Big Question: How can we
understand and appreciate our
cultural differences?
Author:
Lensey Namioka
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Small Group
Timer
Review Games
Story Sort
Vocabulary Words:
Arcade Games
Study Stack
Spelling City: Vocabulary
Spelling City: Spelling Words
Spelling Words
Easily Confused Words
• proceed
• precede
• advise
• advice
• formerly
• formally
• further
• farther
• personal
• personnel
• immigrate
• emigrate
• college
• collage
• descent
• dissent
• persecution
• prosecution
• envelope
• envelop
• complimentary
• complementary
• eminent
• imminent
• liable
• libel
Big Question: How can we understand and
appreciate our cultural differences?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words
 disgraced
 progress
 promoted
 relish
 retreat
 revolting
 unison
More Words to Know
 consumption
 etiquette
 impolite
 embarrassed
 honor
 rude
Monday
Question of the Day
How can we understand
and appreciate our
cultural differences?
Today we will learn about:
 Build Concepts
 Compare and Contrast
 Visualize
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Tone of Voice
 Grammar: Commas
 Spelling: Easily Confused Words
 Customs
Fluency
Tone of Voice
Fluency: Tone of Voice
 Listen as I read “Yangs’
Thanksgiving.”
 As I read, notice how I use
different tones of voice to express
displeasure, embarrassment, and
other emotions.
 Be ready to answer questions after
I finish.
Fluency: Tone of Voice
 How do American and Chinese
customs concerning whom to serve
first at dinner differ?
 How do American and Chinese
attitudes toward old age differ?
Concept Vocabulary
 embarrassed – uneasy and
ashamed
 honor – virtue; privilege; source of
credit
 rude – with bad manners; impolite
Concept
Vocabulary
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Build Concept Vocabulary
embarrassed, honor, rude
How We
Feel
Customs
Why We
Keep
Them
Compare and Contrast,
Visualize
Turn to Page 698 - 699.
Build Background
Identify the elements that make up a culture.
Culture
Prior Knowledge
 This week’s audio explores
Chinese table etiquette. After
you listen, we will discuss the
similarities and differences
between Chinese table etiquette
and our table etiquette.
Vocabulary
Words
Vocabulary Words
 disgraced – to have caused a loss
of honor or respect
 progress – an advance or growth;
development; improvement
 promoted – raised in rank,
condition of importance
 relish – a side dish to add flavor
to food
Vocabulary Words
 retreat – the act of withdrawing
 revolting – disgusting; repulsive
 unison – together; as one
More Words to Know
consumption – the process of
using up
 etiquette – the customary rules
of behavior in a society
 impolite – not polite; having or
showing bad manners; rude

Grammar
Commas
 the lin family needed advise on
american customs
 The Lin family needed advice on
American customs.
 mrs gleason whom is megs mother
set at the table
 Mrs. Gleason, who is Meg’s
mother, sat at the table.
Commas
 “Do try some of the celery, Mrs.
Lin,” she said.
 Commas set off elements in a
sentence to make writing clear.
 In this sentence, commas set off a
noun of direct address and
separate the quotation from the
rest of the sentence.
Commas
 Commas are used in compound
sentences, after the greeting and
closing in a letter, and in series of
three or more words, phrases, or
sentences. Here are other uses of
commas:
Commas
 After an introductory word or
phrase, such as well, yes, or by the
way:
 By the way, I want to stop at the
store before I come home.
 To set off a noun of direct
address:
 Mrs. Lin, please try the celery. I
asked you, Max, to come with us.
Commas
 After a dependent clause at the
beginning of a sentence:
 Because he was shy, Tom was
uncomfortable meeting new people.
 Before and/or after an appositive—
a noun or noun phrase describing
another noun:
 The waiter, a refined gentlemen,
wore a tuxedo.
Commas
 Before and after interrupting
words or phrases:
 Prawns, as you may know, are
shrimp.
 Between a day of the week and a
month and between a date and a
year:
 The party is Saturday, June 1. Their
wedding was on December 12, 2007.
Commas
 Between the street address and
the city and between the city and
the state in an address. Do not use
a comma before the ZIP code:
 99 North High, Beliot, WI 53511
Commas
Add commas where they are needed.
 Saturday September 6
 Saturday, September 6
 Dear Meg
 Dear Meg,
 O’Fallon Illinois 62269
 O’Fallon, Illinois 62269
Commas
Add commas where they are needed.
 Meg how are you?
 Meg, how are you?
