My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
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Amanda Meising
This story explores the relationship between a young girl and her older brother. The young girl is tired of always losing competitions to her older brother, Richard. One night she makes a wish on a falling star to do something—anything—better that her brother.
This text can be used with nearly any strategy on the CAFE menu. The strategies chosen are a highlighted collection to use as a springboard for further instruction. Possible strategy instruction:
C: Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm
C: Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text
A: Skip the word, then come back
A: Flip the Sound
F: Reread Text
F: Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc.)
E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing
E: Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning
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