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My Left Foot - Home Reading Strategies Monitor and Analyze

Monitor and Predict **Summarize: ** What has Brown’s life been like up to this point?

**PREDICT: ** How do Brown’s physical problems will make him feel?

**Confirm Prediction: ** Did you change your prediction as you read?

**PREDICT: ** Do you think Brown will prove his mother right about him?

**Confirm Prediction: ** Were you right about your prediction?

Analyze

** 1.Retell: ** What momentous event inspired Christy Brown to title his autobiography “My Left Foot”?

**2.Vocabulary: ** Do you think Brown would have succeeded to his endeavors with his mother’s help? Explain

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">3.Analzye: ** Literature: Autobiography With a partner, list five events in Brown’s life in order they happened. Tell which event you think is the most important and why.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">4.Reading Strategy - Summarize: ** With a partner, write a summary that tells how Brown experience the profound change in his life. Discuss what details to include and what to leave out. Share your summary with your class.


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 50px; text-align: center;">Return to the Text **
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">Reread and Write **<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: justify;">Write a thank-you note from Brown to his mother. Reread to find two examples of times that she helped him challenge expectations. Include the examples in the thank-you note.