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Sentence Strip Suggestions
Alexander T. Wolf introduces himself, and he explains that the real
story is all about a sneeze and a cup of sugar. He had a cold, and
he could not help it.
Wolf goes to the house made of bricks. The pig will not share his
sugar, and he insults the Wolf’s granny.
The news reporters ‘jazz up’ the story by creating the story of the
‘Big Bad Wolf’.
Sample Cards:
1. Explain briefly the sequence of your book.
2. Identify the main character. Choose five words to describe the character and explain
your choices.
3. Was your book written to persuade, inform, or entertain? Explain.
4. Which character in your book is most like someone you know?
5. What will probably happen next in your story?
6. Do any incidents, ideas, or actions in your book remind you of your own life or
something that happened to you?
7. What other conclusions can you reach about your character that the author has not
stated?
8. Read a fact from your book. Read an opinion. Do you agree or disagree with the
opinion? Explain.
9. Select one page in your book to summarize.
10. Select two characters from your book. Explain how they are alike and how they are
different.
11. If you could be any character in this book, which one would you be? Explain.
12. How does this book make you feel?
13. Several cards should be made into SHARE cards.
I got these cards from a system-wide workshop by Marilyn Burns several years ago.
They have been very effective.