Lesson 12 Day 3

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Lesson 12 Day 3
Genre Realistic Fiction
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Question of the Day

• What is a postcard?
• How is it like a letter?
• How are letters and postcards the same, and how
  are they different?

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Read Aloud

• What is the purpose for reading a poem?
• to understand it better
• to enjoy it
• to appreciate and listen to the rhyme and rhythm

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Read Aloud
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PhonicsFind the words in the sentence that have
silent letters.

• I know there are gnats buzzing around my
  knuckles.
• know
• gnats
• knuckles
• wrong

kn
gn
kn
wr
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Phonics

• Have you ever seen a person wrapping a box?
• wrapping
• What does a person wringing out a towel look
  like?
• wringing
• Can we make a wreath out of branches and leaves?
• wreath
• Would you point to your wrist, please?
• wrist
• Did you watch that worm wriggling across the
  ground?
• wriggling

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Fluency expression

• When good readers read aloud, they use expression
  to show what the characters feel and to identify
  exciting or scary plot moments. They do this by
  talking more loudly or softly, more quickly or
  more slowly. Tell students that as they read,
  they should
• Think about what is happening in the story
• Notice when a character is speaking and think
  about how he or she is feeling.
• Turn to page 350 of A Pen Pal for Max and
  listen as I read a part.
• I will read an exciting part of the story and use
  expression to help show what is happening. I
  will think about how the characters feel and use
  my voice to show their feelings.

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Plot
Focus Skill

• Remember that the plot of a story often contains
  a problem or goal that characters have to reach.
  
• Sometimes a story has more than one problem or
  goal.
• As you read look for problems that the characters
  face.
• Read pages 341-342. What goal does Max have at
  the beginning of the story?
• He would like a faraway friend, or pen pal.
• Read pg. 345. What problem does he have after
  this?
• He gets a letter, but it is in English, which he
  cannot read.
• Read pg. 354. What greater problem does he face
  next?
• An earthquake damages his school, so he cannot go
  to school.

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Plot
Problems/Goals Solutions



Max would like a faraway friend.
He puts a note in a box of grapes headed for the
U.S.
He gets a letter in English that he cannot read.
Max would like a faraway friend.
An earthquake damages his school.
Maggie and her classmates send new supplies.
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Paired Selection

• Where are the three postcards from?
• California, Costa Rica, and Paris, France
• Why have the writers sent the postcards?
• to say hello, to give information, to describe
  an experience
• What topic do the three postcards share?
• They all describe food tomatoes, bananas, and
  cheese.

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deciphered
Deciphered means to figure out a message that is
difficult to understand or that is written in
code .
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deciphered
Even though the grape fruit bar had melted
on it, Catlin deciphered Juliens letter.
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deciphered

In The City of Ember, why was the code difficult
to decipher?
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mistaken
If you are wrong about something, you are
mistaken.
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mistaken
Caitlin thought Julien must be mistaken,
because no one could put a sunset in an envelope.
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mistaken
What would be worse, to be mistaken about the
date of a test or to be mistaken about one
problem in your homework?
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translate
If you translate something, you say or write in
another language.
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translate

If you dont speak a language when you travel to
a new country, you may need someone to translate
for you.
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translate
Did you know you can buy something to help
you translate one language to another?
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repairs
When something needs repairs, it needs to be
fixed.
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repairs
Why does a car that has been wrecked need
repairs?
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repairs
Why might a home need repairs?
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catastrophe
A catastrophe is something that is really
terrible that has happened.
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catastrophe
The earthquake was a catastrophe for Maxs
village.
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catastrophe

Which would be a catastrophe not being able to
go outside because of rain , or a flood caused by
heavy rains?
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fortunate
If you are fortunate, you are very lucky.
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fortunate
Mason was fortunate that no one in his family was
hurt in the fire.
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fortunate
I felt fortunate to find my lost puppy.
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heaving
Heaving means throwing something with great
effort.
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heaving
Active volcanoes are heaving rocks and lava when
they errupt .
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heaving
The ship was heaving on the ocean because of the
rough water.

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bothersome
When something is bothersome, it bothers you and
causes problems.
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bothersome
The pesky mosquitoes were bothersome.
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bothersome
What things can be bothersome when you are trying
to do your homework?
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din
If there is a din, there is so much noise that it
is hard to hear anything over it.
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din

A large earthquake can cause quite a din.
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din
You could hear nothing above the din of the
machine.

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dodging
When you are dodging something youre are
avoiding something that is coming toward you.

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dodging

Rock climbers share tales of dodging rocks during
rockslides.
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dodging

We were dodging the dogs while walking in our
neighborhood
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Use context clues

• Sometimes you can figure out the meaning of an
  unfamiliar word by looking at the words around
  it.
• Context clues may include definitions or
  descriptions, which can be used to figure out the
  meaning of an unknown word.
• Juan opened the missive, a letter from his uncle.
• The cockatiel flapped its wings and let out a
  squawk.
• We sweated in the stifling heat.
• A cavern like Mammoth Cave is often home to bats.

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Context Clues

• The capuchin, a black-and-white monkey, is found
  in Central America.
• The room was spare, with only a bed in it.
• The store sold antique items from long ago.
• The flowers had bright hues of red, yellow, and
  pink.

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DOL
I
us

• Keely and i invited Sue to walk with me.
• 7. Jim waved to Max, who waved back at them.

him
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Grammar Singular and plural Pronouns

• we us you they
  them
• These are plural pronouns that replace plural
  nouns or groups of nouns.
• The pronoun you can be singular or plural.
• Jane and I went to the movies.
• we
• David clapped for the singers.
• them
• Burt talked to Denny and me.
• us
• The teachers had a meeting.
• they
• You and Mattie can meet me there.
• you

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Writing realistic story

• A realistic story .
• Includes characters and settings that could be
  real
• Includes events that could happen
• Tells about a problem and how it is solved
• Includes a plot with a beginning, a middle, and
  an ending.