Who is the narrator
of The Book Thief?
If you were turning
The Book Thief into a
movie, how would
you begin it?
Every story has 1 major
conflict/problem to which every
character contributes.
Predict the major conflict in The
Outsiders.
Every story has 1 major
conflict/problem to which
every character
contributes.
Predict the major conflict
in
The Book Thief
Connections are similarities
between what you have read
(listened to) and your own
experiences.
These connections should
deepen your understanding of
the reading.
Make a connection with The
Book Thief.
Connections are similarities
between what you have read
(listened to) and your own
experiences.
These connections should
deepen your understanding of
the reading.
Make a connection with The
Outsiders.
Does your book
introduce too many
characters too
quickly? Why or why
not?
Pick one object that
you think will play an
important role later in
the book. Explain your
answer.
Are there such things
as unnecessary
characters?
Explain your answer,
using examples from
the book.
A FOIL is a character that
highlights the qualities of
another character, usually
the main character. Who
is/are the foil(s) in the
book?
“Good writers don’t
rush the brain.”
Explain, using
examples from the
book.
Reading Strategies
•Making Connections
•Questioning
•Visualizing
•Predicting
Describe a choice
made by one of the
characters that you
would have made
differently. Explain
your answer.
Reading is a shared
experience, even
while you do it alone.
What does this
mean?
Please write
a response
to this quote.
Every sentence in a book
should either develop the
plot (story) or the
characters.
Give an example of a
sentence that develops
plot.
Every sentence in a book
should either develop the
plot (story) or the
characters.
Give an example of a
sentence that develops
character.
Is your book more like this –
or this?
How is
reading like a
tree?
“Every book you’ve
ever read is just the
same 26 letters
rearranged.”
-A. Keizer
Discuss.
An allusion is a reference to
another piece of writing in a
piece of writing. Find an
example of an allusion in
your book and explain why
the author chose to use that
allusion.
“Fairy tales are more than
true: not because they tell
us that dragons exist, but
because they tell us that
dragons can be beaten.”
-G. K. Chesterton
Discuss.
Reading Strategies
• Analyzing
• Determining Importance
• Synthesizing
• Inferring
What is a
chapter? Why
do they exist?
Text Features are
features of the text that
help us understand the
content of the text. Give
10 examples of text
features from your book.
Metaphors compare 2 (or more,
often dissimilar things) to each
other to highlight the characteristics
of one or both things.
Ex. “…the supernovae exploding in
my brain”
“’Goodbye’ I say through my curtain
of shame.”
Find a metaphor in your book.
Which character
are you most
similar to? Why
do you think so?
List 5
differences
between the
book and the
movie.
Summarize The
Book Thief in 5
bullet points.