Week of August 24th
Story
"Rope Burn"pages 26-40Specific reading strategies:
Realistic fiction: a story that has characters and events that are like people and events in real life.
Characters that have feelings that real people have.
A main character who overcomes a challenge.
Vocabulary
humiliation: a feeling of shame or embarrassment
expectations: hopes about how well others will do or how they should behave
fringes: areas along the edge, away from the center of action
hesitating: pausing before doing something because you feel unsure
sincere: to be honest, mean what you say
coaxed: gently talked into doing something by someone else
Conflict: the problem or challenge the main character faces |
Plot Events: what happens in a story, usually told in sequence |
Resolution: the solution to the problem |
Grammar:
Complete sentences: expresses a complete thought
- can tell who is what
- can tell what is what
- can tell what happens
Declarative sentence: makes a statement ends with a period (.)
Interrogative sentence: asks a questions ends with a question mark (?)