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Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson. Feature Menu. Introducing the Selection Literary Focus: Motivation Reading Skills: Summarizing. Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson. Too Soon a Woman by Dorothy M. Johnson. What if you were left in the middle of nowhere. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson
Introducing the Selection
Literary Focus: Motivation
Reading Skills: Summarizing
Feature Menu
Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson
Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson
What if you were left in the middle of nowhere
with children you hardly know
and nothing to eat?
Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson
There is no game for hunting
no food for sharing.
Even the fish won’t bite.
What would you do?
no crop for harvesting
Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson
Read how one young girl is forced to become “too soon a woman.”
It’s all up to Mary now. . .
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and Mary alone.
Too Soon a WomanLiterary Focus: Motivation
As you read “Too Soon a Woman,” you will be asked to analyze motivation in the story. A character’s motivation is his or her reason for displaying a behavior.
Motivation answers the question why?
Too Soon a WomanLiterary Focus: Motivation
Guess the motivations of the people in the photos below.
To save lives or property? To feel heroic?
To help children?To make a living?
Too Soon a WomanLiterary Focus: Motivation
As you read “Too Soon a Woman,” ask yourself why the characters do what they do.
Do the characters’ actions make sense to you?
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Are their motivations clear right away, or only later in the story?
Too Soon a WomanReading Skills: Summarizing
As you read “Too Soon a Woman,” practice summarizing.
When you summarize,
• identify the major characters
• describe the characters’ problems
• state the main events
• explain how the problems are resolved
Too Soon a WomanReading Skills: Summarizing
Remember: A summary is a short restatement of the main events and ideas.
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Keep your summary simple—leave out minor details.
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Too Soon a Womanby Dorothy M. Johnson
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