Mrs. Murray’s 4 th Grade eMINTS Classroom
O’Neal Elementary School

Intonation/Pausing
• Good readers group words into phrases.
• Pause at commas and stop at end marks.
• Well, one hot Thursday, I was sitting in my library with all the doors and windows open and my nose stuck in a book, when a shadow crossed my desk.

VCCV Game
Decode words with the VCCV Pattern
• In most words with the VCCV pattern, the first vowel should be short. The word will be divided between the consonants in most cases.
• When the two consonants are digraphs, the word is divided either before the first consonant or after the second.

• plastic plas tic swallow foggy picket album bitter holly

• selecting-choosing
• positive-certain, sure
• snuffled-sniffed usually loudly
• consisted- made up
• peculiar- not usual; strange
• advanced-beyond
Quia 1 Quia 2

• Memorial- something that is put up, kept, or done to remember a person
• palmetto- a palm tre with leaves shaped like fans
• Free-Verse- usually doesn’t rhyme or have a set rhythm ............it contains other poetic elements, such as imagery, figurative language, and repetition
• onomatopoeia- the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to. `Hiss', `buzz', and `rata-tat-tat' are examples of onomatopoeia.
• similes- an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else...........similes usually use the words like and as to compare.

• Denotation- dictionary meaning
• Connotation- feelings or ideas associated with the word
• Examples: The words home, house, residence and dwelling all have the same denotation, but the connotation of each word is very different.
• Denotation: Where a person lives at any given time.
• Connotation:
Home: cozy, loving, comfortable
House: the actual building or structure
Residence: cold, no feeling
Dwelling: primitive or basic surroundings
Word advanced
Denotation beyond the beginning level
Connotation better than others ahead of the rest handshake flag
Connotation/Denotation Game

• Denotation- dictionary meaning
• Connotation- feelings or ideas associated with the word....often these ideas are either positive (good) or negative (bad)
• Powerpoint for teaching
Denotation/Connotation, positive/negative
• Practice Positive and Negitive
Connotations

• You can use information from a story, as well as personal experience, to draw conclusions.
• By paying attention to details, you can draw conclusions about what a character may say or do next or how the plot might change as the story unfolds.
• http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/infer encesp.cfm

• Opal moved through the store, carefully ___________ the items she wanted to buy.
• Her entire order __________ of macaroni and cheese, tomatoes, and rice.
• Winn-Dixie influenced Opal’s life in a ________ way.
• His coat had no _____, or unpleasant, odor.
• Winn-Dixie was smart, more ____________ than the average dog.
• Sometimes, Winn-Dixie _______________ along the floor, looking for food.

• literal meaning- dictionary definition.
• figurative meaning- they are used as figures of speech, such as metaphors and idioms.
• http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/
Idiom face the music
Figurative Meaning Literal Meaning
Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.
face- to face toward musicpleasing sounds spill the beans

• Affixes = Prefixes and Suffixes
• Root Word = Base Word
• Create New Words….Suffix/Prefix Machine http://websites.ntl.com/%7Efixbyji/literacy/suffixprefix.htm
word root word prefix unhappy kindness suffix new word

• Onomatopoeia- is the use of a word that imitates the sound that it stands for, such as hiss.
• http://interactives.mped.org/preview_mg.aspx?id=736&title =
• Simile- compares two different things, usually using the words like or as.
• http://www.rhlschool.com/eng3n25.htm
hissing onomatopoeia popping
Free Verse simile
1.
as hungry as a horse
2. crazy like a fox
3.
Poetry PBS: Free Verse

• Good readers ask themselves questions as they read. For example, Why has the author included these details? Why has the author described the character this way.
• When good readers ask and answer these questions as they read, they increas their understanding of the story and the author’s purpose for writing it.

• To summarize a story, you must identify the most important ideas or events.
Event

• Parts of a Summary
• Summary Practice

• People’s everyday speech is often influenced by the history and culture of the place in which they live. When we travel, we can hear differences in pronunciation.
• The setting of Because of Winn-Dixie takes place in a town in Florida. Where is Florida located in the United States?
• “She didn’t weigh hardly anything at all.”

• Using a word web or simple chart, analyze the denotation and connotation of the word peculiar. Use the dictionary and your prior knowledge.
• Does peculiar have a positive or negative connotation? Why do you feel that way?

• Summarize the information in the second paragraph on page 546 to explain how an action that the narrator takes puts the events of the story in motion.
• On page 549, the narrator says Winn-
Dixie has a large heart. What connotation does the word heart have?

• How would you summarize Miss Franny’s experience with the bear?
• Why is the last paragraph on page 552 important to the story?
• What is the connotation of the word grand when Miss Franny says, “Why, that would be grand. . . just grand”? (page 554)

• On page 558, the poet did not use a simile in the first nine lines of the poem, but has compared several things. What simile can you create to show one of her comparisons?
• How does the author’s use of onomatopoeia bring the words from her book to life?

• Besides the word popped, what other examples of onomatopoeia can you find in the poem on pages 558-559?
• Compare the narrator in the poem on pages 558-559 with the narrator in
Because of Winn-Dixie. How are they alike? How are they different?