Así era antes 6-pack Author: Dot Meharry ISBN: 9780790328027 Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: F Strategy/Skill: Drawing conclusions, Comparing and contrasting Genre: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction Theme/Topic: History, Family Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early

Overview

In this story, a young girl compares her life with her great-grandmother’s. The illustrations are based on the period 1910–1920, but be aware that the birthdates of your students’ great grandparents will vary.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of:

• comparing and contrasting
• drawing conclusions
• The historical information has strong links to social studies

Text Features (Focus on only one or two per session.)

• the comparisons between the present and the past, emphasized by the contrast between
• the sepia and the colored illustrations
• the first-person narrator
• the indicators of time – every day, once a week, when it got dark, when it gets dark
• the changes from the past to the present tense
• the short, humorous ending
• the irregular past-tense verbs – did, had, lit, made, rode, were
• the compound words – grandma, sometimes
• the variety of initial consonant blends
• the use of an ellipsis for impact on page 9
• the use of commas for phrasing
• the use of the adverb “too”

For more information please see our Lesson Plan