This story is told in the first person point of view. Review point of view with the class. If a narrator takes part in the action of the story and refers to himself or herself as I, the story is told from the first person point of view. If the narrator is outside the story and does not refer to himself or herself at all, the story is told from the third-person point of view. Then have students find one other book that is told in the first person and one that is told in the third person.
Students are to explain why and use examples from the text.
Map Skills 2. Talk about the Watsons traveling from Flint to Birmingham. See if students can remember where each place was located. Use a U.S. map that shows interstate highways. Go over possible routes that the Watsons could have taken.