Poppas New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis

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Poppas New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis

• Theme 6

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Awards

• Parents Choice Award for Illustration

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Genre Realistic Fiction

• A realistic fiction story is about realistic
  (could happen in real life, but they arent real)
  people, things, and events.
• The plot-including events, problem, solution-is
  made up (fictional).

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Summary

• When Poppas family tries to help him be
  shortening his new pair of pants before church in
  the morning, both George and Poppa end up with a
  big surprise.

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Background Information

• Sometimes when we buy new clothes they dont fit
  exactly right. We may need to shorten pant legs
  or a skirt. This story is about good people
  helping each other by doing some sewing.

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Key Concept

• helping out by mending clothes

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Key Vocabulary

• draped
• fabric
• hem
• mended
• pattern
• plaid
• rustling

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draped
hung loosely in folds
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fabric
cloth
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hem
to fold back and sew down the edges
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mended
repaired by sewing
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pattern
a repeated design or decoration
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plaid
a pattern of stripes that cross each other
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rustling
quick, soft, fluttering sound
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Strategy Focus Predict/Infer

• We predict/infer before we read to help us make a
  reasonable guess about what might happen.
• This strategy helps our mind use prior knowledge
  and story clues to help us understand what will
  happen in the story.

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Strategy Focus Predict
Lets try it!

• Look at page 283. Where do you
• predict this story takes place?

or
After reading the first part of the story
(282-293), who do you think the ghost was?
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Comprehension Skill Focus Drawing Conclusions

• When you draw conclusions, you use the clues from
  the story to help you figure out details that are
  not specifically stated in the story.
• For example, the narrators name is not told to
  the reader, but by reading the story we can
  figure out-or draw the conclusion-that his name
  is George. We know this because when he and
  Poppa go into the store, the storekeeper says
  hello to Poppa and George.

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Graphic Organizer
Fill in the organizer with details from the story.
Conclusions Chart Page 295 Who was the big
white ghost?_____
_______________________________ Which
story clue helped you?_______
_______________________________
_______________________________
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Meet the Author

• Angela Shelf Medearis was born in Virginia. Her
  family moved often,
• though, because her father was in the Air
  Force. She says that at each new
• place, "I knew there would always be a
  library, a friendly librarian, and
• my favorite books there to greet me. It
  made a new school and new friends
• much easier to deal with."
• In grade school, Angela Shelf Medearis's
  teachers told her that she wrote
• well. She was thirty years old, however,
  before she decided to try to earn
• a living as a writer. She enjoys history,
  and spends a lot of time
• researching African-American history for
  her books. As a bonus, her
• research often leads to ideas for new
  books.
• Many people are surprised to learn that
  Angela Shelf Medearis also writes cookbooks.
• Kids sometimes send fan letters to this
  author. In her favorite letter a
• child wrote, "Dear Mrs. Medearis, Thank you
  for telling us about being a
• writer. I love your stories. When I grow
  up, I want to be a waitress."
• Angela Shelf Medearis enjoys seeing movies
  and plays.
• (from www.eduplace.com)

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Link to Houghton Mifflin

• If you enjoyed reading Poppas New Pants and
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