Name: ___________________
By: Robert Zacks
Pages 3-9 of Nelson Literacy 7
With your partner, view the four illustrations in “The Nest”.
Pay close attention to the eyes, facial expressions, and body language of the characters.
For each illustration write a one-word caption in the appropriate box to summarize its
message.
Illustration 1: page 3
Illustration 2: page 5
Illustration 3: page 6/7
Illustration 4: page 8
With your partner, please read each chunked section of the short story silently, stopping at
each prompt, and responding to it by using the highlighted sentence to make connections.
Prompt #1: Page 4
Text-to-self connection. Have you even had a person in authority make a decision for you?
When? What happened?
Prompt #2: Page 4
Text-to-world connection. What do you think of when you read the word gang? Jot down a few
words.
Prompt #3: Page 5
Text-to-self connection. When have you had second thoughts about a decision you have made?
Prompt #4: Page 6
Text-to-self connection. What do you think about the way that those parents reacted to
Paul?
Prompt #5: Page 8
Text-to-text connection. How is Paul like other characters you have met in stories or shows?
Name one character like Paul.
Reflection.
OUR CONNECTIONS
TO “THE NEST”