How To Be By Lisa Brown

In How to Be, what begins as a fun tutorial romp between a brother and sister on how to be a bear, monkey, turtle, snake, spider, and a dog, ends with a simple and poignant directive on how to be a person. It serves as a great reminder to be ourselves.

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• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text
• C: Infer and support with evidence
• C: Determine and analyze author's purpose and support with text
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• F: Read text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling
• E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing