LLI G105 Seasick

The story Seasick is a...

• Nonfiction - graphic text

• Realistic Fiction text

• Realistic Fiction Graphic text

• Nonfiction-informational text

In a graphic text, you follow the panels as you do with a regular text---from left to right and then from the top of the page to bottom of the page.

• True

• False

Print in speech bubbles shows dialogue.

• True

• False

What clues do the title and illustrations provide?

• That Ellie does not know how to sail.

• Ellie does not like sailing

• Ellie gets seasick when she is on a boat.

• Ellie is afraid of sailing.

Which phrase best describes Ellie's dad?

• "Dad was convinced that the trip would be different."

• "My dad swears that if you just have the right attitude, you can do anything at all."

• "My dad was a good swimmer."

• All of the above

Ellie is the main character of the story, and she is the one telling it. In what person is the story told?

• Third person

• Second person

• First person

This story is about sailing, and sailboats have many parts. Ellie mentions the boom smacking her dad across the shoulders like a baseball bat, knocking him overboard. What is the boom of the sailboat?

• to make a deep hollow sound

• to develop rapidly in population and importance

• to experience a sudden growth.

• a long pole that holds the bottom of a sail.