The Perfect Snow Day

What is perspective?

• how you act towards people

• how you feel towards something

• how you act when you are mad

• how you exaggerate a feeling

Who was telling the story?

• Talia

• Grandma

• A narrator

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

• A mountain of white powder blanketed her street...

• Talia curled on the couch with a new book.

• ¨I´m making yummy stew,¨ called out Grandma.

• Talia didn´t want Grandma to toil away in the kitchen by herself.

What does the word blanketed mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• warmed up

• covered up

• fuzzy feeling

• emptied out

Which line helps the reader predict what Talia will do next?

• ¨I´m making yummy stew,¨ called out Grandma.

• Talia didn´t want Grandma to toil away in the kitchen all by herself.

• That would be horrendous.

• Talia heard pots and pans banging around in the kitchen.

Which line shows Talia´s perspective on helping her Grandma cook?

• She´d still have time to read and build a snowman later.

• Talia checked the clock, it was almost lunchtime.

• That would be horrendous.

• ¨Of course, I´ll help,¨ she replied.

Would you have the same perspective as Talia, if your grown up asked you to help them make stew on a snow day?

• Yes, I love to help out in the kitchen.

• Yes, I love to learn new things.

• No, I don´t enjoy cooking.

• No, I would want to go outside and play.

Which bold word is a synonym for working extremely hard? (spell it correctly!)

Which bold word is a synonym for delicious? (spell it correctly!)

Which bold word is a synonym for extremely unpleasant? (spell it correctly!)