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1、Addie in Charge,By: Laurie Lawlor,Genre: Historical Fiction Authors Purpose: Inform and Entertain Skill: Character,Compiled by Terry Sams, PES,Summary,Its hard enough for a nine-year-old girl to take care of herself, her little brother, and a family friends farm for two days. Then a prairie fire bre

2、aks out, and nothing will stop it. Addie remembers her fathers advice - go where theres nothing to burn. So Addie takes her brother and heads for the well. What a spot to be in!,Historical Fiction,Historical fiction is realistic fiction that takes place in the past. The characters, setting, problems

3、 and events are based on things that really did or could have happened during a past time period.,Comprehension Skill: Character,Characters are the people or animals in a story or non-fiction article. You can learn about characters by what they think, do, and say. You can also learn about characters

4、 by paying attention to how they are treated or talked about by other characters.,Practice Character,Word Box smart, silly, brave, careful, mean, responsible, shy, lazy,Comprehension Skill Review Theme TE 129b,The theme is what the author wants readers to learn from a story. It is the storys “big id

5、ea.” Most authors do not tell us what the big idea is -readers have to figure it out for themselves. A good way to find out the theme is to ask, What does the author want me to learn from this story?,Practice Theme,Which of the following sentences is the theme of Addie in Charge?Family members help

6、each other. Family members fight sometimes. Pioneer life is different from life today.,Vocabulary Skill Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words,When you see unfamiliar words, use context clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to figure out its meaning. The context may give a definition or an explanatio

7、n. Sometimes a synonym is used as a context clue. Example: Pedro could hear the loud, terrified bellows of animals trying to escape.,Research Skill Parts of a Book TE 129j,Table of contents listing of the chapter and lesson titles and the page on which each one begins found in the front of the book.

8、 Glossary dictionary of important terms in the book found at the end of a book.Index - an alphabetical listing of subjects covered in the book. Also in the back of the book,Section heads, captions, marginal notes, and headnotes are text organizers found within a chapter. Section heads are titles of

9、sections Captions are text under pictures Marginal notes are additional facts noted in the margin Headnotes are introductory text to help you decide at a glance what the information is about.,Research Skill Parts of a Book TE 129j,Weekly Fluency Check - Read with Expression TE 43d129d,Students shoul

10、d read with expression. For example, they should match the tone of voice to the tone of the piece. Addie in Charge combines a great deal of action and emotion in each of this passage. Read the text as if you are relating the story of the prairie fire. Go to pages 121-122, beginning with “Suddently A

11、ddie . . . “,Where are Addies parents and brother at the beginning of the story? What clues show that Addie is quite grown-up and dependable? What things happen that lead Addie to see the glow in the sky? Tell in sequence 4 things.,Review Pages 113 - 119,Why did Addie climb into the well? What did G

12、eorge think when he found a scrap of Addies bonnet? What was the most important thing Addie did in this story?,Review Pages 120 - 126,Think about Addies character. What actions does she take to save the Fencys farm and then to save herself and Burt? Tell 4 things in sequence. Give a summary (retell)

13、 of the story using 6-8 sentences.,Writing Assignment,Other Good Stuff,Character Practice Character Practice ABC Spelling Practice Hangman using the spelling words Spelling Quiz for our words Concentration with vocabulary What was life like for the pioneers? Reading Test Spelling Test,Visit a Sod Ho

14、use,Sod House Museum - Gothenburg, Nebraska Visit the sod house we read about the week this week. Look inside and outside. Observe how it was made. Think about the new sod house Addie, from the story “Addie in Charge,“ will live in. http:/ Fun Stuff,Simple and compound sentences Pioneer Life in Amer

15、icaVisit the website about pioneer life. Find topics on the website and record about 5 things that you did not know about pioneer life. Westward Expansion,Say It!,adopt crouched smarted,bellows billows,More Words to Know,charred cinders engulf firebreak illuminated,bellows makes a loud, deep noise,b

16、illows,great waves of smoke, flame, or sound,tufts,bunches of feathers, hair, or grass held together at one end,crouched,stooped low withbent legs,smarted,felt or caused sharp pain,charred,burned enough to blacken,cinders,burned or partially burned pieces of coal or wood,engulf,submerge; immerse; ov

17、erwhelm,firebreak,a strip of land made to check the spread of prairie fire,illuminated,lit up; made bright,Annie heard the loud bellows of the animals.,Annie heard the loud bellows of the animals.,The cabin was on fire and the smoke went up in billows.,The cabin was on fire and the smoke went up in

18、billows.,The sand smarted my face.,The sand smarted my face.,I crouched down to hide from my friend.,I crouched down to hide from my friend.,The tufts of grass went up in flames.,The tufts of grass went up in flames.,Spelling Words Words with thr, scr, str, and squ,throat through threat thrill scree

19、n,scratch scream scrub skyscraper strange,Spelling Words Words with thr, scr, str, and squ,street strike strawberry strength square,squeeze squeal squirm squirt squirm,This Weeks Word Wall Words,Click and type your own words for this week:,Lets review our words. Watch carefully because they will fla

20、sh on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word.,throat,through,threat,thrown,thrill,screen,scratch,scream,scrub,skyscraper,strange,street,strike,strawberry,strength,square,squeeze,squeal,squirm,squirt,Where are Addies parents and brother at the beginning of the story? What clu

21、es show that Addie is quite grown-up and dependable? What things happen that lead Addie to see the glow in the sky? Tell in sequence 4 things.,Review Pages 113 - 119,Why did Addie climb into the well? What did George think when he found a scrap of Addies bonnet? What was the most important thing Addie did in this story?,Review Pages 120 - 126,Think about Addies character. What actions does she take to save the Fencys farm and then to save herself and Burt? Tell 4 things in sequence. Give a summary (retell) of the story using 6-8 sentences.,Writing Assignment,GREAT JOB!,