1. Name: ________________________ Date: _______________
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PREREADING PREVIEW & PREDICT
I predict the subject of the story will be... because…
Before you begin
reading, preview the title,
illustrations, and I predict I will learn about…
vocabulary. Write any
predictions you have
about the subject of the
story and what you will
learn about.
The genre is… What makes this genre different from other
genres that we've studied?
What is the genre of this
story?
Good readers are always 1
asking questions about
what they are reading.
List 2 questions you
have based on the 2
information you listed
above.
Reread the following pages and then answer the questions.
After answering the question, tell how you knew the answer was correct.
Page 465: What have
you learned so far about
Stormi? (Character
Analysis)
Page 465: What My Generalization:
generalization can you Detail from text:
make about how Stormi She says that going to a new school is like
feels about starting a going to the dentist with five cavities.
new school?
My Conclusion:
Page 467: What
conclusion can you draw Detail from text:
about the releationship "But it won't be the same"
between Stormi and her
friends in Chicago?
Page 466: In Scene II
why do you think the
author includes the
scene with Stormi's
friends in Chicago?

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I think… because….
Page 466: Do you think
Stormi will like her new
school and make
friends? Why?
Page 469: Describe
Hannah based on what
you learn about her on
pp. 468-469
This play reminds me of…. They are similar/different because….
Page 469: Think about
the main character and
her problem. Does this
play remind you of any
other stories you've read?
Marsha's email said:
Page 470: What +
generalization can you David's email said:
make about Stormi's
friends from their
emails?
My generalization:
Detail: Hannah and her friends invite Stormi to sit with them at lunch. Stormi says no.
Page 475: Make a
generalization about Detail: Stormi cant find a place to sit, so Hannah and her friends
Hannah and her friends.
Support it with details _________________________________________________________________
from the play.
My generalization:
Compare: Contrast:
David & Joseph: __________________ Joseph: ___________________________
Page 476: Compare & _________________________________ __________________________________
Contrast Stromi's friends
in Chicago with her new Hannah & Penelope: ______________ Hannah: __________________________
friends.
___________________________________ Penelope: _________________________

3. Name: ________________________ Date: _______________
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Graphic Organizers
Stormi Me
Using a graphic
organizer can help you
organize information that
you have read. Venn
Diagrams are organizers
that can help you
compare and contrast
two or more things.
Using the information
from the story and your
experience from when
you moved to Williams
Intermediate, chart
how you and Stormi
are alike and different.
TEN IMPORTANT SENTENCES
Lunch at a new school is the worst. Page ____
You can't know when you will stop missing the place so much it hurts, Page ____
but you can't stop tying your shoes together either.
After you read the entire That book is quite scintillating.
story, go back and locate Page ____
the following sentences
in the text. It's silly, but I thought I wuold feel better if I didn't make friends. Page ____
A) List the page I just moved here from Chicago where I had great friends, played Page ____
number after you find basketball, and was on the speech team.
it.
B) Write next to the I felt worse and I think people thought I was mean. Page ____
sentence the person
who made each You can sit here and read if you want to.
statement. Page ____
C) Number the
sentences in the order So, I've decided to let other members into the Stormi Giovanni Club.
they occurred in the Page ____
story.
Lunch was almost as much fun as litening to David's lame jokes Page ____
would have been.
From now on it's the Stormi Giovanni Club, and I'm the only member. Page ____

4. Name: ________________________ Date: _______________
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CONTEXT CLUES
Page 473 - Hannah: "…..It's my passion."
I am inferrring that passion means:
Use context clues to It actually means:
determine the meaning
of the word. Then look it
up in the dictionary to Page 474 - Ajitha: "We were only trying to be hospitable and gregarious."
see if you were correct.
I am inferrring that hospitable means:
It actually means:
Vocabulary Connection
Write sentences
using each all of
this week's
vocabulary words.
episode
demonstrates
profile
cavities
strict
combination

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List any questions you
have after reading 2
Stormi Giovanni

6. Using a graphic organizer can help you organize information that you have read. Time lines are organizers that can help you put events
in order as you read. Make a time line of the dates listed in the story.
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