“A PACKAGE FOR MRS. JEWLS”BY LOUIS SACHAR

Unit 1: Lesson 1 Reading Notes

Reading Strategies

Good Readers….Make predictionsAsk questionsVisualizeInfer/Draw ConclusionsAnalyze-look for cluesSummarize-retell

Unit 1: Lesson 1

Selection: “A Package for Mrs. Jewels” Target Skill: Story StructureTarget Strategy: Summarize

Story Structure

Story Structure-basic parts of the story’s plot

setting, characters, and plotas you read look for the main character’s

conflict (problem) and resolution (solution to the problem).

Use a Story Map Graphic Organizer to organize main ideas of each part of the story that make up the story structure.

Summarize

Summarize- to retell important parts of the story in your own words

Conflict- the problemResolution- the solution to a problem

Point of View

refers to who is telling the story.

third person- Narrator is telling the story

third person limited-shares only one characters thoughts and feelings

third person omniscient-shares thoughts and feelings of ALL of the characters

Point of View

“A Package for Mrs. Jewls” is written in the third person limited point of view.

Irony

Irony- occurs when something happens that is the opposite of what the readers expect.

The ending of “A Package for Mrs. Jewls” is an example of irony.

Irony

In “A Package for Mrs. Jewls”, the reader does not expect Mrs. Jewls to use the computer the way she does.

The use of irony in the passage makes it surprising and humorous!

Vocabulary-Context Clues

Context- words and sentences around the words and sentences around a word that give clues to the words meaning.