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Reading Strategies
Fever 1793 Background
Fever 1793 Characters
Fever 1793 Story
Fever 1793 Comprehension
100

Making an educated guess =

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

The theme or moral lesson of the novel, Fever 1793. 

What is "you can overcome hardships"?

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

The connection between the novel and the present day.

What is Covid?

300

Figure out what words mean by reading the sentence before and after. Ex: The impudence.

What is Context Clues?

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

The type or genre of novel.

What is Historical Fiction?

400

What is analyzing the similarities and differences between two things?

What is to compare and contrast?

400

at least one reason why yellow fever is called yellow fever

What are yellow eyes, jaundiced skin, yellow rag hanging in front of the house.

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 month?

400

The point of view of Fever 1793.

What is first person?

500

Put the most important details from the story into 3-5 sentences.

What is SUMMARY?

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

Name of the next unit's novel will be starting next Friday.

What is The Giver?