What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything Scaffolded Responses Getting Leftovers Back on the Table

1. When Mrs. Markham tells Willie not to look at the homeless man, Willie ____________ _____________________________________________________________.
2. Mrs. Markham refused to give the man money because ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________.
3. According to Willie's teacher, the fish in the dark lost their eyes because _________________ ______________________________________________________________.
4. Willie gives the man _______________________________________________. That item represents _______________________.
   
5. At the end of the story, the homeless man __________________________ because Mrs. Markham _____________________________________.
6. When the man was discussing the right amount of poundcake to serve a person, I think the man was also talking about ________________________________________________________________.
7. I believe that Avi refers to fish four times in this story because they symbolize _________________ ___________________________________________________________________________.
8. The story is titled What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything? The title is a good one because the blind fish in the cave lost ________________________________________________________.
9. My opinion of Mrs. Markham is that she ________________________________________.
10. I think that the theme of this story is ______________________________________________ ________________________________________.

Getting Leftovers Back on the Table

1. David's plan which he presented to the school board was to _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________.
2. David faced two major problems in puting his plan into effect. The first problem was ____________ ________________________________________________________________________.
3. When the First Lady gave him the medal, David asked her __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________.
4. Making Assertions

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Assertion #2: ____________________________________________

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