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Guided Reading – Off and Running by Gary Soto Essential Question: How can you use text format and a Venn diagram to compare and contrast character traits? 1. As you read the story, use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the main characters, Miata and Rudy. 2. What kind of person is Miata’s father? 3. Compare and contrast Miata’s mood with her father’s mood. 4. Why does Miata’s mother tell her about the women who had been mayor? 5. Why does the author use the verb climbing in the phrase soapsuds climbing to their elbows? 6. Compare how Miata felt when she first heard about Doῆa Carmen with how she feels as she drives over to visit her. 7. Why do you think Miata’s mother tell her not to let Doῆa Carmen pay for the bread? 8. How do you know that Doῆa Carmen is elderly? 9. In what ways are Doῆa Carmen and Miata similar? How are they different? 10. Do you agree with Miata’s statement that the things she wants to do are just little things? Why or why not? 11. How does meeting Doῆa Carmen make a difference in Miata’s campaign? 12. How does the author’s use of Spanish words add to the selection?
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Guided Reading – Off and Running by Gary Soto
Essential Question: How can you use text format and a Venn diagram to compare and contrast character traits?
1. As you read the story, use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the main characters, Miata and Rudy.
2. What kind of person is Miata’s father?
3. Compare and contrast Miata’s mood with her father’s mood.
4. Why does Miata’s mother tell her about the women who had been mayor?
5. Why does the author use the verb climbing in the phrase soapsuds climbing to their elbows?
6. Compare how Miata felt when she first heard about Doῆa Carmen with how she feels as she drives over to visit her.
7. Why do you think Miata’s mother tell her not to let Doῆa Carmen pay for the bread?
8. How do you know that Doῆa Carmen is elderly?
9. In what ways are Doῆa Carmen and Miata similar? How are they different?
10. Do you agree with Miata’s statement that the things she wants to do are just little things? Why or why not?
11. How does meeting Doῆa Carmen make a difference in Miata’s campaign?
12. How does the author’s use of Spanish words add to the selection?
13. What traits does Miata have that might make her a good school leader? Why are these traits important?
14. If Miata and Rudy were running for office at your school, who do you think would win? Tell why you think so.
15. How did you use reading strategies to help you understand this story
16. Use the Venn diagram to write a two paragraph summary of “Off and Running”
Spelling and Vocabulary for Off and Running
Vocabulary
1. graffiti – drawings or writing scrawled or painted on a public surface, such as a wall of a building
2. obnoxious – very unpleasant or offensive
3. campaign – an organized series of activities designed to obtain a definite result
4. endorse – to give approval or support to someone
5. residence – place where one lives
Spelling – Words with the prefixes pre- (before) and pro-(for or on behalf of)
1. previous Sitton Unit 13
2. precede 1. plane
3. proclaim 2. street
4. pretend 3. couldn’t
5. pronunciation 4. reason
6. promise 5. difference
7. process CHALLENGE
8. professional 1. acquaintance
9. prefer 2. aquarium
10. predict 3. convenience
4.characterization
5. sufficient
Sitton Unit 13 Word Test
1. your
2. their
3. another
4. because
5. something
6. always
7. until
8. since
9. sure(ly)
10. answer
11. complete
12. carefully
13. simple
14. else
15. friend
16. information
17. figure
18. you’re
19. plane
20. street
21. couldn’t
22. reason
23. difference
