Tops and Bottoms
Tops and Bottoms
adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens
adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens
Genre: Trickster Tale - an imaginative story in which one character tricks another
Reading Skills: Theme, Point of View
Strategy: Visualize
Essential Question: Why is it important to grow food crops?
Student Objectives:
Determine the central message, or theme, of a story.
Visualize characters, setting, and story events.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
risky: dangerous
grunted: made a short, low sound in the back of the throat
profit: the amount of money left after the costs of doing business is subtracted from the amount of money earned
crops: plants that a grown, especially those grown for food
plucked: pulled off or out quickly
scowled: made an angry facial expression
tugged: pulled strongly
hollered: yelled
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