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When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry

By Molly Bang, Illustrated by Molly Bang

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When Sophie gets angry at her sister, she finds a way to deal with her emotions.

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Cover - Show Sophie and ask what her face tells you. What do you do when you get angry? What do you think Sophie will do? 

P.4 - When Sophie’s mother tells Sophie it is her sister’s turn to play with the gorilla, what do you think will happen next? 

P.14 – Ask students if they run when they are angry. What do you think Sophie will do next? 

P. 18 – Ask if the things that Sophie sees will help her. 

P. 28 – Predict what will happen when Sophie goes home.

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Infer: When sister grabs gorilla from Sophie, bring readers to infer theat they get into a fight by pointing out the conversation.

Infer: When we see the word PABAM, the author doesn’t tell us that Sophie slammed the door and ran out. This is something readers can infer.

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Cover - Show Sophie and ask what her face tells you. What do you do when you get angry? What do you think Sophie will do? 

P.4 - When Sophie’s mother tells Sophie it is her sister’s turn to play with the gorilla, what do you think will happen next? 

P.14 – Ask students if they run when they are angry. What do you think Sophie will do next? 

P. 18 – Ask if the things that Sophie sees will help her. 

P. 28 – Predict what will happen when Sophie goes home.

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Infer: When sister grabs gorilla from Sophie, bring readers to infer theat they get into a fight by pointing out the conversation.

Infer: When we see the word PABAM, the author doesn’t tell us that Sophie slammed the door and ran out. This is something readers can infer.

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Punctuation is used to signal a reader that their intonation and their voice should change. Explain to students that when we read aloud, it should sound the same as when we speak. Use the various sentences with periods, exclamation marks, and question marks to model how the voice changes with each one. 
Point out on page 4 when the author writes “It is her turn now, Sophie.” that the underline word should be stressed.

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Punctuation is used to signal a reader that their intonation and their voice should change. Explain to students that when we read aloud, it should sound the same as when we speak. Use the various sentences with periods, exclamation marks, and question marks to model how the voice changes with each one. 
Point out on page 4 when the author writes “It is her turn now, Sophie.” that the underline word should be stressed.

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She roars a red, red roar. (10) 
Sophie is a volcano, ready to explode. (12)

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The teaching points for this lesson were written by Gisele Perrault.

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