Adelina

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Adelinas Whales

• Unit 4 Week 4
• 4th Grade

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Vocabulary

• tangles- things twisted together, ssuch as
  strands of hair
• rumbling- heavy, deep, and rolling
• snoring- making loud breathing sounds when
  sleeping
• massive- big or heavy
• dove- jumped into the water head first
• unique- one of a kind
• politicians- people who hold a government office
• Vocabulary Game 1 Vocabulary Cloze Quia

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Vocabulary Words in Context
dove massive politicians rumbling snoring
tangles unique

• 1. We boarded the _______ boat, amazed at tis
  size, and hoped it would be a good day for whale
  watching.
• 2. The ______ had done a good job of protecting
  the whales in this bay, so I was hopeful that we
  would see many whales.
• 3. I stepped over the nets that lay in _____ on
  the deck.
• 4.I watched as the birds ____ into the ocean to
  catch their dinner.
• 5. When I heard a ______ sound, I looked toward
  the horizon where I saw a ______ sight a whale.
• 6. I shouted for my father, but when I heard his
  _____, I knew that he had missed the fantastic
  sight.

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Vocabulary Story Words

• lagoon - a small bay with shallow seawater
• breaching - breaking through something, such as a
  water
• bluff cliff
• meter- a literary element, which is a rhythm, or
  beat of a poem
• rhyme scheme- a literary element, which is the
  pattern of rhymes in a poem

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Vocabulary Dictionary/Homographs

• Homographs are words that are spelled alike but
  have completely different meanings and may have
  different pronunciations.
• Select the correct meaning of the underlined
  word.
• dove - a. past tense of dive b. a kind of bird
• fluke c. part of a whales tail d.
  something lucky
• The whale splashed the surface of the water with
  its fluke.
• The eagle dove for its prey.
• It was a fluke that my mother won the game.
• The bird watchers saw a mourning dove sitting in
  a tree.
• Homographs Game Homographs

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Figurative Language Personification

• The literary device of personification is a kind
  of figurative language that authors use to give
  human qualities or characteristics to an animal,
  object, or idea.
• Reread the last three paragraphs on page 491. As
  you read identify the whales actual behavior.
  Then ask yourself what human characteristics or
  feelings the author says the whales may have.

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Figurative Language Personification EXAMPLES

• http//www.csd4.k12.mo.us/egits/MAP20TAP/Lorena2
  0Howell/PERSONIFICATION.ppt7
• http//www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/powerpoi
  nts/personification_examples.ppt1
• http//www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000562.
  shtml

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Phonics Words with /oi/ and /ou/

• The letters oi and oy almost always spell the
  sound /oi/. The letters ou often spell /ou/,
  unless they are followed by r or gh. The letters
  ow often spell /ou/, but they may also spell the
  long o sound.
• Read the following words and identify the letters
  that spell /ou/ and /oi/.
• joy spoil mountain blouse
• coin tower around mouth
• Phonics Practice

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Fluency TempoFluency Practice

• Echo read the following passage
• Begin with a slow mood
• Change the mood after the whale nudges the boat
• In a whisper, her grandfather begins to draw them
  in. Adelina closes her eyes to imagine the calm
  and quiet on that first afternoon when his boat
  was gently nudged by a huge gray whale. As the
  boat rocked, her grandfather and his fishing
  partners hearts pounded. They held tight and
  waited, preparing themselves to be thrown into
  the water by the giant animal. The whale dove
  below them and surfaced again on the opposite
  side of their boat, scraping her head along the
  smooth sides. Instead of being tossed from the
  boat, they were surprised to find themselves
  still upright and floating.

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Comprehension Draw Conclusions

• Good readers use information from a selection as
  well as personal experience to draw conclusions.
• Good readers can draw conclusions about a
  persons character and about events by looking
  for clues in the selection.

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Comprehension Analyze Text Structure

• An author must choose a structure that will best
  communicate what he or she wants to say to the
  reader. Good readers look for clues about what
  kind of structure the author has chosen. Knowing
  what the basic structure is may help students
  determine the authors purpose.

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Comprehension Sequence

• Sequence is the order in which events happen.
  Authors who use sequence to provide a structure
  for their texts have decided that readers will
  need to know when things happen in order to
  understand them. Authors who write about history
  or who write how-to texts will usually use
  sequence to organize the information in their
  writing.
• Some signal words are first, next, then,
  finally, second, and after.
• Time related words can also signal the sequence
  of a story.
• Sequencing -Crickweb Reading Skills Rocket

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Poetry Limericks

• A limerick is a funny poem with a specific
  pattern of rhyme and meter. All limericks have
  five lines.
• Meter is the rhythm, or beat, of a poem. It is
  created by the arrangement of accented and
  unaccented syllables in a line.
• Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem.
  Capital letters are used to represent each
  individual rhyme.
• Poetry Writing Poetry Practice

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Reflections Day 1

• What conclusions can you draw about the village
  of La Laguna? Use two details from the story to
  support your answer.

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Reflections Day 2

• Identify events from the beginning, middle and
  end of the story.
• Complete a story map to show the major events in
  the order that they happened.

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Reflection Day 3

• Reread page 497
• Why do you think Adelina does not go out in the
  boats too. Use two details from the story to
  explain your answer.

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Reflections Day 4

• Explain ways in which the author uses
  personification on page 496.

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Reflections Day 5

• What events drew whale watchers to Laguna San
  Ignacio? Be sure to name the events in the order
  in which they occurred.