The Fear Place
Give It All You’ve Got
Story
Strategy
Predict &
Infer
Genre
Realistic
Fiction
Skill
Predicting
Outcomes
The Fear Place
Key Vocabulary
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cautious
concentrate
discomfort
dismayed
excitement
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unsure
immobile
stamina
terrified
• Turn to practice book page 98
Look at the title, introduction, and
illustrations before you read the selection.
What can you infer about Doug? What do
you predict will happen?
We will:
• Identify story information and personal knowledge
used to make predictions about story characters
• Make predictions about what story characters might
do in a different situation
• We will
complete the
prediction
chart while
we read.
• Turn to practice book page 99
Preparing to Read
• Please open your text books to page #185
Predicting Outcomes
Doug faced his greatest fear to
search for Gordie.
People usually appreciate those
who make great efforts to help
them.
Gordie will feel....
Doug had to conquer his fear to
get past the ledge on his way to
Gordie.
?
Once I’ve done something I was
afraid of. I’m not so scared the
next time I have to do it.
The End
unsure
• not certain
unsure
• I was unsure ______________
of which way to gowhen
when I got lost in
the woods.
__________________________________.
terrified
• frightened
terrified
• frightened
• _____________ was terrified when
_____________________.
• I was terrified when I climbed to the top of the
mountain.
stamina
• the power to resist
fatigue
stamina
• The
_________________
mountain climber needed
needed stamina
stamina in
in order
order to
make it to the summit without getting tired.
to____________________________________.
immobile
• unable to move
immobile
• The
_____________
dinosaur became
became
immobile
immobile
when
when
it became
stuck in the tar pit.
_____________________.
dismayed
• troubled, distressed
dismayed
• Billy
_____________
was dismayed
wasbecause
dismayed
he because
forgot his
homework on the bus.
_____________________.
excitement
• a state of activity or
agitation
excitement
• I_____________
was filled with excitement
was filled with
when
excitement
I realized when
I won
the lottery.
_____________________.
discomfort
• feeling of uneasiness
discomfort
• I_____________
felt much discomfort
felt much
when
discomfort
I realized when
I needed to
give a speech, but forgot what I was going to say.
_____________________.
cautious
• careful
cautious
• _____________
Juan was extremely
extremely
cautious
cautious
when he
when
crossed the
_____________________.
street during rush hour traffic.
concentrate
• to give one’s full attention to
concentrate
• I_____________
needed to concentrate
needed to
when
concentrate
I scaled the
when
mountain cliff so I would not fall.
_____________________.