Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary



Record your inferences. Refer to your thinking stems bookmark and your inference umbrella as needed.

Monday -Describe your schema + clues from the text that led to your inference.

Tuesday - Explain inferences about the characters feelings and motive.

Wednesday - Identify the plot and share your inferences about what will happen next.

Thursday - Identify the problem and describe your inferences for the solution.

Friday - Share context clues that led to an inference. Give example(s).

42 comments:

  1. You guys will love this book! Beverly Cleary has such a fun author's style!

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  2. My thinking about this book is that the boy will find Ralf in the trash can with the motorcycle and get them out and let Ralf ride it.

    The main caricter in this story is Ralf, he is an very wondering boy. He likes to come out of his mouse hole and wonder around room 215.

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  3. my thinking about this book is Matt will put mouse on the motorcycle.My other thinking about the book is that Matt and the mouse will be best friends.EL

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  4. My thinking about this book is that I can imagine the parents fighting about wether or not to stay at the hotel that they stopes at.I can also visualize how old the hotel is with mice and many rats in the hotel.

    What Ralph's characteristics are like is that the is adventures,fun,into cars,and he is like the boy Keith.

    CH

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  5. I think. What's going to happen is the mouse is going to get on the motorcycle. Jj

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  6. What happend in the book is Matt is cheacking into the hotel for vacation but his mother is thinking about leaving.But there dad says"I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ANOTHER MILE on the Calfornia highway.

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  7. I'm wondering if Keith's parents are going to find Ralph in room 215?A problem that has occurred in this book is Ralph got stuck in a wastebasket.He was there all night.

    CH

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  8. I wonder if Keith's parents going to find Ralph in the trash can and hurt hem.

    A problem in this story is that Ralph found the motorcycle and stared to push off with his feet and got going fast and forgot to turn so he fell into the trash!

    Jw

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  9. One of the problems is the weather is bad and his mother wont's to go.I predict that Matt will make new friend.I wonder if he WILL make friends.

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  10. My awesome thinking in my book is that the word positively makes me think of when I make a skill in gymnastics it makes me want to keep doing that skill and I Keep making it.A solution that has happened in this book is that Keith has picked Ralph up out of the wastebasket.
    CH

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  11. I wonder why it was so hard for Keth's family to drive through the desert?

    The Solution to Ralph falling in the trash is that Keith tipped over the trash and helped hem out with the motorcycle.

    JW

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  12. What Justin and I red about is Matt poked finger threw the hole and got mad a little.I predict that Ralph will be friends with MattEL

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  13. I thought the words snoopy dog ment that the dog was looking around.

    The main idea of what I read was That Ralf got saved by the boy.

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  14. I infer the mouse is going to be friends with the boy and the boy is going to give the mouse the motorcycle.

    One of the problems in the story is the mouse is stuck In the wastebasket.

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  15. A problem that has occord in The Mouse in the Motocycle is Ralph has fallen in the wastebasket and the motorcycles handle bar bent.

    Some of my thinking is... I can imagine Ralph feeling his legs to see if they are broken.I can also visualize Ralph checking over the motorcycle to see if anything is wrong with it.

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  16. I pictured Ralph in the trash can looking at the motorcycle before he looked at him self to make sure it was ok.

    We do not have a solution to Ralph falling in the trash.

    JW

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  17. EL
    1.what my thinking about this book is that Ralph finds the motorcyclce and try to ride it but then the phone rang and scared him and fell in the wastbasket.I hope Ralph is ok.
    2.the soulation is if Ralph will be ok

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  18. Here are some of my thinking..... I wonder if Ralph is going to stay in the wastebasket for 3 days. I predict that Ralph will find something to eat in the wastebasket wile he is in there.

    The problem of Ralph getting stuck in the wastebasket has not found a solution yet. So I am going to make a hypothesis. I infer that Ralph will get picked up out of the wastebasket by Keith.
    CH

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  19. 1.I want to tell you about the book right now Ralph sitting next to the apple core thinking about his uncle victor(he was also stuck in the wastebasket)he felt sad.

    2.the solution is that Ralph should go back to the rat hole because it feel's like he's missing his home.

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  20. I want to share with you my thinking of this book.
    I was wandering what ralph's mom is thinking?I infer that uncle victor got dumped out of the wastebasket.

