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3. List three words you think of when you look at this picture.

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2. Write two ideas you have based on the picture and your words. If possible, use your words as you write your ideas.

a. I think… b. I think...

1. Write one question you have.

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Expert Groups: Bucking the Sarge Choose one of the following topics and become our expert on the topic. When we encounter your topic in our reading of Bucking the Sarge, we’ll ask you to provide background knowledge to help us understand the importance of that topic in our novel.

Flint, Michigan

Philosopher

Methuselah

Millenium

Hokey Pokey

Temptations, Funkadelics, Marvin Gaye

Morticia

Scurvy [lurvy]

Billy Goat Gruff

Hansel and Gretel

Mody Dick

Sheep in a Jeep

Loan shark

Caveat emptor

Pablo Picasso

Muhammad Ali

Ali Baba

Versace

Rolex

Ferragamos

Benjamins

Little House on the Prairie

Adrenaline/fight or flight response

Titanic

Port Saint Lucie

Jacob Lawrence

Black Panthers

Nobel Peace Prize

Fred Flintstone/Barney Rubble

Fidel (Castro)/Havana

Garden of Eden

Lead Poisoning

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Use the vocabulary words in the word bank to make predictions about the book we are reading. You can use thewords more than once to make your predictions. Think about how you think the author of the book will use thewords in the story. List words that you think will go with each category of the story structure and then use thosewords to make predictions and answer the questions about structure. If there are words your group can’t usebecause they are too unfamiliar, list those words at the bottom as Mystery Words.

Adapted from Blackhowicz, C. L. Z. (1986). Making connections: Alternatives to the vocabulary notebook.Journal of Reading, 29, 643-649.

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How will the author describethe setting?

What predictions can you makeabout the characters?

What will the conflict be?Who will be involved?

What will happen in thestory?

How will the story end?

What questions do you haveabout the story?

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Now That I Know: Previewing as Pre-reading When reading non-fiction, it is extremely important to preview the text. If you preview a text before reading, you are more likely to make connections to and remember what you read. Use the text features in When Elephants Fight to discover facts, make predictions, and generate questions before reading.

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P: Predict: Look at the cover. Make some predictions about the book based on what you see here.

R: Review the Table of Contents: Review the 5 chapters listed in the Contents. List the chapter titles below.

From your review of the chapter titles, make three predictions about what we will learn from this book and how this story might be told.

E: Examine the Visuals: There are a lot of photographs, diagrams, illustrations, and art work. Write three fast facts you gained from examining the visuals.

1. ______________________________

2. ______________________________

3. ______________________________

4. ______________________________

5. ______________________________

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________

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V: Vocabulary: Vocabulary can be challenging in some nonfiction books. Skim the captions that go with the visuals. Complete the following sentence starters:

I: Index: The Index can give us a quick sense of the topics we will read about in a nonfiction book. What can you predict about the content or organization of this book based on the index?

W: What is Your Response? Draw an image or write a response after previewing the book. You will revisit your illustration and/or response after you read this book to add your new thoughts after reading.

1. I think the vocabulary in this book will be ___________________________________________________.

2. The words seem to be related to ___________________________________________________________.

3. I think I’ll find the language in this book challenging because ____________________________________

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4. Strategies I’ll use to make the vocabulary easier to read and remember are __________________________

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E: Establish a Plan: Now that you have previewed this book, what plan do you have for noting and remembering the information?

What was she thinking?

I was thinking...

Emotions I was experiencing...

I wanted them to see...

My plan...

As a result of my actions...

Problems I encountered...