Harcourt Storytown Lesson 8 “Three Little Cyberpigs” Comprehension BOOSTER
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Monday
Focus Skill: Author’s Purpose and Perspective
An author’s purpose may be to entertain, to inform, to persuade, or to teach a lesson. An author can have more than one purpose for writing a text. An author often reveals his or her perspective, or point of view, on the topic.
Comprehension Strategy for this week: SUMMARIZING When you read, pause from time to time
to summarize. When you summarize a selection, you retell the most important events or ideas.
Vocabulary Words
Use your glossary in the back of your reading book to help you fill in the blanks below:
slick nimble impressed cease exist fierce
1. The ________________________ lion roared and showed his sharp teeth when he got angry.
2. I wanted to sleep late, but my sister would not _______________________ playing loud music.
3. The new race car appeared very __________________________________ in the advertisement.
4. A ballerina dancer must be very ________________________ to complete all of the twists and turns.
5. Your teacher would be ________________________________ if you had 300 A.R. points already!
6. Dinosaurs don’t __________________________________ anymore.
Read page 216 and answer the following. Be sure to use complete sentences.
1. How can you tell that a story is in the PLAY genre? ________________________________________________________________________
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Tuesday
Read pages 217-219 and answer the following. Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. Be sure to reread if you can’t find the answers.
2. What problem, or conflict, do the Three Little Pigs face? ________________________________________________________________________
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3. The author uses phrases such as barbecued piggies on a bun. What does this suggest about her purpose for writing this story?
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4. The Three Little Pigs run into a shop to escape the wolf. What is unusual about the shop?
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5. What do you thing the word rebooted means? How do you know?
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6. Summarize what has happened on pages 218-219. Remember, a summary only retells the important
parts of the story.
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Wednesday
Read pages 220-221 and answer the following. Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. Be sure to reread if you can’t find the answers.
7. The Big Bad Wolf has not appeared since the beginning of the play. Do you think the wolf will come back? Why or why not?
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8. Why does Little Bo Peep save her sheep under “Sheep, you behave”?
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What makes this funny?
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9. Why does the author use a computer store as the setting of the play?
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Locating Information: Read the following information about locating information.
Users can access a library database either by using a computer at the library or by using a personal computer that has an Internet connection. When using a library database you can search by typing in an author’s name, a book title, a call number, a subject, or a keyword. When you search by keyword, the computer will search all of the records for this word or phrase.
10. If you wanted to find books written by Bruce Coville, but you didn’t know the names of the books, what would be the BEST way to search a library database for these books?
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Read pages 222-223 and answer the following. Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. Be sure to reread if you can’t find the answers.
11. How do the characters get rid of the Big Bad Wolf? (Solve their conflict?)
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12. Why do you think the author chose to have the characters get rid of the wolf this way?
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Locating Information: You would search the Internet using keywords to find information about recent or new things you might wish to buy. You could search a newspaper’s website for sports scores, the latest news, and current weather. You could use a CD Rom encyclopedia if you needed information about something that happened in the past (because once a cd rom is made, it isn’t updated with new information).
13. What source would you use to find out the score of Lincoln’s football game? _________________
14. What source would you use to find information about a new Wii game? _____________________
15. What source would you use to find information about a former U. S. President? _______________
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