During the Second Reading, you will:
~read the text.
~ask clarifying questions.
~focus on vocabulary words.
*Read the pages before any discussion starts. This won’t be as easy as it sounds with your excited listener sharing thoughts, questions, and connections.
Pages 1 – 3:
Read the pages. The author has a different way of saying things. Some of the text reminds me of objects from the past:
~On page 1, clanged: loud sound made by a bell. How do our alarm clocks sound? Do they clang?
~On page 1, swapped: exchanged or traded. What does swapped mean? What is another way to say the same thing?
~ On page 2, wind: to tighten the main spring in order to work. There’s a picture of his watch on page 4. It’s an old fashioned watch.
– On page 3, ambled: to walk at a slow, easy pace. Use the text and the picture to understand what it means.
Pages 4 – 10:
Read the pages first.
~ As Amos spends time with each of his friends, he reveals something about his personality. What kind of a person is Amos McGee? (patient, kind, quiet, etc.)
~Are there any connections you can make between Mr. McGee and someone you know?
~ For each of the animals, the author has a humorous twist. Can you find the humorous twist for each animal? (the size of the elephant and the tiny chess pieces…..the slow tortoise winning every race……the shy penguin when penguins live in colonies and are very interactive……the rhinoceros who has a runny nose when they live in Africa and warm southeast Asia…….the night-time owl needing a night light)
Page 11 – 19:
Read the pages first.
~On pages 14 and 15, what happens “later that day…”?
~On pages 16 – 19, Mr. Stead doesn’t use text. Can you make up text for these pages?
~Could you figure out a way to use ambled?
Page 20 – 25:
Read the pages.
~ What do Amos’s good friends do for him? (It looks like they are showing him the same kind of friendship that he shows the animals.)
~There’s much humor in the text. How does Mr. Stead make each of the pages humorous?
~ There seems to be one animal missing. Who is it? (owl)
Page 26 – 27:
~ What has the owl been doing?
Pages 28 – 30:
Now the owl gets to read a book to Amos!
~ What do you think happens the next day?
~Do you have any questions about the text? Does it match well with the illustrations?
~Does it answer any questions that we had from