LLI Purple Lesson 5: All for Glory & Better Than You

What genre are All for Glory & Better Than You?

• Realistic Fiction- a made up story that could actually happen in real life

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  Autobiography- a true story about the author's life

• Informational- a text that includes facts and information about real life topic

• Science Fiction- a made up story that is based on imagined future scientific or technological advances

What evidence does the author provide to show you these are realistic fiction?

• The author provides characters with dialogue and images that don't have captions.

• The author provides real photographs of the people in the story.

• The author provides a table of contents and contains facts and information about the events.

• The author tells a story.

In All For Glory, what was special about Ava and Tyler?

• They are brother and sister.

• They are the fastest kids at school.

• They are both really tall.

• They both got scholarships for college.

In All for Glory, why did the twins mother give them alternating days to wash the car?

• She wanted to be fair.

• Ava had a job on the weekends and she couldn't wash it every weekend.

• The twins couldn't work together because they didn't get along.

• Their mother wanted to compare their work.

In All for Glory, what does the word jostle mean on page eight?

• to jump up and down

• to run faster

• run beside

• to elbow or push for position

In All for Glory, why did Tyler win the race?

• He was faster than his sister.

• He crawled over his sister and crawled to the finish line.

• Ava felt bad and let him win.

• He won fair and square.

In All for Glory, why does Ava feel she won the competition?

• Ava beat her brother over the finish line.

• Ava would have won if she hadn't been hurt.

• Ava didn't have to wash the car first.

• Ava had the satisfaction of knowing she was faster even though Tyler crossed the finish line first.

In All for Glory, which evidence BEST shows Ava didn't learn her lesson about competing with her brother?

• (pg 10) Ava struggled to stand, but I was lying across her legs.

• (pg 16) Yeah, it was worth it.

• (pg 14) Ava turned away from Mom, but I could see her smile.

• (pg 14) The next Saturday morning, Ava sat in a lawn chair, watching me wash the car.

In All for Glory, what did Ava and Tyler learn from this experience?

• Tyler learned that it is better to win than have your sister beat you.

• The twins learned that they value each other more than winning.

• The twins learned Tyler is more competitive.

• Nothing. They are still competitive.

In Better Than You, why was Dylan so competitive with his brother?

• He felt that Zack was better at everything and he wanted to be like him.

• He did not like his brother and he wanted to beat him.

• He thought he was the best at everything.

• He was trying to win his father's love.