Inferences
‘Nothing,’ said the BFG. ‘They is just moocheling and footcheling around and waiting for the night to come. Then they will all be galloping off to places where people is living to find their suppers.’
What can you infer about what the giants eat?
The giants eat people. I know this because it says they need to go to places with people to find their supper.
Sophie allowed her eye to travel further and further down the street.
List all the nouns in this sentence.
Sophie, eye, street
Across the road, she could see Mrs Rance's shop, where you bought buttons and wool and bits of elastic. It didn't look real. There was something dim and misty about that too.
What can you buy and Mrs. Rance's shop?
buttons and wool and bits of elastic
"We is having an interesting babblement about the taste of the human bean. The human bean is not a vegetable.”
Who said this?
the BFG
Winn-Dixie looked up at me and wagged his tail.
What is the compound predicate?
looked up at me and wagged his tail.
It wasn't a human. It couldn't be. It was four times as tall as the tallest human. It was so tall its head was higher than the upstairs windows of the houses. Sophie opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Her throat, like her whole body, was frozen with fright.
What is the figure coming down the street? What background knowledge and evidence did you use?
A giant
it was 4 times as tall as the tallest human
I know giants are very tall.
Two best friends dressed as big, scary wolves for Halloween.
Find the complete predicate
dressed as big, scary wolves for Halloween.
They were simply COLOSSAL, far TALLER and WIDER than the Big Friendly Giant upon whose hand she was now sitting. Many of them had large bellies. All of them had long arms and big feet. They were too far away for their faces to be seen clearly, and perhaps that was a good thing.
Describe how the Giants in the BFG look with only explicit text details.
colossal, taller and wider that the BFG with wide bellies and long arms and big feet
What does BFG stand for?
Big Friendly Giant
Finish this sentence with a complete predicate.
The three witches
At first, I didn't see a dog. There were just a lot of vegetables rolling around on the floor, tomatoes and onions and green peppers. And there was what seemed like a whole army of Winn-Dixie employees running around waving their arms just the same way the store manager was waving his.
What kind of store does this passage happen in? And, what is the name of the store?
Grocery store
Winn-Dixie
And I told Winn-Dixie he had to act like an exception, too; specifically, I told him not to pick any fights with Mr. Alfred's cats or Mrs. Detweller's little yappie Yorkie dog, Samuel.
List all the pronouns.
Winn-Dixie, Mr. Alfred, Mrs. Detweller, Yorkie, Samuel
When we got to the Friendly Corners Trailer Park, I told Winn-Dixie that he had to behave right and be quiet, because this was an all adult trailer park and the only reason I got to live in it was because the preacher was a preacher and I was a good, quiet kid.
Where does Opal live? Support your claim.
Friendly Corners Trailer Park
What is the little brother's name in Island of the Blue Dolphins?
Ramo
Don't forget to finish making your Halloween costume!
We know for types of sentences. Which type is this?
Imperative
Sophie crouched in the blanket, peering out. She was being bumped against the Giant's leg like a sack of potatoes. Over the fields and hedges and rivers they went, and after a while a frightening thought carne into Sophie's head. The Giant is running fast, she told herself, because he is hungry and he wants to get home as quickly as possible, and then he'll have me for breakfast.
Sophie makes an inference in this passage, what is the inference and what is her evidence?
The giant wants to eat her
He is running fast because he is hungry
The girl ran quickly to her house when it started to rain.
What is the adverb in this sentence?
quickly
"I don't even have any friends, because I had to leave them all behind when we moved here from Watley. Watley's up in north Florida. Have you ever been to north Florida?"
Why doesn't Opal have any friends?
She had to leave them all behind when they moved from Watley.
"I found a dog," I told him. "And I want to keep him."
Who said this?
Opal
Add 2 adjectives to make this sentence more interesting.
The dog jumped up and licked the girls face.
The big, silly dog jumped up and licked the girls face.
My father said nothing. He was a tall man, though not so tall as Captain Orlov, and he stood with his bare shoulders thrown back, thinking about what the Russian had said. He was in no hurry to reply be- cause the Aleuts had come before to hunt otter. That was long in the past, but my father still remembered them.
How does the father feel about the Aleuts that came before? Explain your evidence and background knowledge.
He does not like/trust them.
The text says he is in now hurry to answer them and he does not smile at them.
I talk and smile with people I like.
We know 4 types of sentences. What kind of sentence is this?
How many strawberries should I cut for this smoothie?
Interrogative
And not long after my brother Martin- who we called M.L. for short because he and daddy had the same name- our baby brother was born?
What is their father's name?
Martin Luther King
Who is Mother Dear?
Martin Luther King Jr's mother.
Finish this sentence with a COMPOUND predicate.
The creepy, old vampire....
Loved to suck blood but hated garlic.