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ELEMENTS OF PLOT
WHOSE THOUGHTS ARE THESE? (POV)
MAKING INFERENCES
VOCABULARY
RANDOM STUFF
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What is the setting of this story? (time and place)
time: before lunch place: in a classroom
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Who is the narrator of this story?
Rachel
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Why does Rachel get so upset toward the end of our story?
Mrs. Price makes her wear the sweater (put it on)
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She sees I've shoved the red sweater to the TIPPY-TIP corner of my desk. What/where is "tippy-tip"?
the very top
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Why does Rachel get so upset?
Mrs. Price makes her wear the sweater (put it on)
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Put these events in the correct order (A)Phyllis Lopez takes the sweater (B)Rachel's family gives her a birthday party (C)Rachel cries in front of her classmates (D)Mrs. Price puts the sweater on Rachel's desk
D, C, A, B
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What point of view is this story told in?
First person point of view
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What does the red sweater represent for Rachel? (A)Something terrible and shameful (B)the fear of getting older (C)the possibilities of fashion (D)Something mature and wise
A- something terrible and shameful
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"You put that sweater on right now and no more nonsense!" What is a synonym for "nonsense"?
silliness; foolishness
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Which of these is true? (A)the young girl lost her sweater (B)the teacher is trying to find the owner of the sweater (C)the narrator knows everything about the characters (D) the young girl is celebrating her eleventh birthday today EXPLAIN why the other choices are not true
D The young girl is celebrating her eleventh birthday today
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What happens after Mrs. Price places the sweater on Rachel's desk? What does Rachel do?
She doesn't say anything. She pushes her things away from the sweater and pushes the sweater to the very edge of her desk
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Whose thoughts are these: "I hate that girl because she is so skinny!"
Sylvia Saldivar
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What evidence in the text proves that Rachel reacts strongly to her situation?
animal noises, crying, spitting
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Which word best describes Rachel's memory of her eleventh birthday? EAGER, ANXIOUS, HUMILIATED, MATURE
HUMILIATED
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To whom does the red sweater really belong?
Phyllis Lopez
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Who are the two MAJOR characters in this story? Who are the two MINOR characters?
Major: Rachel and Mrs. Price Minor: Sylvia Saldivar and Phyllis Lopez
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Whose thoughts are these? "She will take responsibility for leaving the sweater in the coat closet for such a long time"
Mrs. Price
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Rachel wishes she were 102 years old so that she would ___________
know what to say to Mrs. Price
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"....an ugly sweater like that, all raggedy and old." What is an antonym for RAGGEDY?
neat; orderly
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Why does Rachel want to disappear into the sky? (A) she is humiliated (B)she loves clouds (C)she wants to be a pilot (D)she is pretending to be an airplane
A- she is humiliated
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What is the CONFLICT in the story and how is it RESOLVED?
CONFLICT: man vs man (Rachel vs Mrs. Price over the ownership of the red sweater) RESOLUTION: it was not Rachel's sweater, it was Phyllis Lopez's sweater
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Whose thoughts are these: "I'm not going to say anything until we are in a place that no one else can hear"
Phyllis Lopez
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Describe two things that Rachel compares growing old to.
layers in an onion; rings inside a tree trunk
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"Today, I wish I were one hundred and two". Name a homonym for one of the words in this quote.
TWO: to, too, ONE: won
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What does the SIMILE "the red sweater's still sitting there like a big red mountain" attempt to convey to the reader?
the sweater seems VERY BIG .....her problem seems VERY BIG