Blink-off, The 6-pack ISBN: 9780790321363 Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: K

Overview

Jon describes himself as a “blink-master.” Much to their disgust, neither Jon’s sister nor his friend Pete can outstare him!  Then they find a competitor with a secret edge. This is a simple yet lively text with fun illustrations.

Suggested Purposes

This text supports the comprehension strategies of making judgments and interpreting and analyzing characters feelings, relationships, and actions.  This is a good example of a text that uses a repetitive narrative structure.

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

• the theme of determination and overcoming a problem
• the use of dialogue to drive the narrative
• the strong narrative structure and the satisfying ending
• the unknown third-person narrator
• the time indicators – a minute later, two minutes later
• the colloquial language – get real
• the lively verbs – grinned, nodded, brushed, picked, blinked, sagged, folded
• the word endings – ed, ing, en
• the contractions – didn’t, I’m, hadn’t, couldn’t
• the blends -bl – blinked; -ea – beat; -sh – shake, shouted; -oo – room, stood; -shr – shrugged
• the doubled consonant – grinned, nodded, sagged
• the possessive apostrophe – Sally’s, Jon’s
• the rhyme – ho, go, know
• the exclamation marks for emphasis
• past-tense verbs – brushed, picked, blinked, shouted, looked, folded
• the use of the hyphenated words – Blink-master, blink-off

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