Illustrated by Diane Greenseid Name ______________________________ Ramona Forever By Beverly Cleary Illustrated by Diane Greenseid Prediction ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author’s Purpose inform persuade entertain

Ramona Forever Focus Skills: To use prefixes and suffixes to determine or clarify meaning To read and understand a realistic fiction selection To compare realistic fiction with poetry To use subject pronouns correctly in speaking and writing Genre Realistic Fiction- tells about characters and events that are like people and events in real life Summary When Ramona’s mother has a new baby, Ramona’s concerns are cured with extra doses of affection from her parents. Reading Strategy Use Decoding and Phonics There will always be unfamiliar words in a story. Figuring out how to pronounce a word is called decoding. Once a word has been decoded, readers can confirm word meanings using context clues or a dictionary.

What big event is happening at the Quimby home? Page 360 What big event is happening at the Quimby home? _________________________________________________________ Who is Algie? _________________________________________________________ How does Ramona feel about her mom going to the hospital? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ How can you tell? Page 362 How does Beezus comfort Ramona? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ How does Ramona feel when the phone rings?

How do the girls feel about being alone at night? Page 364 How do the girls feel about being alone at night? _________________________________________________________ What wonderful and surprising event happens next? _________________________________________________________ Why is it hard for Ramona to understand who Roberta is? _________________________________________________________ Page 366 What makes the day after the baby’s birth seem long and lonely? _________________________________________________________ Why do Beezus and Ramona vacuum and dust? _________________________________________________________ Why was Mr. Quimby exhausted that evening? _________________________________________________________

What awful thing happens when Ramona tries to see the baby? Page 368 What awful thing happens when Ramona tries to see the baby? _________________________________________________________ How does Ramona feel when she is sent downstairs? How would you feel? Ramona you Page 370 What happens to Ramona as she sits in the lobby? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Why? Page 372 Why does Ramona feel better after the doctor examines her? _________________________________________________________

What does the doctor say Ramona needs? Page 374 What does the doctor say Ramona needs? What does Mr. Quimby give Ramona? __________________________________________________________ How does Ramona feel about not being able to see Roberta for three days? Draw her face. Page 376 What makes Mrs. Quimby’s words to Ramona the most beautiful words she had ever heard? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ How does Ramona seem to feel when she sees the baby? How do you know? Page 378 ________________________________________________________________________________ Why does Ramona feel sympathy for Roberta?

What is Ramona’s problem? How do her parents help her? ________________________________________________________________________ What is the author trying to say about growing up? Think and Respond What is Ramona’s problem? How do her parents help her? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why does Ramona think she is winning at growing up? What is siblingitis? Explain in your own words. Do you think the doctor wrote a good prescription? Why or why not?

Use the graphic organizer to answer the following questions. How does Ramona feel about her mother going to the hospital? What do the girls decide to do right after Mrs. Quimby goes to the hospital? Where does this story take place? What is Mr. Quimby’s first name? Who is the fifth Quimby? Why is Ramona’s heart pounding at the hospital? Why does Ramona feel sick as she waits in the hospital lobby? What does the word sibling mean? Why does Mr. Quimby give Ramona a hug and a kiss? Mrs. Quimby says Roberta looks like ____________. Why does Ramona agree that she is wonderful and blunderful? What beautiful thing does Mrs. Quimby tell Ramona at the hospital? How is Roberta different front the baby on the cover of A Name for Your Baby?