    There has not yet been a solution to our problem yet.So I'm going to make a hypothesis.I think Ralph will get picked up by Keith.

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  21. I think that the mouse and the boy are going to be friends. I predict that the maid is going to get the mouse out of the whist basket.
    Jj

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  22. EL
    1. I think the theme is you should help animals even if there mean or not and to be safe with your family.

    2.my thinking about this book is that Matt will give Ralph the motorcycle and be friends.

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  23. I want to tell my thinking I typed on the word, 'Remorseful'.
    My thinking about the word remorseful is I think it means sad, sorrow from something you've done or something else you've done wrong.

    I think the theme of this book is how far you've gone in life never lose site of who you really are.

    CH

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  24. I thought when it said "old gum rapper" it would not be old because they take out the trash.

    The theme of this part is that Ralph could find his way out.

    JW

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  25. I was thinking when it said Tourist Season it ment that school was out and every one was out.

    We are in the rising action because he was riding the cycle then he fell in the trash and he is trying to find a way out.

    JW

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  26. I think were in the rising action because nothing that ecsiting has been going on until the climax. I think the maid or the boy going to get the mouse out of the wastebasket because on the cover of the book he wasn't in the wastebasket . JJ

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  27. Today I'm going to tip about the plot and my thinking. I'm going to start with my thinking. When the book said comfortable I could imagine Ralph laying down in his bed on his stomach with his feet spread apart and his arms everywhere.

    I infer the plot is the exposition because nothing much has happened in the book except that Ralph got stuck in the waist basket.

    CH



    that Ralph got stuck in the waist basket.

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  28. S- my schema about the word opportunity makes me think of how my mom has the opportunity to pick what job she wants to do.

    Tc- Find some

    I- Maybe the word opportunity means in this teed to find some way to get out of what he got into.

    CH

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  29. Rythmatic means beat of your breath just like when people sleep there breath goes( hu ha hu ha hu ha ) and rythmatic reminds me of rhythm. Just like the four first words of RYTHMATIC so rthythm of the beet of your breath.
    Jj

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  30. My schema about opportunity what I read about is I wrote you can pick which collage you want to go to.
    The clues in the book is it said He has an opportunity to freedom.

    JW

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  31. Ralph's motive is to not give up and adventure stuff that you have not before.

    Jw

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  32. I infer that the character Ralph's feelings are going to change out though the book on how he thinks of people. He used to think of humans of scary, mean people. Towards the end of the book I think he will start to think of people like this, nice, caring.





    CH

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  33. I think the plot of the book is Ralph is a mouse an he and the boy both like motorcycles and Ralph likes to ride the boys. One of my perdicshons is that Ralph will get in trouble riding in the hall.

    JW

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  34. I think that the plot of this book is 1.Ralph falling in a wastebasket, 2. When Keith got ralph out of the wastebasket, 3. When Ralph got to ride the motorcycle.

    I infer that what will happen next is that someone will find Ralph on a motorcycle and scream. Thanks

    CH

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  35. I think the mom is going to find out about the mouse whole and the mouse and she's going to be upset. ? I don't think Ralph is going to die but move some ware else where the boy and the mouse can go to meet and have fun.

    Jj

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  36. Ch I agree cause I think that the mom or dad is going to figure out and scream and try to kill it but Ralphs not going to get killed. But do you think that Ralph and the boy are going to meet agin. JJ

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  37. Ch I think some one will find Ralph on the motorcycle riding it in the hall way to.

    My question is, what do you think that person will do to Ralph when they find him.

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    JW

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  38. Jj I agree with you that when Keith's mom will find Ralph she will be upset. But what do think Keith's mom will do when she finds Ralph. Also why do would you think Ralph would you think Ralph would die. Write back to........................

    CH

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  39. Ch,
    I don't think Ralph will die I think the mom will do something with Ralph like try to kill Ralph but He will get away were him and the boy can ride motorcycles and talk


    JJ

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  40. Ch how do you think the boy's mom is going to find Ralph and what do you think Ralph is doing if they find him.

    JW

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  41. Dear Jj,
    I agree with you that Keith's mom will find the mouse whole.But are you sure he's gonna move away because he's the main people.Think about it.

    EL

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  42. JW,
    What I think will happen when someone will find them I think they will go to management.

    Ch

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