Sarah Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
Genre: Historical Fiction - a story that is set in the past
Reading Skills: Story Structure and Point of View
Strategy: Monitor/Clarify
Essential Question: What was life on the prairie like for the pioneers?
Student Objectives:
Describe the characters, setting, and plot of a story.
Determine how a character's actions can affect the sequence of events within a story and the story structure.
Vocabulary
prairie: a treeless, grass-covered plain in the Midwest
slick: having a smooth, glossy, or slippery surface
fetch: to go after and bring back somebody or something
clattered: made a loud rattling noise
sniff: breathe in through the nose to see how something smells
rough: having a bumpy, knobby, or uneven surface
batted: struck at something
thumped: hit in a way that made a loud dull sound
buzzing: making a low, humming sound
rustle: a swishing or soft cracking