 This summer by the way we will go
to China for a month.
 This summer, by the way, we will
go to China for a month.
Commas
Add commas where they are needed.
 Mrs. Gleason may we go out for
dinner?
 Mrs. Gleason, may we go out for
dinner?
 Mother took me shopping for new
jeans school supplies and shoes
 Mother took me shopping for new
jeans, school supplies, and shoes.
Commas
Add commas where they are needed.
 Because Mom took the car to work
Dad and I rode the bus.
 Because Mom took the car to
work, Dad and I rode the bus.
 My father a very intelligent man is
an engineer.
 My father, a very intelligent man,
is an engineer.
Commas
Add commas where they are needed.
 When he was sixteen my brother
tried out for the baseball team.
 When he was sixteen, my brother
tried out for the baseball team.
 We lived at 111 Oak Street
Lansing Michigan.
 We lived at 111 Oak Street,
Lansing, Michigan.
Commas
Add commas where they are needed.
 Sir, may I have another napkin
please?
 Sir, may I have another napkin,
please?
Spelling Words
Easily Confused Words
• proceed
• precede
• advise
• advice
• formerly
• formally
• further
• farther
• personal
• personnel
• immigrate
• emigrate
• college
• collage
• descent
• dissent
• persecution
• prosecution
• envelope
• envelop
• complimentary
• complementary
• eminent
• imminent
• liable
• libel
Tuesday
Question of the Day
What kind of attitude does
Meg seem to have toward
cultural differences?
Today we will learn about:
 Context Clues
 Compare and Contrast
 Visualize
 Draw Conclusions
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Echo Reading
 Grammar: Commas
 Spelling: Easily Confused Words
 Social Studies: Chopsticks
 Social Studies: Chinese Immigration
 Customs
Vocabulary Strategy:
Context Clues
Turn to Page 700 - 701.
The All-American
Slurp
Turn to Page 702 - 711.
Fluency
Echo Reading
Fluency: Echo Reading
 Turn to page 714, paragraphs 1-3.
 As I read, notice how my voice
changes to express the girl’s
emotional pain and the mother’s
concern.
 We will practice as a class doing
three echo readings.
Grammar
Commas
 when his english improved mr lin was
promoted by the personal manager
 When his English improved, Mr. Lin
was promoted by the personnel
manager.
 the smells of mrs lins chinese dinner
would envelope the room
 The smells of Mrs. Lin’s Chinese
dinner would envelop the room.
Commas
 Commas are used to set off
elements in sentences, such as
introductory words or phrases,
nouns of direct address,
appositives, and interrupting
words or phrases.
 Commas tell readers where to
pause. They also make writing
easier to read.
Spelling Words
Easily Confused Words
• proceed
• precede
• advise
• advice
• formerly
• formally
• further
• farther
• personal
• personnel
• immigrate
• emigrate
• college
• collage
• descent
• dissent
• persecution
• prosecution
• envelope
• envelop
• complimentary
• complementary
• eminent
• imminent
• liable
• libel
Wednesday
Question of the Day
What do you learn about
Chinese eating customs
from the dinner at the Lins’
house?
Today we will learn about:
 Compare and Contrast
 Visualize
 Draw Conclusions
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Tone of Voice
 Grammar: Commas
 Spelling: Easily Confused Words
 Social Studies: Chinese Americans
 Customs
The All-American
Slurp
Turn to Page 712 - 718.
Fluency
Tone of Voice
Fluency: Tone of Voice
 Turn to page 716, paragraphs 1-2.
 As I read, notice how my voice
changes at exclamation points.
 Now we will practice together as a
class by doing three echo readings.
Grammar
Commas
 mrs lin sended her daughter to the
store to buy flower for potstickers
 Mrs. Lin sent her daughter to the
store to buy flour for potstickers.
 mother didnt never want myself to
wear jeans
 Mother didn’t want me to wear
jeans.
Commas
 Commas are used to set off
elements in sentences, such as
introductory words or phrases,
nouns of direct address,
appositives, and interrupting
words or phrases.
 Commas tell readers where to
pause. They also make writing
easier to read.
Commas
 Commas separate items in lists and
set off words and phrases that
interrupt the main flow of a
sentence. Use commas in your
writing to make your ideas clear.
 Unclear: George she plans to serve
spaghetti fruit salad and rolls.
 Clear: George, she plans to serve
spaghetti, fruit salad, and rolls.
Commas
 Review something you have written
to see if you can improve it by
adding commas to make your ideas
clear.
