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Listen for clues about author's purpose. |
this week's Leveled
Readers. See pp. 244f–244g 
| 1. | Would you say the author's purpose in writing this story was to persuade, inform, entertain, or express ideas or feelings? (Possible response: The author's purpose might have been to entertain, or it might have been to express a truth.) Author's Purpose |
| 2. | What do you think the author means by "miles apart, but two of a kind"? (Possible response: No matter where you live or what you do, people are pretty much the same inside.) Draw Conclusions |
Ben is a country kid. When he wakes up in the morning, he hears cows mooing and birds singing. Jody is a city kid. When she wakes up in the morning, she hears taxicab horns and fire truck sirens. Ben lives on a farm, where he and his family raise cattle. From his bedroom window on the second floor, he can see rows and rows of potatoes and beans. Jody lives in an apartment building with her mom and dad. From her bedroom window on the eighth floor, she can see tall skyscrapers and a busy city street filled with cars.When Ben goes to school, he takes a school bus that drives many miles on country roads to pick up children. When Jody leaves for school, her mom walks with her to the bus stop where a crowded city bus takes her to school.At Ben's school, when it's time for recess the kids race out to the big field behind the school to play ball. At Jody's school, the playground is surrounded by a high fence that keeps kids from running into the busy, crowded streets after escaping balls.Ben goes grocery shopping with his mother once a week. They drive up to a large supermarket in the nearest town and fill up two big shopping carts. Jody and her mom walk to the little neighborhood stores every few days to buy fresh vegetables, meat, and bread. They carry the food home in plastic bags.To see if his grandmother has sent him a birthday card, Ben has to walk out to the road where the mailbox stands. Jody's mailbox is in a large wall unit in the lobby of the building. She needs a key to open it to look for her favorite magazine.The first snowfall sends Ben scurrying for his sled to go sliding down the big hill with his friends. When it snows in the city, Jody knows to wear boots for walking on the slushy sidewalks. She can't resist jumping in the fresh snow.At Christmastime, Ben and his dad cut down a pine tree from the woods behind the farm and bring it home on the back of their truck. Jody and her parents buy their Christmas tree from a sidewalk vendor and take it home on top of a taxicab.When Ben needs to read about a famous person for a book report, his mom drives him to the bookmobile stop. When Jody needs information for a school project, she and her dad visit the neighborhood library.Every day when Ben gets home from school, his pet collie eagerly greets him and races around while he does his chores. Jody's pet hamster is quiet, sleeps a lot, and exercises on a wheel in a small cage in her bedroom. She feeds him treats and lets him scamper on her bed while she's reading.When it gets hot in the summer, Ben opens his bedroom window to let incontinued on TR1
