7th+Grade+Assignment+---+1

There are three comprehension strategies that we will be practicing as we read __A Paradise Called Texas__.

PREDICTION-- Students predict what the topic will be about. Students predict what the book will be about.

CONNECTIONS-- Text to Self: Connect your personal life to the text. How do you connect to a character, theme, scene, and setting? Text to Text: Connect another piece of text to this text. As you read, are you reminded of a movie, another book, or something you have seen on television? Text to World: Connect to the world. Does the characters remind of someone you have met or seen in public? Is the theme of the book a hot issue or topic in the news?

SUMMARIZING-- Students will determine what is important in what they are reading and put it into their own words.

__**Assignment 1---20 points**__

I. Making Predictions---2 points Please make a prediction about what Chapter 4---The Storm will be about.

II. Making Connections---6 points Please make some connections to what you have already read. Text to Self

Text to Text

Text to World

III. Writing a Summary---12 points Please write a paragraph summarizing using information you have read from chapters 1-2.