MY TURN: YOU JUST READ MY ANSWER: Read the following: Just before dusk in the late afternoon of June 16, 1832, I found myself walking along the crowded docks of Liverpool, England, following a man by the name of Grummage. It was he my father delegated to make final arrangements for my passage to America. I can picture: I crowded dock by the ocean, the sun setting in the background and a scared child wondering why they are leaving.

MY TURN: YOU JUST READ MY ANSWER: READ THE FOLLOWING. Just before dusk in the late afternoon of June 16, 1832, I found myself walking along the crowded docks of Liverpool, England, following a man by the name of Grummage. It was he my father delegated to make final arrangements for my passage to America. What are my connections? This makes me think of the Titanic and how a lot of people were anxious to board the ship. It also makes me think about the time my parents let me go to Africa with my best friend and her family and they were dropping me off at the airport.

MY TURN: YOU JUST READ MY ANSWER: READ THE FOLLOWING. Just before dusk in the late afternoon of June 16, 1832, I found myself walking along the crowded docks of Liverpool, England, following a man by the name of Grummage. It was he my father delegated to make final arrangements for my passage to America. What 2 questions do I have? 1. Why is the father making the child go with a stranger to America? 2. Is there a war going on? 3. Is there family waiting for the child in America?

YOUR TURN! Read the following: I don’t like the new baby of the family. I want to send it back to wherever babies live before they get here. When I pinch him, a red mark stays behind, and his cry is high and tinny, a sound that hurts my ears. “That’s what you get,” my sister says. “His crying is him fighting you back.” Then she picks him up, holds him close, tells him softly everything’s all right. List 3 things that you are picturing in your head.

YOUR TURN! Read the following: I don’t like the new baby of the family. I want to send it back to wherever babies live before they get here. When I pinch him, a red mark stays behind, and his cry is high and tinny, a sound that hurts my ears. “That’s what you get,” my sister says. “His crying is him fighting you back.” Then she picks him up, holds him close, tells him softly everything’s all right. What are 2 deep connections you can make from this story?

YOUR TURN! Read the following: I don’t like the new baby of the family. I want to send it back to wherever babies live before they get here. When I pinch him, a red mark stays behind, and his cry is high and tinny, a sound that hurts my ears. “That’s what you get,” my sister says. “His crying is him fighting you back.” Then she picks him up, holds him close, tells him softly everything’s all right. What are at least 2 questions you have about what you read?