by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Take a “picture walk” with students through the book. Discuss what you see in each of the illustrations (location, landscape, characters, activity, print, etc.).
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Looking at the cover of the book, pose the following questions: What do you see in the illustration? Who do you think is in this illustration? What do you think they are doing together? What season do you think this is? Why do you think that? Why do you think the...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
To increase students’ oral language and written language skills, have students respond to any of the questions during discussions as a whole class, in small groups or in partners and then record their responses in a journal, report or other written format.
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
After students have read and discussed the book, ask them to reexamine the title. What do students think it means? How does it relate to the story as a whole? Have students cite specific evidence from the book (pictures and text) that shows how the little girl feels...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
There are several parts of this book where the text is open to interpretation. Working as a class, discuss the possible meanings of the following passages. “But we do stop. Because the people who are taking us don’t always take us where we are going.” “The truck that...
