Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
When I reached the church steps, I looked back again. T.J. was still there, an indistinct blur blending into the gathering dusk, and I began to think that perhaps he would not go with the Simmses. But then the rude squawk of the truck's horn blasted the quiet evening, and T.J. turned his back on us and fled across the field.
How best could a reader make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt?
by thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend's choices
by listening to a friend's story about learning how to drive a truck
by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family
by listening to a story about a bad decision someone made that caused problems
Answer:
by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Her My Cry, the narrator explains how he was looking at T. J and from his body language he wasn't sure he would go with the Simmses, but the horn made T. J turn his back and run across the field.
The reader can best make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family.
Answer:
When I reached the church steps, I looked back again. T.J. was still there, an indistinct blur blending into the gathering dusk, and I began to think that perhaps he would not go with the Simmses. But then the rude squawk of the truck's horn blasted the quiet evening, and T.J. turned his back on us and fled across the field.
How best could a reader make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt?
by thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend's choices
by listening to a friend's story about learning how to drive a truck
by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family
by listening to a story about a bad decision someone made that caused problems
Answer:
by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Her My Cry, the narrator explains how he was looking at T. J and from his body language he wasn't sure he would go with the Simmses, but the horn made T. J turn his back and run across the field.
The reader can best make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family.
Explanation:
