Lesson 8: *The Harvest Birds*

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Lesson 8: “The Harvest Birds”

Vocabulary

1.

Harvest : the _____________ crops that are ______________

2.

Separate : _______________ into ________________

3.

Ashamed : feeling _____________, ___________________, or

____________________________

4.

Borders : ____________________________________________

5.

Advice : ________________ or __________________ about what someone should do

6.

Borrow : to _______________ something that someone else

_____________ and return it __________________

7.

Patch : a _______________ piece of ________________

8.

Serious : __________ playful or ____________; ______________________

Comprehension

Drawing Conclusions : Using _____________ to ______________ out

____________ about the story events and characters that the author

______________ state.

Literal meaning : The _____________ meaning of a word.

Ex. Juan ran into the town.

Nonliteral meaning : The _______________ or _______________ meaning of a word.

Ex. Juan ran like the wind.

Context Clues : The ____________ and _____________ around a word that give _______________ about a word’s meaning.

Grammar: Commas

Commas in a Series of Nouns : Commas in a sentence tells the reader when to pause.

Ex. Anne, Marie, and TJ do not like beets.

Thinking Question: Are there three or more words listed together in a sentenced? If yes, make sure you place commas after the first two nouns.

Commas in the Series of Verbs

Ex. The children talked, sang, and cheered .

Thinking Question: Are there three or more words listed in the sentence together? If yes, place a comma after the first two verbs.

Commas in Addresses: Commas in addresses are used to separate each part of an addresses.

1.

Parts of an address: the person’s name, the street address, the city, and the state

Ex. Mark Samuel, 423 Palm Avenue, Miami, Florida

Ex.

Mark Samuel

423 Palm Avenue

Miami, Florida

Spiral Review: Sentence Fragments

A series of words missing either a subject or a predicate.

Ex.

That great summer day……. Corrected: That great summer day was good for our carnival.

Also our squash and beans…… Corrected: That great summer day was also good for our squash and beans.

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