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Name ______________________________. The Stories Julian Tells By Ann Cameron Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu Prediction
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Name ______________________________ The Stories Julian Tells By Ann Cameron Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu Prediction ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Author’s Purpose inform persuade entertain
The Stories Julian Tells • Focus Skills: • To identify chronological order in stories • To read and understand a realistic fiction selection • To use plural possessive nouns correctly • Make predictions • Genre • Realistic Fiction- tells about characters and events that are like people and events in real life • Summary • Julian meets Gloria, a new girl in his neighborhood. Together they make a “wish kite” with wishes fastened to its tail; both wish for lasting friendship. • Reading Strategy • Read Ahead • Readers often become confused by something they read and can’t figure out what is happening in a story. If students have trouble figuring out the sequence of events, they can try reading ahead to see if the author makes the events clearer.
Clues that Gloria is moving into the neighborhood. Pages 286-287 Pages 288-289 Emotions How do you think Julian feels when he falls? How do you know Gloria is a thoughtful person? Use a word on page 290 to complete this analogy. Sobbed is to cried as laughed is to ______________________.
Page 290 What Julian and Gloria learn from each other? What does Gloria learn from Julian? What does Julian learn from Gloria? Page 292-293 Wishes Why do you think Julian wants to see Gloria’s wishes? What do you think is Julian’s most important wish? Why?
Page 294 Who fastened a wish in the kite’s tail first? How do you know? • Think and Respond • Why is “Gloria, Who Might Be My Best Friend” a good title for this story? • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • If you make a video of this story, what three places would you need to show? • ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Do you think Julian will be less lonely now that he knows Gloria? Why? • ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Use the graphic organizer to answer the following questions. • What is one way Julian changes after meeting Gloria? • How does Julian feel when he falls after trying to do a cartwheel? • Why does Gloria tell Julian that it takes practice to turn a cartwheel? • How is Newport different from Gloria’s new town? • Why don’t the mother and father robin want Gloria near their nest? • Why does Julian invite Gloria to his house? • Why does Gloria giggle while she is visiting Julian? • Julian and Gloria take time to share things with each other. Why? • How do the wishes become part of the kite? • What does the kite tail look like when it is flying in the sky? • Why doesn’t Gloria tell Julian her wishes? • What is a good describing word for Gloria? • What are the materials Gloria and Julian use to make the kite? • How are Julian and Gloria going to know if their wishes are coming true?
