Ramona Quimby, Age 8

by Beverly Cleary

Genre: Humorous Fiction - funny, imaginative story

Reading Skills: Understanding Characters, Formal and Informal Language

Strategy: Infer/Predict

Essential Question: Why are safety rules important?

Student Objectives:

  • Describe the traits, motivations, and feelings of characters in a story.

  • Use text details to make inferences and predictions about a story.

Vocabulary

festive: merry

ingredients: parts of a mixture

degrees: units used to measure temperature

recommended: suggested

anxiously: with worry or eagerness

cross: angry

remarked: said

tense: edgy or stressed


Online Practice Resources:

Vocabulary Quizlet or Vocabulary Quizlet with Pictures

BrainPOP Tenses