The Girl Who Loved Spiders

Where does this story take place?

• Florida

• Iceland

• Montana

• New York

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What happened before Luis moved?

• Mom finds a dead scorpion.

• Billy tells Luis stories about spiders.

• Ashanti goes on a spider safari.

• Luis gets bitten by a brown recluse.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is Luis' main problem?

• He misses Billy.

• He has not made any friends.

• He's very afraid of spiders.

• Ashanti is mean to him.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is Ashanti doing the first time Luis sees her?

• Jumping on a trampoline

• Playing on the playground

• Reading a book

• Dusting a spider web

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

How did Luis make Ashanti feel the first time they met?

• angry

• sad

• frightened

• glad

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What do Luis' and Ashanti's mom have in common?

• They both like pizza.

• They both teach at the university.

• They both collect African artifacts.

• They both photograph spiders.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What happens after the children finish dinner?

• They go on a spider safari.

• They paint pictures of spiders.

• They plan a trick on their parents.

• They look at a painting of Anansi.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Mrs. Smith show Ashanti?

• A poster of snakes

• An African mask

• A brown recluse spider

• A photo of her family

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What sentence from the passage shows that Luis has solved his problem?

• "Ashanti knows what to do, Mom," I say.

• "I take a deep breath and go over to the board."

• "I just wish that Billy were here now to teach me how to do a flip."

• "I look closer, to see a powerful-looking spider, standing upright, flexing six of its eight legs."

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What do the children plan to do the next day?

• study for a test

• look at a spider web

• jump on a trampoline

• tell stories about Anansi

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5