Building+Bridges+-+Clarify+Ideas

Building Bridges Building Bridges - Clarify Ideas
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**Monitor your Reading ** **Expect to Understand ** When you read, make sure you understand the text. If there is something in the text that confuses you, **reread** or **read on** to make it clear, to clarify the ideas.

Suppose you read this text and you are not sure what //**at odds**// means.  **From the text:** //Mama Lil and I had been **butting heads** ever since I could remember and the older I got, the more **at odds** we were.//  **Reread:** The first sentence says, "//Mama Lil and I had been **butting heads".**// If people are //**butting heads**//, what are they doing?  **Read on:** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">If that clue does not help enough, you still don't understand, continue reading. You may find more clues and be able to figure out what //**at odds**// means. **You** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">**Wonder:** Why are they at odds?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">From the text: ** //She thought I weighed too much and dressed badly. I thought she smoked too much and overdid it with her fake gold chains.//

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: left;">**How does reading on help you understand how Mama Lil and the girl were at odds?**