Reading Strategies
Fever 1793 Background
Fever 1793 Characters
Fever 1793 Story
Plot
100
Context clues + Prior knowledge =
What is an INFERENCE?
100
The season in which the fever starts.
What is summer?
100
Matilda's "stomach flipped over like an egg in a skillet" for him.
Who is Nathaniel Benson?
100
In the beginning of the novel, Matilda dreams of one day doing these 2 things.
What is travel to France and own many businesses.
100

What caused the epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia?

Who is Yellow Fever? 

200
Try to figure out what might happen next or how the selection will end
What is a PREDICTION?
200
The president at the time of the fever.
Who is President George Washington?
200
The girl who lost her mother to the fever and is taken care of by Matilda.
Who is Nell?
200
These fall from the sky as Matilda and Eliza walk home.
What are daisies?
200

What did Nathaniel Benson drop out the window for Matilda?

What is daisies?

300

A distinguished quality or trait of a person.

What is a characteristic?

300
The city in which the novel takes place
Where is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
300
Served under General George Washington and is in denial about the fever.
Who is Grandfather (Captain William Farnsworth Cook)?
300
The odd ingredient that the people of Philadelphia are putting in their bread.
What is sawdust?
300

Why did the clerk at Bush Hill insist that Matilda be taken to the orphan house?

What is no one had been able to contact Matilda's mother?

400
Think of similarities between what you already know and the text.
What is to make a CONNECTION?
400
Yellow eyes, jaundiced skin, yellow rag hanging in front of the house.
What are reasons for the name yellow fever?
400
Woman who gives her services to help others in need.
Who is Eliza?
400
How often Matilda used to bathe before the plague.
What is once a week?
400

Why was there a commotion on High Street after the first frost?

What is President George Washington's return? 

500
Pick out the important details from the unimportant and explain the reading.
What is to SUMMARIZE?
500
The author of Fever 1793.
Who is Laurie Halse Anderson?
500
Doctor whose methods hurt people more than help them (believes bleeding helps to cure the fever)
Who is Dr. Rush?
500
Colette Ogilvie doesn't die from the fever, instead this is what happens to her.
What is disgrace her family and elope with her French tutor.
500

Why did Matilda enjoy Blanchard's balloon? 

What is she wished she could od as the balloon did and slip free of the "ropes" holding her?

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