students can She does not have a doughnut on her head, but her bun does compare their own illustration with the one in the book.) Ask, look like one. The author tried to create a picture in the his grandmother really have a doughnut on her head? reader’s mind. This language shows that Juno can picture his “Does Why did the author compare it to that? What does this page grandmother in great detail. tell you about how Juno thinks of his grandmother?”
[P. 1] When the author writes that the blinking lights “soared across the night sky like shooting stars,” what picture comes to your mind? In that sentence, what is the author comparing? Why did the author choose to compare these two things? [P. 1] The author repeats the “wondered” three times: “Juno wondered where they came from. He wondered where they were going. And he wondered…” What does the word “wonder” mean? What does this tell the reader about Juno? Does it seem like he knows much about his grandmother? How do you know? [P. 27] Read the description of the dream that Juno had about his grandmother, and then ask students to draw a picture of his grandmother and the setting. Ask students which words from the text helped them create that picture. Show students the text’s illustration of this (Students can compare their own illustration with the one in the book.) Ask, “Does his grandmother really have a doughnut on her head? Why did the author compare it to that? What does this page tell you about how Juno thinks of his grandmother?” The planes are moving quickly and its lights blend in with the stars. The sentence compares the planes’ lights to shooting stars. The author might be comparing them because they are both lights you can see faraway in the sky. In general, the image is of things that seem very distant. “Wonder” means to question or be curious about something. Juno seems to be doing a lot of wondering on this page, so he appears to be a curious boy, especially when it relates to his grandmother. He probably cares about his grandmother since he is thinking about her. Juno knows that his grandmother lives in “a little town near Seoul” and “eats persimmons every evening.” This page does not reveal anything else Juno knows about his grandmother. “gray hair… on top of her head like a powdered doughnut” “sipping morning tea” “golden leaves which cover the persimmon garden” “crisp enough to crackle” She does not have a doughnut on her head, but her bun does look like one. The author tried to create a picture in the reader’s mind. This language shows that Juno can picture his grandmother in great detail.
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