Anticipation Guide for Strega Nona

Formative Assessment

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_____    1. A long time ago, there lived an old lady everyone called Strega Nona, which meant “Beautiful Witch.”                                        ____

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_____    2. Strega Nona was very good at getting rid of warts.                                                                                                                                   _____

_____    3. Strega Nona had a magic pasta pot that only Bid Anthony was allowed to touch.                                                                             _____

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                _____    4. When she was finished cooking, Strega Nona always blew three kisses to the pot.                                                                           ______

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                _____    5. Big Anthony told everyone in the town about the pasta pot and they thought it was silly.                                                              _____

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                _____    6. Big Anthony cooked so much pasta that it fed all the townspeople.                                                                                                     _____

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                _____    7. So much pasta cooked that it overflowed the house and covered up Big Anthony.                                                                           _____

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                _____    8. The mayor ordered a barricade to be built.                                                                                                                                                  _____

               _____        9. The town would have been lost if Strega Nona hadn’t returned.                                                                                                                            _____

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         _____              10. To punish Big Anthony he had to work in the town vineyards for the rest of his life.                                                                                      _____

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Select three of the five underlined words from above and use each one in a sentence.

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