Lesson 21 “ A Chair for My Mother”

Genre: Realistic nonfiction*real plot

*a real problem that needs to be solved

Plot

• The plot is what happens during the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Compare & Contrast

CompareWhen you compare two things, you tell how they are alike.

ContrastWhen you contrast two things, you tell how they are different.

allowance• If you get money for doing

chores or helping at home, you get an allowance.

•I get an allowance for washing the dishes.

rosy• If something is rosy, it looks pink.

• The baby had rosy cheeks.

thrifty• If you are thrifty, you are

careful about spending money.•

A thrifty shopper always compares prices.

industrious

• If you are industrious, you are hard working.

The star student is an industrious girl.

bargain• If you didn’t pay too much to buy something

good, you got a bargain.

• Piggly Wiggly had a bargain on their tomato sauce.

spoiled• If you spoiled something, you

damaged or ruined it.

• The peaches spoiled in the hot sun.

comfortable• When you are comfortable, you feel

good just as you are.

We felt comfortable with our slippers on.

boost• When you give someone a boost,

you lift him or her up to reach something.

The little girl needed a boost to reach the sink.

exchanged•When you exchanged things,

you give something to someone and you get something else in return.We exchanged the shirt for a larger size.

delivered

• If you deliver something, you take it from one place and bring it to another.The postman delivered the mail.