Marisol McDonald
The narrator from Marisol McDonald.
Who is Marisol McDonald?
The genre of Judy Moody is listed as realistic fiction, explain why.
What is realistic fiction tells a story about characters and events that are like those in real life.
Explain why the genre of this story is a fantasy.
What is fantasies are imaginative stories with characters and events that are not real?
On the title page, page 115, explain how this helped you infer what this story was about.
What is, I could infer that they were cousins based off of the title, and they write back and forth to one another to learn about where they live.
The two main characters in the story.
Who are Blaise and George?
The point of view Marisol McDonald is written and the words in paragraph one that proves your answer.
What is first person point of view? What is "My name is Marisol McDonald, and I don't match."
Explain how Marisol McDonald and Judy Moody are similar.
What is they both try to change or try something new. Marisol McDonald tried to match, and Judy Moody tried to stay in a good mood.
Explain what graphic feature is on page 80 in your text and how this can help readers.
What is the graphic feature on page 80 is a chart that helps the reader understand what Scaredy Squirrel is afraid of?
On pages 118 and 119, explain, using evidence from the text, the words that help the reader understand what skyscrapers are.
What is "Skyscrapers are buildings so tall they tickle the clouds," and "At night all the lights from the city look like the stars from the sky."
During the beginning of the story, you can infer that Blaise and George think they are writing to another _______. What evidence from the text proves this?
What is they think they are writing to another boy/dragon. The thought bubbles show Blaise and George imagining each other.
Describe how Marisol McDonald signs her name AND why.
What is half in cursive and half in print? She does this, because she does not match.
Read paragraphs 8, 9, and 10 on page 41 in Judy Moody. Explain what is happening in these paragraphs.
What is, Judy Moody needed to go to the back of the room to calm down in an area called Antartica.
On page 85 in your textbook, explain the use of the boldface print, text feature, BUT.
What is the use of the boldface print is to bring attention that Scaredy Squirrel is prepared for an emergency.
In the text, both cousins like to play in water. Using text evidence, explain what causes the boys to play in the water.
What is, in paragraph 19, the text stated that "in the afternoon, it often gets hot", and Charlie says "In the summer the city gets hot, too."
Describe the plot of the story.
What is, two students who were different became penpals through a pen pal project at school. They continued writing, imagining their penpals to look the same as them, and started to enjoy writing to each other. Then, they were finally able to meet. They were both surprised to find out that one was a dragon and the other was a boy, but became good friends anyway.
The person that scrunches their nose in the story. The reason why they scrunch their nose.
Who is Ollie? What is he scrunches his nose when he hears about the peanut butter and jelly burrito?
The Illustration on page 50 shows smiley faces on several items. Explain what the author wants to convey or wants the reader to know.
What is, Jessica is normally a happy person or in a good mood often, except that the expression on her face shows that she is a little annoyed?
Explain how Scaredy Squirrel changed throughout the story.
What is Scaredy Squirrel started off scared of many things, sticking with the same schedule who never leaves his tree. Towards the end, he accidentally fell out of his tree, realizing nothing bad happened, and ended up changing his schedule.
On page 121, the text states, "I ride it past the perros and past a nopal." Define what perros and nopal are.
What are dogs and cactus?
What lesson was the author trying to teach the readers?
What is, it's okay to be different and still be friends.
The main problem of the story. The solution or resolution of the story.
What is Marisol McDonald tried to match, but she didn't like it, so she went back to mismatching after Mrs. Apple wrote her a letter saying she was perfect just the way she was.
Compare and contrast the physical characteristics or traits of Judy Moody and Jessica.
Compare the personality characteristics or traits of Judy Moody and Jessica.
What is some physical characteristics of Judy Moody is messy, has short, reddish/brown hair and Jessica has longer, reddish/brown hair, and she is not messy.
What is some personality characteritics is that Judy Moody is moody and unorganized, where as Jessica is not moody and organized.
Compare the tables on pages 84 and 97 and list the differences.
What is at 9:37, Scaredy Squirrel jumps into the unknown.
On pages 120 and 121, Charlie says "it is like a long metal snake, and it travels through tunnels underground." Charlie is describing what to Carlitos?
What is the subway?
There are many causes and effects throughout stories. This happened because of this. Describe a cause and effect in this story.
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