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The Stranger
By: Chris Van AllsburgJourneys
Theme 3, Selection 1, Day 1Taught By: Mr. Williams
Noting Details
DescriptionDetails can help the reader see, hear, and feel events as
they happen in the story.Look for sensory words that appeal to each of the five
senses while reading.
Emotion/Motivation
Details often show how characters are feeling or their motivation for various actions.
Look for words that describe feelings, reasons, or characters internal thoughts.
ExplanationDetails can help to explain why information is important
to a story. Look for clarifying words and sentences that help explain
why events are occurring.
Information
Details are important to getting the big picture of the story.
Look for modifying words that describe what and how things look or are happening
Nanabozho Brings the Seasons
Comprehension Skill:Noting Details
What details help you see what
happens where Nanabozho runs?
What do the details of the story tell you
about Peepaukawis?
How does Peepaukawis bring
about foul weather?
What are Compound Words?
No space
buttonholes overnight
Hyphen
good-by well-mannered
space
high school Weather vane
Structural Analysis: Compound Words
autumn
draft
etched
frost
mercury
peculiar
thermometer
timid
Key Fall Vocabulary
• autumn– The season after summer
• draft– A flow of air
• etched– Made a design by cutting lines
• frost– Very thin covering of ice
• mercury– Silvery, toxic, white metal
used in thermometers
• peculiar– Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre
• thermometer– An instrument that measures
temperature
• timid– Easily frightened, shy
Key Fall Vocabulary
Detail Map1. After reading each page, use a blank sheet of paper to add to a Detail
Map describing informative, explanative, emotional and discriptive details from the selection.
2. At the end of the story analyze the details that you found and categorize them into two categories (Stranger Details and Weather Details).
3. Make sure that you are including modifying words that describe how and why events in the story happened and how things appeared.
4. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.
The Stranger
By: Chris Van AllsburgJourneys
Theme 3, Selection 1, Day 2Taught By: Mr. Williams
autumn
draft
etched
frost
mercury
peculiar
thermometer
timid
Key Fall Vocabulary
• autumn– The season after summer
• draft– A flow of air
• etched– Made a design by cutting lines
• frost– Very thin covering of ice
• mercury– Silvery, toxic, white metal
used in thermometers
• peculiar– Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre
• thermometer– An instrument that measures
temperature
• timid– Easily frightened, shy
