Tied a bundle of newspapers. Put away toys. Began waxing his mother’s car. Gary and his brother begin waxing their mother’s car. Look at “Paint” is the covering of the metal of the car, and “chrome” is page 46 again. What is the difference between “chrome” and the shiny metal pieces that decorate the car. “paint?” What details show that the narrator is proud of his work? The author states, “But the beauty was evident. The shine, hurting our eyes and glinting like an armful of dimes, brought Mother out.” (pg. 49). What details show that waxing is hard work? “I began to hurry because my arms were hurting…” (pg. 49). “We polished and buffed, sweat weeping on our brows” (pg. 49). What do Gary’s mother’s actions say about her in the following Gary’s mom is impressed by Gary’s work. On page 50, she says, sentences found at the beginning of page 50? She was willing to help finish washing the car, even though this “Mom came out and looked at us with hands on her aproned was her day off. hips. Finally, she said, ‘You boys worked so hard.’ She turned on the garden hose and washed the car.” Notice the difference in the amount of detail given about the Teacher should accept all responses, but guide students to the hard work the narrator does to earn going to the drive-in reason more details are given to earning the reward rather movies and the actual time spent at the drive-in movies. than earning the reward is to emphasize the fact that the How does this relate to the Key Understanding: Sometimes a process of working hard is more important than the reward person’s desire to earn a reward will influence him or her to itself. The author provides lots of details about the hard work, work hard. Yet, sometimes the reward matters not so much as and not many details about the actual reward of the movie. the hard work put into earning it. This can lead the reader to conclude that the experience of doing the hard work was more important then the experience of going to the movie (the reward). Tier II/Academic Vocabulary
Tied a bundle of newspapers. Put away toys. Began waxing his mother’s car. Gary and his brother begin waxing their mother’s car. Look at page 46 again. What is the difference between “chrome” and “paint?” “Paint” is the covering of the metal of the car, and “chrome” is the shiny metal pieces that decorate the car. What details show that the narrator is proud of his work? The author states, “But the beauty was evident. The shine, hurting our eyes and glinting like an armful of dimes, brought Mother out.” (pg. 49). What details show that waxing is hard work? “I began to hurry because my arms were hurting…” (pg. 49). “We polished and buffed, sweat weeping on our brows” (pg. 49). What do Gary’s mother’s actions say about her in the following sentences found at the beginning of page 50? “Mom came out and looked at us with hands on her aproned hips. Finally, she said, ‘You boys worked so hard.’ She turned on the garden hose and washed the car.” Gary’s mom is impressed by Gary’s work. On page 50, she says, She was willing to help finish washing the car, even though this was her day off. Notice the difference in the amount of detail given about the hard work the narrator does to earn going to the drive-in movies and the actual time spent at the drive-in movies. How does this relate to the Key Understanding: Sometimes a person’s desire to earn a reward will influence him or her to work hard. Yet, sometimes the reward matters not so much as the hard work put into earning it. Teacher should accept all responses, but guide students to the reason more details are given to earning the reward rather than earning the reward is to emphasize the fact that the process of working hard is more important than the reward itself. The author provides lots of details about the hard work, and not many details about the actual reward of the movie. This can lead the reader to conclude that the experience of doing the hard work was more important then the experience of going to the movie (the reward). Tier II/Academic Vocabulary
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