Sample from Bloom’s Reading Comprehension Toolkit

ThunderCake

Patricia Polacco’s

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Book Background “Thunder Cake” is a sweet story about how a little girl’s grandmother helped her overcome her fear of thunderstorms by making Thunder Cake.

The book is written at a 3.5 grade level equivalent, so it would be suitable as an independent book choice for readers who’ve reached that level. Obviously, you could use it in your guided reading groups for children on the appropriate instructional reading level, as well. It also makes a fantastic read aloud, with many opportunities for dramatic interpretation of the onomatopoeia contained within the text.

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PatriciaHello my name is:

Sometimes when we read, authors tell us things about the characters with their words. They say things like, “She was tall with red hair that reached down to the middle of her back;” or they may say, “He was the laziest man in the whole wide world.” Other times, though, we have infer what a character is like, based on things they SAY, things they DO, or how they act. Today, your job is to infer Patricia’s character traits. Look back in the text and find clues that will tell you about what Patricia is like as a person.

Actions She Took Thoughts She Had

Thunder Cake Inferring Character Traits

Words She said Words She said

My Inferences about Patricia’s Character Traits

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________

© J. Snyder 201611

PatriciaHello my name is:

Sometimes when we read, authors tell us things about the characters with their words. They say things like, “She was tall with red hair that reached down to the middle of her back;” or they may say, “He was the laziest man in the whole wide world.” Other times, though, we have infer what a character is like, based on things they SAY, things they DO, or how they act. Today, your job is to infer Patricia’s character traits. Look back in the text and find clues that will tell you about what Patricia is like as a person.

Actions She Took Thoughts She Had

Thunder Cake Inferring Character Traits

Words She said Words She said

My Inferences about Patricia’s Character Traits

Answer Key

hiding under the bed

she grabbed her grandma

I was scared as we walked down the path

from the farmhouse…

she thought she was brave

“Thunder Cake? I stammered…”

she gathered the ingredients

…I was scared.

“I’m not brave, grandma. Remember, I was under the bed?”

From that time on, I never feared the voice of thunder

again.

I infer that Patricia was a scaredy cat in the beginning of the story. At the end of the story though, I infer that Patricia was brave, because she said she wasn’t afraid of

thunder anymore.

***Please note that these answers are not all-inclusive. Your student may find other things in the story to record. What is more important is that they draw logical conclusions about the character,

based on text evidence.***

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