Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Figurative Language
Connections
types of sentences
100

Whyt is the narrator's little brother named Doodle?

He crawled backward like a doodlebug

100
what are two descriptions of the Scarlet Ibis

A type of bird that is bright red and has a long, slender bill, and the size of a chicken. 

100
Which sentence is an example of figurative language? 1) Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born. 2) Doodle and I liked to think of our futures.
1) Summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born.
100
Describe Doodle in one word.
sweet, determined, vulnerable, handicapped, frail, etc.
100

Even though you read the story, you may still not know what a Scarlet Ibis looks like.

complex
200
What does the narrator teach Doodle how to do?
Walk. And later run, climb, fight, etc.
200
What prompts the narrator to show Doodle the coffin?
He is occasionally cruel to his brother.
200
Explain what the author means when he writes "summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born"
The author means that summer was over but autumn hadn't quite started yet.
200
Describe the narrator in one word.
Selfish, determined, guilty, bully, etc.
200
There are still several words missing from the vocabulary wall.

simple

300

What was like a big tail on a small kite?

Doodle's real name William Armstrong.

300
Why does the narrator rename his little brother Doodle?
Doodle crawls backwards like a doodle-bug
300
What is the author trying to say in the sentence below: "The rain was coming, roaring through the pines, and then, like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning" (Hurst 563).
The lightning struck a tree and the tree shattered.
300
How might real people (you or a family member) connect to this story?
Various Answers.
300

The missing words from the vocabulary wall are due today, but I haven't received an update from the students on when they would be done. 

compound-complex

400
What happens to Doodle at the end of the story?
Doodle dies.
400
What is the main lesson of the relationship of the two brothers in "The Scarlet Ibis"?
How to appreciate a brother or sister.
400

Haw Shawty. It's sherbert day!

This is what literary term?

It's Angelica's birthday!

400
How can you connect to this story?
Various Answers.
400

Kaboom could be an onomatopoeia, but it could also be someone's name. 

compound

500
Why does the narrator teach Doodle how to walk?
The narrator is ashamed/embarrassed of having a brother who cannot walk.
500
The story “The Scarlet Ibis” begins with the narrator as an adult but he tells a story of when he was a child. What is this literary device called?
A flashback
500
What does the narrator compare Doodle to at the end of the story? Explain why.
Doodle is compared to a scarlet ibis because at the end of the story Doodle dies just like the scarlet ibis died.
500

What natural event is mentioned in this story that also occurs in TEWWG?

a hurricane

500

Bam! Boom! Pow! These are what literary term?

Spell it. 

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