Sarah Plain and Tall

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Sarah Plain and Tall

• Jeff Cole
• Bishop Elementary

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Linguistic Considerations

• All questions have question marks ?, use the
  correct upward inflection at the end of a
  question when you ask it.
• Question words are followed by verbs
• Who the girl? Who is the girl?
• Where you live? Where do you live?
• What he say? What did he say? Or What did he say?
• Past tense of sing is sang.
• I like to sing. I am singing. I sang yesterday I
  will sing tommorow.

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Selection Background

• The family in this story lived on the prairie
  more than 100 years ago. There were no big
  cities or hospitals on the prairie. Most people
  lived on farms far away from one another. Woman
  often died during or shortly after childbirth
  because it was difficult to get medical care in
  such an isolated place. It was also difficult
  for men to meet new woman to marry. So men often
  placed advertisements in newspapers to find a new
  wife. The men would describe themselves and
  their families in the ads. Then woman would
  answer the ads by letter. Examples of classified
  ads or job listings

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Day 1 Asking Questions (Read 48-51) praire,
hearthstone, remember, died, born, sing

• Ill give you an answer. You ask me the question
  it answers
• Anna is telling the story.
• Who is telling the story?
• The story begins in the winter.
• When does the story begin?
• The family lives on the praire.
• Where does the family live?
• Anna is making bread and talking to Caleb.
• What is Anna doing?
• Caleb feels sad.
• How does Caleb feel?
• Caleb cannot remember his Mama because she died
  when he was born?
• Why cant Caleb remember his Mama?

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Day 1 Comprehension

• How did Anna and Calebs mother die?
• What kind of pets do Anna and Caleb have?
• Why do you think Papa does not sing anymore?

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Vocabulary Quiz Sarah Day 2

• Fiesty
• Energetic
• Pesky
• Mild mannered
• Troublesome

• causing problems or difficulties
• annoying
• gentle in nature
• full of energy
• having energy spirited

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Day 2 Asking Questions (read 52-55) Maine, wife,
place, advertisement, married, sea, letter,
worried

• Day 1 praire, hearthstone, remember, died, born,
  sing
• Ill give you an answer. You ask me the question
  it answers
• Jacob places an advertisement because he want to
  find a new wife.
• Why does Jacob place an advertisement?
• Sarah lives by the sea in Maine.
• Where does Sarah live?
• Sarah lives with her brother.
• Who does Sarah live with?
• Sarah wants to move because her brother is
  getting married.
• Why does Sarah want to move?

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Day 2 Comprehension

• She writes a letter.
• Who gets the first letter back from Sarah?
• Anna
• How can you tell that Anna asked Sarah a lot of
  questions in her letter?
• Sarahs letter seems to be answering a lot of
  specific questions.

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Vocabulary Quiz Sarah Day 3

• Fiesty
• Energetic
• Pesky
• Mild mannered
• Troublesome

• annoying
• gentle in nature
• full of energy
• having energy spirited
• causing problems or difficulties

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Day 3 Ask Questions (56-59) month, visit, by
train, train station, plain, chore, porch, wait,
bonnet

• Day 2 Maine, wife, place, advertisement, married,
  sea, letter, worried
• Ill give you an answer. You ask me the question
  it answers.
• Sara will come visit the family by train.
• How will Sarah come to visit the family?
• Sarah will wear a yellow bonnet.
• What will Sarah wear?
• The family will know who Sarah is because she is
  plain and tall.
• How will the family know who Sarah is?
• Sarah will come in the spring.
• When will Sarah come?

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Comprehension Day 3

• How long will Sarah visit the family?
• A month
• Where does Papa go to get Sarah/
• The train station
• Where do Anna and Caleb wait for Sarah to come?
• The porch
• Why do you think Caleb is so worried about
  Sarahs visit?
• He wants a mother, and he wants Sarah to like
  hime and his family.

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Anything Goes Vocabulary Quiz Sarah Day 4
Fiesty, Energetic, Pesky, Mild mannered,
Troublesome

• What is the meaning of this word?
• Mild mannered-____________________________________
  ___________
• Can you use the word in a sentence?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• What are some aimilarities and differences
  between these two words?
• pesky fiesty
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _________________________________________
• Can you use this word and another word in a
  sentence?
• troublesome energetic
• Can you spell the past tense form of this word?
• mild manner
• What is the part of speech (or two parts of
  speech) of this word?
• (Noun-person, place or thing Adjective-describing
  word Verb-action word)
• Mild mannered
• energetic
• Think of a synonym and antonym of this word.
• Fiesty

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Day 4 Daily Vocabulary Review

• Day 1 praire, hearthstone, remember, died, born,
  sing
• Day 2 Maine, wife, place, advertisement, married,
  sea, letter, worried
• Day 3 month, visit, by train, train station,
  plain, chore, porch, wait, bonnet
• Day 4 dust, verb, wagon, stone, shell, change
  your mind, perfect, wish

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Day 4 Ask Questions (Read 60-63)

• Ill give you an answer. You ask me the question
  it answers
• Yes, Anna and Caleb see Anna in the wagon.
• Do Anna and Caleb see Sarah in the wagon.
• No, Sarah does not bring the sea with her, but
  she brings a shell and stone from the sea.
• Does Sarah bring the sea with her?
• Yes, Anna thinks that Sarah is plain and tall.
• Does Anna think that Sarah is plain and tall?
• Yes, Anne is worried that Sarah will change her
  mind and leave.
• Is Anna worried that Sarah will change her mind
  and leave?

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Day 4 Comprehension

• What pet does Sarah bring with her?
• Her cat, Seal
• What does Sarah bring from the sea for Anna and
  Caleb?
• A stone and shell
• What does Anna wish to be for Sarah?
• Perfect

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Answering Questions Test Day 5

• Ill give you an answer. You ask me the question
  it answers.
• Anna, Caleb, and Papa are the family in the
  story.
• They live on the prairie.
• The father placed an advertisement because he
  wanted a wife.
• The family got to know Sarah by reading and
  writing letters.
• Yes, Anna and Caleb wanted Sarah to visit.
• Sarah came to visit the family during the spring.
• Sarah gave them a stone and shell from the sea.
• Yes, Anna wished to be perfect like the stone.

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Comprehension Test Day 5

• Papa places an advertisement to find a wife. Why
  is this taking a risk?
• Sarah leaves her home and visits the family on
  the prairie. How is this taking a risk?
• Anna and Caleb let Sarah become part of the
  family. How is this taking a risk?

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