Author's Methods in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

What is this the definition of?

Information about How Something Looks, Sounds, Feels, etc.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this the definition of?

A Short Story about Something Interesting

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this the definition of?

What a Character in the Story Thinks About

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

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Things People Say

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this an example of?

Just before he starts the windmill, he thinks, Don’t let me down.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this an example of?

The writers describe William’s village: “You might be wondering what an African village looks like. Well . . .” (5).

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this an example of?

Writer describes the process through which William builds the windmill.

"William spent hours . . .” to “hollow reed and wire.”

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is this an example of?

“Gilbert, bo !” to “Definitely you” (105).

William and Gilbert participate in some playful banter (chatting) back and forth.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this an example of?

“The first was made from a thick piece of iron sheeting. After tracing a pattern in the metal, I’d taken a nail and poked holes all around the edges, then popped it out with a wrench” (40–41).

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this an example of?

William becomes very intrigued with dynamos. A man came to the Kamkwamba household on a bicycle with a headlamp powered by a dynamo. William asks Geoffrey to grab a radio so they can figure out how the dynamo creates the power for the headlamp.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6