Genre:
Realistic
Fiction
Lesson 12 Day 3
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Question of the Day
• What is a postcard?
• How is it like a letter?
• How are letters and postcards the same, and
how are they different?
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Read Aloud
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What is the purpose for reading a poem?
to understand it better
to enjoy it
to appreciate and listen to the rhyme and
rhythm
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Read Aloud
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Phonics
Find the words in the sentence that have silent letters.
• I know there are gnats buzzing around
my knuckles.
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• gnats
• knuckles
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• wrong
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Phonics
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Have you ever seen a person wrapping a box?
wrapping
What does a person wringing out a towel look like?
wringing
Can we make a wreath out of branches and leaves?
wreath
Would you point to your wrist, please?
wrist
Did you watch that worm wriggling across the ground?
wriggling
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Fluency: expression
• When good readers read aloud, they use expression
to show what the characters feel and to identify
exciting or scary plot moments. They do this by
talking more loudly or softly, more quickly or more
slowly. Tell students that as they read, they should
• Think about what is happening in the story
• Notice when a character is speaking and think
about how he or she is feeling.
• Turn to page 350 of “ A Pen Pal for Max” and listen
as I read a part.
• I will read an exciting part of the story and use
expression to help show what is happening. I will
think about how the characters feel and use my
voice to show their feelings.
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Plot
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Remember that the plot of a story often contains a problem or goal that
characters have to reach.
Sometimes a story has more than one problem or goal.
As you read look for problems that the characters face.
• Read pages 341-342. What goal does Max have at
the beginning of the story?
• He would like a faraway friend, or pen pal.
• Read pg. 345. What problem does he have after
this?
• He gets a letter, but it is in English, which he cannot
read.
• Read pg. 354. What greater problem does he face
next?
• An earthquake damages his school, so he cannot go
to school.
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Plot
Problems/Goals
Max would like a faraway
friend.
He gets a letter in English
that he cannot read.
An earthquake damages his
school.
Solutions
He puts a note in a box of
grapes headed for the U.S.
Max would like a faraway
friend.
Maggie and her classmates
send new supplies.
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Paired Selection
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Where are the three postcards from?
California, Costa Rica, and Paris, France
Why have the writers sent the postcards?
to say hello, to give information, to describe
an experience
• What topic do the three postcards share?
• They all describe food: tomatoes, bananas,
and cheese.
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deciphered
Deciphered means to figure out a
message that is difficult to understand
or that is written in code .
deciphered
Even though the grape fruit bar had melted
on it, Catlin deciphered Julien’s letter.
deciphered
In The City of Ember, why was the code difficult
to decipher?
mistaken
If you are wrong about something, you are mistaken.
mistaken
Caitlin thought Julien must be mistaken,
because no one could put a sunset in an
envelope.
mistaken
What would be worse, to be mistaken about
the date of a test or to be mistaken about
one problem in your homework?
translate
If you translate something, you
say or write in another language.
translate
If you don’t speak a language when you travel to a new country, you may
need someone to translate for you.
translate
Did you know you
can buy something
to help you
translate one
language to
another?
repairs
When something needs repairs, it
needs to be fixed.
repairs
Why does a car that has been wrecked
need repairs?
repairs
Why might a home need repairs
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catastrophe
A catastrophe is something that is really
terrible that has happened.
catastrophe
The earthquake was a catastrophe for
Max’s village.
catastrophe
Which would be a catastrophe: not being
able to go outside because of rain , or a
flood caused by heavy rains?
fortunate
If you are fortunate, you are very lucky.
fortunate
Mason was fortunate that no one in his
family was hurt in the fire.
fortunate
I felt fortunate to find my lost puppy.
heaving
Heaving means throwing something
with great effort.
heaving
Active volcanoes are heaving rocks and
lava when they errupt .
heaving
The ship was heaving on the ocean
because of the rough water.
bothersome
When something is
bothersome, it
bothers you and
causes problems.
bothersome
The pesky mosquitoes were
bothersome.
bothersome
What things can be bothersome when
you are trying to do your homework?
din
If there is a din, there
is so much noise that it
is hard to hear anything
over it.
din
A large
earthquake can
cause quite a
din.
din
You could hear nothing
above the din of the
machine.
dodging
When you are
dodging
something
you’re are
avoiding
something that
is coming
toward you.
dodging
Rock climbers
share tales of
dodging rocks
during
rockslides.
dodging
We were dodging the dogs while
walking in our neighborhood
Use context clues
• Sometimes you can figure out the meaning
of an unfamiliar word by looking at the
words around it.
• Context clues may include definitions or
descriptions, which can be used to figure
out the meaning of an unknown word.
• Juan opened the missive, a letter from his
uncle.
• The cockatiel flapped its wings and let out
a squawk.
• We sweated in the stifling heat.
• A cavern like Mammoth Cave is often home
to bats.
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Context Clues
• The capuchin, a black-and-white
monkey, is found in Central America.
• The room was spare, with only a bed in
it.
• The store sold antique items from long
ago.
• The flowers had bright hues of red,
yellow, and pink.
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6. Keely and i invited Sue to walk with me.
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7. Jim waved to Max, who waved back at them.
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Grammar:
Singular and plural Pronouns
• we
us
you
they
them
• These are plural pronouns that replace plural nouns or
groups of nouns.
• The pronoun you can be singular or plural.
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Jane and I went to the movies.
we
David clapped for the singers.
them
Burt talked to Denny and me.
us
The teachers had a meeting.
they
You and Mattie can meet me there.
you
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Writing: realistic story
• A realistic story ….
• Includes characters and settings that
could be real
• Includes events that could happen
• Tells about a problem and how it is
solved
• Includes a plot with a beginning, a
middle, and an ending.
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