Homework from the Future The Encouragement App
Homework from the Future The Encouragement App Homework from the Future Vocabulary Level U/50
• Use examples to determine word meaning: What does the word chores mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 9. (Answer: tasks around the house, Clues/Evidence: like cleaning up my room)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension
get a good idea of what it is like to be a horse respect their opinions didn’t need communication helmet he knew what he was thinking understand others
• Identify facts and details: How is the hologram described? (talking, thinking, feeling, three-dimensional, page 9) • Identify facts and details: When did the Hot Ages begin? (around the twentyfirst century, page 12)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify cause and effect: Since the wagons is so lightweight and balanced, Tom feels . . . (like he is pulling no more than the weight of a wbaby, page 10) • Identify stated main idea: What sentence tells the main idea of the first paragraph on page 11? (The future is filled with high-tech inventions, too.)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Analyze characters: What clues on page 10 tell you that Gif is good at understanding others? Use an analyze character chart for help in answering the question. (Clues/Evidence: You get a good idea of what it is like to be a horse; I have come to respect their opinions; Gif didn’t needn’t a communication helmet to understand why the 21-CK looked puzzled; he knew what he was thinking) • Make inferences: Look at page 15. What clue tells you that Gif probably knows he will never be able to visit the places that are now silent and empty? (Clues/ Evidence: Gif wiped the tears from his eyes)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why does the author use the hyperbole “a highpitched crunching sound that can shatter eardrums on the moon” on page 9? (to make the story wild and entertaining) • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses descriptive words to tell about lava. Find these on page 12. (bursting, gushing, spewing, sizzling)
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The Encouragement App Vocabulary • Use examples to determine word meaning: What does the word advice mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on pages 20 and 21. (Answer: ideas about what ought to be done, Clues/Evidence: he really should have asked me for advice; I would have told him what to say; wrong again) all tools loaded on E.T.’s could not uninstall Encouragement Patch Encouragement Patch on E.T.’s argued against removal
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: What is the galaxy’s biggest prize? (the App of the Year, page 18) • Identify facts and details: Who decided it was time to uninstall the Encouragement Patch? (the E.T. Commission, page 23)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Compare and contrast: How was interest in the Encouragement Patch for a while different from people’s feelings about the Patch after a few weeks? (for a while the Encouragement Patch did pique interest; after a few weeks, people started getting tired of it, page 22) • Identify cause and effect: Why couldn’t experts uninstall the Encouragement Patch? Use a cause and effect chart for help in answering the question. (every tool the programmers used was loaded on their E.T.’s; the Encouragement Patch on all the E.T.’s kept arguing against its own removal, page 23) Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Analyze character: Plexi thinks that she knows more than Benzo. How do you know this? (Clues/Evidence: He really should have asked me for advice; I would have told him what to say; that shirt he’s wearing is ridiculas, page 20) • Make predictions: How do you know that Benzo’s plan for fooling the Encouragement Patch involves Plexi? (Clues/Evidence: “Plexi,” he asked, “Would you be willing to do the galaxy a big favor?”)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension
Readers’ & Writers’ Genre Workshop ©2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
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• Analyze text structure and organization: What text structure is the author using when he writes that the Encouragement Patch was more popular than oxygen? (hyperbole, page 22) • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses examples to tell how people used the Encouragement Patch. Where do you find this? (page 22)
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• Use examples to determine word meaning: What does the word chores mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 9. (Answer: tasks around the house, Clues/Evidence: like cleaning up my room)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension
get a good idea of what it is like to be a horse respect their opinions didn’t need communication helmet he knew what he was thinking understand others
• Identify facts and details: How is the hologram described? (talking, thinking, feeling, three-dimensional, page 9) • Identify facts and details: When did the Hot Ages begin? (around the twentyfirst century, page 12)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify cause and effect: Since the wagons is so lightweight and balanced, Tom feels . . . (like he is pulling no more than the weight of a wbaby, page 10) • Identify stated main idea: What sentence tells the main idea of the first paragraph on page 11? (The future is filled with high-tech inventions, too.)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Analyze characters: What clues on page 10 tell you that Gif is good at understanding others? Use an analyze character chart for help in answering the question. (Clues/Evidence: You get a good idea of what it is like to be a horse; I have come to respect their opinions; Gif didn’t needn’t a communication helmet to understand why the 21-CK looked puzzled; he knew what he was thinking) • Make inferences: Look at page 15. What clue tells you that Gif probably knows he will never be able to visit the places that are now silent and empty? (Clues/ Evidence: Gif wiped the tears from his eyes)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why does the author use the hyperbole “a highpitched crunching sound that can shatter eardrums on the moon” on page 9? (to make the story wild and entertaining) • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses descriptive words to tell about lava. Find these on page 12. (bursting, gushing, spewing, sizzling)
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The Encouragement App Vocabulary • Use examples to determine word meaning: What does the word advice mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on pages 20 and 21. (Answer: ideas about what ought to be done, Clues/Evidence: he really should have asked me for advice; I would have told him what to say; wrong again) all tools loaded on E.T.’s could not uninstall Encouragement Patch Encouragement Patch on E.T.’s argued against removal
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: What is the galaxy’s biggest prize? (the App of the Year, page 18) • Identify facts and details: Who decided it was time to uninstall the Encouragement Patch? (the E.T. Commission, page 23)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Compare and contrast: How was interest in the Encouragement Patch for a while different from people’s feelings about the Patch after a few weeks? (for a while the Encouragement Patch did pique interest; after a few weeks, people started getting tired of it, page 22) • Identify cause and effect: Why couldn’t experts uninstall the Encouragement Patch? Use a cause and effect chart for help in answering the question. (every tool the programmers used was loaded on their E.T.’s; the Encouragement Patch on all the E.T.’s kept arguing against its own removal, page 23) Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Analyze character: Plexi thinks that she knows more than Benzo. How do you know this? (Clues/Evidence: He really should have asked me for advice; I would have told him what to say; that shirt he’s wearing is ridiculas, page 20) • Make predictions: How do you know that Benzo’s plan for fooling the Encouragement Patch involves Plexi? (Clues/Evidence: “Plexi,” he asked, “Would you be willing to do the galaxy a big favor?”)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension
Readers’ & Writers’ Genre Workshop ©2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
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• Analyze text structure and organization: What text structure is the author using when he writes that the Encouragement Patch was more popular than oxygen? (hyperbole, page 22) • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses examples to tell how people used the Encouragement Patch. Where do you find this? (page 22)
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