"with the sounds of squawking birds and howling monkeys." Wouldn't this grabber lead make
you want to keep reading? Lynne Cherry's lead sure made
us want to keep reading her book
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest. After we read, we took a closer look at how Lynne Cherry's crafted - or
built - her story. We wanted to know how she used language to draw us into the story so we chose our favorite sentences from the book, the sentences that really
spoke to us as readers. Ella's thoughtful sentence choices impressed all of us. You can read them below. Also, check out the Million Dollar Word Bank she decided to create with words
just from this story!
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Ella's Great Kapok Tree
Million $$ Word Bank |
