Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
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Strega Nona has magical powers. 
She tells Big Anthony not to touch her pasta pot, but he watches to get her magic spell for making unlimited amounts of pasta. While she is away, Big Anthony invites the town for a pasta meal and uses her spell. The problem is that he didn’t listen to the end of the spell to get the pot to stop making pasta. The town is overrun with pasta, and Strega Nona has to fix it.
Strategy Instruction Possibilities
Comprehension:
- Recognize and Explain Cause-and-Effect Relationships
- Retell, Includes Sequence of Main Events
Accuracy:
- Use Prior Knowledge and Context
- Skip the Word, the Come Back
Fluency
- Use Punctuation to Enhance Phrasing and Prosody
Expand Vocabulary
- Tune in to Interesting Words
- Use Pictures, Illustrations and Diagrams
- Ask Someone to Define the Word for You
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