Drylongso

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Drylongso
Realistic Fiction
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By Virginia Hamilton
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• Illustrated by
• Jerry Pinkney

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Instructional Goals

• Reading
• PREDICTION use background knowledge to make
  predictions throughout the story.
• Writing
• LETTERS write letters to Lindy, describing the
  weather in Louisiana

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beyond

• Chunk
• Past, on the other side of
• The dog was chained up in the yard, so he could
  never play beyond the fence.

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murmured

• Base word ending
• Murmur ed
• Whispered
• The mother softly murmured sweet things to her
  sleeping baby.

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stranger

• Chunk
• Someone you dont know, an unfamilar person
• Many people in town tried to help the stranger
  feel welcome.

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drought

• -ought/owt/ Blend
• A period with no rain
• The drought lasted so long that all of the plants
  and trees died and people were terribly thirsty.

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comfort

• Chunk
• com - fort
• Make someone feel better
• Dad cleaned Billys skinned knee and gave him a
  hug to comfort him.

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decade

• Chunk
• A period of 10 years
• Julio is 8 years old, and in a decade hell be 18
  years old.

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trench

• Blend
• A long, narrow ditch
• The soldiers dug a long trench that they could
  all hide in during the battle.

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narrow

• Chunk
• Opposite of wide
• The log was narrow enough to jump over easily.

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• Jack bumped into the dinner table and the glass
  of milk began to fall over.
• The milk spilled and made a mess.
• The deer didnt see the hungry wolf watching her
  from the nearby bushes.
• Right at the last second, the deer looked up, saw
  the wolf, and ran to safety.

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READING ALOUD

• Read and restate the important ideas.
• Follow the steps on you Prediction Strategy Card
  to make a prediction if you can.
• Check your partners predictions to make sure
  that they include clues from the story.

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Read Silently

• Read and restate the important ideas in your
  head.
• Stop and think about predictions in your head.

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After Reading

• Write a prediction of what might happen in the
  story.
• Include the clues you used to make the
  predictions.

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TEAMWORK

• Read pages 4-7 with partners.
• (use sticky notes to clarify)
• Read page 10 silently.

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TEAM TALK EXTENDER

• What would you do if it never rained where you
  live? How would your life change?

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Adventures in Writing
Winters not very cold.
Rains a lot in spring.
A letter to Lindy about the weather where I
live.
I spend a lot of time outdoors in the summer.
Summers very hot and dry.
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DAY TWO
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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• Then bracing the plant with one hands, she
  shoving the Soil into the whole around it? (4)

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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• Then bracing the plant with one hand(s), she
  shoved the soil into the whole around it. (4)

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DECADE
COMFORT
NARROW
TRENCH
A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS
MAKE SOMEONE FEEL BETTER
OPPOSITE OF WIDE
A LONG, NARROW DITCH
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TEAMWORK

• Read pages 16-22 with partners.
• (use sticky notes to clarify)
• Read pages 23-24 silently.

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TEAM TALK EXTENDER

• Lindy felt ad about teasing Drylongso about his
  name. Why is it bad to tease people about their
  names?

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DAY THREE
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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• He took some swallows of water from a cup
  mamalou had gave him. Outside was hard wind
  sound. Him puts the cup down and held the dish
  towel to his knows. (6)

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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• He took some swallow()s of water from a cup
  Mamalou (had) gave him. Outside was hard wind
  sound. He put(s) the cup down and held the dish
  towel to his nose. (6)

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PERIOD OF TIME WITH NO RAIN
WHISPERED
SOMEONE YOU DONT KNOW, UNFAMILIAR PERSON
PAST, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
drought
beyond
murmured
stranger
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TEAMWORK

• Read pages 29-33 with partners.
• (use sticky notes to clarify)
• Read pages 34-36 silently.

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TEAM TALK EXTENDER

• Think about a dust storm and what it might do.
  What are some ways that you might prepare for a
  dust storm? Would you seal the windows? Would
  you try to get away from the storm?

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DAY FOUR
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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• She said Someday Mamalou will have me an little
  brother how old are you tall boy
• (7)

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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• She said, Someday Mamalou will have me a(n)
  little brother. How old are you, tall boy? (7)

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TEAMWORK

• Read pages 40-44 with partners.
• (use sticky notes to clarify)
• Read pages 46-48 silently.

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TEAM TALK EXTENDER

• Do you think dowser sticks really work? Why or
  why not?

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• Dashawn does not _________________ in the
  classroom, instead he yells out loud for everyone
  to hear.

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• Cody and Clint hid in the ____________, because
  they were playing China Ball War with Kenneth and
  Alonzo.

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• Briana and Samantha ran from the
• ________________ in the mall because they did not
  know him.

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• Haileys friends showed her ____________ when she
  lost her dog.

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• Robert and Adam had to jump over the
  _____________ ditch.

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• Because Derron is 9 years old, in one year he
  will be a __________________.

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DAY FIVE
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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• Well he came along on his hoarse after a dust
  storm he saw a ten-gallon hat sitting atop an
  dust drift by a fencepost. (5)

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TWO MINUTE EDIT

• Well, he came along on his horse after a dust
  storm. He saw a ten-gallon hat sitting atop a(n)
  dust drift by a fencepost. (5)

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• All the farmers crops died during the ___.

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• Its hard to write on paper with __ lines
  because you must write small letters.

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• I didnt want Mom to hear me complain so I ___
  quietly to my sister.

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• If you go ___ the school playground you will find
  a church cemetery.

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• The years 1980 to 1990 are one ___.

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• The firefighters dug a ___ to keep the forest
  fire from spreading.

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• The ___ got lost easily since he was new to the
  area.

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• When Molly skinned her knee, her mother tried to
  ___ her by talking gently to her.