Using Theories About Characters to Predict

Using Theories About Characters to Predict

Open Ended

Push yourself a bit more. What else have we noticed that might be a pattern for Opal? Is there something else she likes to do? Anything else she wants?

Some of You Might Have Thought...

• She likes talking to Winn Dixie, so she might tell Gloria about him and how she found him.

• Opal misses her mom. She thinks about her all the time. You might have wondered whether Opal might share that with Gloria.

Open Ended

Put Opal aside and think about the main character in the independent book you are reading right now and try this same work.

Make a prediction about what your character will do next, based on a pattern in what the character wants or how the character behaves or talks.

Happy reading, friends!