Spelling Words
Easily Confused Words
• proceed
• precede
• advise
• advice
• formerly
• formally
• further
• farther
• personal
• personnel
• immigrate
• emigrate
• college
• collage
• descent
• dissent
• persecution
• prosecution
• envelope
• envelop
• complimentary
• complementary
• eminent
• imminent
• liable
• libel
Thursday
Question of the Day
Why is the way we eat our
food, and the foods we eat,
considered part of our history
and cultural identity?
Today we will learn about:
 Expository Nonfiction
 Reading Across Texts
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency: Partner Reading
 Grammar: Commas
 Spelling: Easily Confused Words
 Social Studies: Create a Guide
“The Evolution of
Eating Utensils”
Turn to Page 720 - 723.
Fluency
Partner Reading
Fluency: Partner Reading
 Turn to page 716, paragraphs 1-2.
 Read this three times with a
partner. Be sure to use your tone
of voice to express emotion and
offer each other feedback.
Grammar
Commas
 the lins immigrated from china and
became emigrants in the united
states
 The Lins emigrated from China and
became immigrants in the United
States.
 when I came to the united states I
discovered a wonderful food pizza
 When I came to the United States, I
discovered a wonderful food, pizza.
Commas
 Commas are used to set off
elements in sentences, such as
introductory words or phrases,
nouns of direct address,
appositives, and interrupting
words or phrases.
 Commas tell readers where to
pause. They also make writing
easier to read.
Commas
 Test Tip: Do not use commas
where they are not needed.
 No: We loved the chow mein,
potstickers, and lo mein, at the
Chinese restaurant.
 Yes: We loved the chow mein,
potstickers, and lo mein at the
Chinese restaurant.
Spelling Words
Easily Confused Words
• proceed
• precede
• advise
• advice
• formerly
• formally
• further
• farther
• personal
• personnel
• immigrate
• emigrate
• college
• collage
• descent
• dissent
• persecution
• prosecution
• envelope
• envelop
• complimentary
• complementary
• eminent
• imminent
• liable
• libel
Friday
Question of the Day
How can we
understand and
appreciate our cultural
differences?
Today we will learn about:
 Build Concept Vocabulary
 Compare and Contrast
 Exaggeration
 Context Clues
 Grammar: Commas
 Spelling: Easily Confused Words
 Instruction Manual
 Customs
Compare and Contrast
 Writers sometimes use
comparisons and contrasts to
organize their writing. Clue words
such as same, also, before,
although, and however signal
comparisons and contrasts.
 Good readers notice the author’s
comparisons and contrasts and
make their own as they read.
Exaggeration
 Exaggeration is something
overstated and made greater than
it actually is. Authors use it for
emphasis, and its effect can be
either serious or comic.
 Generally, the greater the
exaggeration, the funnier it is.
 Another word for exaggeration is
hyperbole.
Context Clues
 Some unfamiliar words you will
encounter have more than one
meaning.
 Complete the chart by considering
the context of the surrounding
words.
 Use a dictionary to confirm the
appropriate meaning.
Context Clues
Word
try some of
the dip
dead
silence
headwaiter
dressed in
tails
Definition 1
Definition 2
Appropriate
Definition
Instruction Manual
 Give an example of a manual you
have used.
 A handbook and a manual are the
same and resemble a textbook in
some ways. Note the parts of a
manual that are similar to a
textbook:
Instruction Manual
 The table of contents shows how
the text is divided and which
topics are on specific pages.
 The index lists keywords and
which page numbers to find them
on.
 Sections or chapters divide the
text for the purpose of
organization.
Grammar
Commas
 joan did you know her birthday is
Tuesday may 8
 Joan, did you know her birthday is
Tuesday, May 8?
 meg sat her plate down and ate the
prawns that she enjoyed the
mostest
 Meg set her plate down and ate the
prawns that she enjoyed the most.
Commas
 Commas are used to set off
elements in sentences, such as
introductory words or phrases,
nouns of direct address,
appositives, and interrupting
words or phrases.
 Commas tell readers where to
pause. They also make writing
easier to read.
Spelling Words
Easily Confused Words
• proceed
• precede
• advise
• advice
• formerly
• formally
• further
• farther
• personal
• personnel
• immigrate
• emigrate
• college
• collage
• descent
• dissent
• persecution
• prosecution
• envelope
• envelop
• complimentary
• complementary
• eminent
• imminent
• liable
• libel
We are now ready to
take our story tests.
Story test
Classroom webpage,
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