Chapter+4+Because+of+Figs

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Day 1

 * 1) Read the title of the chapter. What __questions__ do you have? YES! Good readers immediately think about figs, and if you don't know what it is, you wonder, What is a fig? Does anyone know?
 * 2) We are going to figure out what a fig is by __inferring__ it from this chapter. We are going to have to look for clues.
 * 3) Read page 37. (first 2 paragraphs) Ask __questions__, make __predictions__.
 * 4) Begin a list of what we know so far about figs.
 * 5) Read p. 38-39. Come back to talk.
 * 6) What does Julian think about the tree? What do you think about it? (He thinks he should grow as fast as the tree does.) Predictions?

Day 2

 * 1) Look back at our list of __questions__. What have we answered? What do we still wonder? Any to add to the list?
 * 2) Read p. 40-41 and stop at "and he looked at it more often."
 * 3) Come back and write your thoughts about these lines:
 * 4) "maybe what makes you grow will make me grow."
 * 5) "It worked. I stayed taller than Huey. I got taller than my fig tree."
 * 6) "The fig tree never said a word."
 * 7) "It's a nice little tree, but it isn't growing."
 * 8) Talk about what they infer about what Julian is thinking, and what is really going on. Why does the tree never say a word? Why is it not growing?

Day 3

 * 1) Review questions list again. What have we answered? What do we still wonder?
 * 2) Finish the chapter.
 * 3) Ask students to pull out important quotes to talk about.
 * 4) Be sure to touch on:
 * 5) why does dad threaten to pull the tree out?
 * 6) Talk about the picture at the end and the dream he has.
 * 7) What did Julian learn?
 * 8) Make connections to the rest of the book. Start to __synthesize__.