Have you ever noticed a character who often ends up

in the same situations?Hmmm… this has happened to the

character before…

In this lesson, you will learn how readers use patterns of behavior to figure out how a

character might react by asking “What did the character do last time this happened?”

Let’s ReviewLet’s Review

Dyamonde is trying to get to know the new boy, Free

Let’s ReviewA Common MistakeForgetting to think back to what a character did in a similar situation.

I think he did this before, but I’ll

just keep reading

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

Pause when a character is in a familiar situation.

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

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Outside of homeroom, Free was harder to ignore. He stomped everywhere, growled at anyone who spoke to him, and kept bumping into kids because he didn’t look where he was going.

Free bumps into kids and doesn’t look where he is going

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

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Free stomped into the lunchroom, fists clenched, not looking where he was going-again. He bumped into Jordan, this tiny third-grader.

What did the character do the last time this happened?

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

Maybe Free will act like a bully again

Let’s ReviewCore Lesson

Pause when a character is in a familiar situation.1

2Ask: “What did the character do the last time something similar happened?”

3 Jot down your predictions on a sticky note.

In this lesson, you have learned how to use patterns of behavior to figure out how a

character might act by asking “What did the character do the

last time something similar happened?”

Let’s ReviewGuided PracticeRead a section of your book.

1. Pause after reading a part where a character is in a familiar situation.

2. Ask yourself: “What did the character do the last time something similar happened?”

3. Jot your predictions on a sticky note.

Let’s ReviewExtension ActivitiesLook through your sticky notes from

reading to see if you can find a pattern of behaviors for a character.

Once you notice a character is often in familiar situations, try asking yourself,

“Does the character react the same way each time this happens?”

Let’s ReviewExtension Activities

Track a character’s reactions to familiar situations and see if they change

during the story.

Let’s ReviewQuick Quiz

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On the way back, Dyamonde found Free sitting alone on the stoop of the building corner. She had heard he lived nearby, but this was the first time she had seen him.

“Hey,” she said as she passed.

Read this excerpt from Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel. This is a familiar situation where someone talks to Free. Ask: “What did Free do the last time something similar happened?”

Jot your predictions of how Free might speak to Dyamonde down on a sticky note.