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Person to Person Story Strategy Genre Skill Evaluate Making Inferences & Making Inferences Realistic Fiction 2

Key Vocabulary diary rejected disappointed snoop experience splendid prose understanding rejected snoop splendid submitted

Strategy Focus The author has chosen to show the main character only through his diary entries and letter. As you read, evaluate how well this format works in telling Leigh’s story.

We consider how well the author has told the story or shared an idea as we relate it to other stories we have read in the past

When we make inferences, we combine our own experiences and background knowledge with story details. + infer =

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When the librarian tells him he still has time to enter a contest to meet a famous author, which he wants to do, he gets right to work Leigh is industrious Someone who is willing to start a difficult task right away in order to achieve something is industrious Page 419 Press “Alt” and “Tab” to toggle between the presentation and the editable slide. You can type in the details for Second Sister, Yingtao, and Both as students read and find details.

He says he wasn’t sure his friend would like his house because it is small. Leigh might feel a bit ashamed of his house, or he might worry about losing Barry as a friend Someone may just be worried that the other person will find some reason not to like them. Page 420

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prose Ordinary spoken or written language as opposed to verse or poetry.

diary A daily record or journal

rejected Turned down, did not accept.

understanding Knowledge of something; being aware of why something is the way it is.

splendid excellent

submitted Offered one’s work to someone who might publish it.

snoop Someone who tries to find out about other people’s doings in a sneaky way.

experience Something that happens to someone; personal involvement in an event.

disappointed Made unhappy by seeing one’s hopes come to nothing.

Objectives We will: TEXT