Genre: Realistic Fiction

Author:Patricia C. McKissack

Lesson 11 Day 2

Question of the DayIf you were going to put on a show or play, what would it be about?

If I were going to put on a _________.It would be about___________.

T38Oral Language

Today you are going to listen to the poem “A Good Play,” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

What do you think the purpose might be for reading a poem about children

playing?

The purpose for reading a poem about children playing would be for enjoyment.

T39 Read Aloud

A Good PlayWe built a ship upon the stairsAll made of the back-bedroom chairs.And filled it full of soft pillowsTo go a-sailing on the billows.

We took a saw and several nails,And water in the nursery pails;And Tom said, ”Let us also takeAn apple and a slice of cake,”---Which was enough for Tom and meTo go a-sailing on, till tea.

We sailed along for days and days,And had the very best of plays;But Tom fell out and hurt his knee,So there was no one left but me.

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How did the children build their ship?

T39 Discuss the poem.

The children built their ship on the stairs and they used pillows and chairs.

Which words in the poem rhyme?

The words in the poem that rhyme are stairs/chairs, pillows/billows, nails/pails, take/cake …

C-le SyllablePart A1.ripple 4. idle2.bundle 5. cable3.kettle 6. staple

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Who can tell me what is similar about these words?

They all end with –le, and they all have one or two consonants before the –le.

Remember the –le ad the consonant that comes before it form a syllable.

Look at words 1-3 and tell me where each word is divided.

Part A1.ripple 4. idle2.bundle 5. cable3.kettle 6. staple

rip/plebun/dleket/tle

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When a word has two consonants before the –le, the vowel sound in the first syllable is short.

Now look at words 4-6 and tell me where these words are divided into syllables.

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Part A1.ripple 4. idle2.bundle 5. cable3.kettle 6. staple

i/dleca/blesta/ple

They are divided after the first vowel. When a word has one consonant before –le, the vowel sound in the first syllable is

long.

Can someone read these sentences for me?

Dan’s uncle sat at the table. He cut the apple down the middle with no trouble.

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Part BWhich spelling is right?1. Another word for small is ________. little litle2. The name of the book is its _____. tile title3. A ______ is a baby’s toy. rattle ratle4. A light rain is a ______. drizle drizzle5. _____ syrup is made from treesap. Maple Male6. A small bite is a ______. nible nibble

Remember that a consonant and –le form the final syllable, and the presence of two consonants before –le usually

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T 42 Develop Deeper Meaning

3. How did Vince’s chuckling make the writer feel?

1. How do you think the writer felt when his brother was encouraging him? Explain.

2. Why was the writer’s success at free shots so brief?

4. Why did the writer say that Gary’s voice was soothing?

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5. How did Gary keep the writer from sobbing?

6. What did Gary say to praise the writer?

Robust Vocabulary

• Encouraging- Something that is encouraging gives someone hope or confidence.

• What’s the word?• encouraging• Would you want to hear

encouraging words? Explain.

Robust Vocabulary

• brief- If something is brief, it does not take much time.

• What is the word?• brief• If you ran for a brief time,

would you be tired?

Robust Vocabulary

• chuckling – If you are chuckling, you are laughing quietly to yourself.

• What is the word?• chuckling• Would you hear chuckling

at a funny movie or a sad movie?

Robust Vocabulary• soothing- Something that is

soothing makes you feel calm• What is the word?• soothing• Would the sound of a loud

motor or the sound of a fountain be soothing?

Robust Vocabulary• sobbed- Someone who

sobbed cried very hard.• What is the word?• sobbed• Why might someone have

sobbed at the end of a day? Explain.

Robust Vocabulary

• praised- If you have praised someone, you have told that person that he or she did something well.

• What is the word?• praised• When have you been

praised?

Comprehension StrategyUse Story Structure to help you understand

the problem, and the solution of the problem.

Good readers pay attention at the beginning of a story to find out about the characters, the setting, and the problem faced by the characters. In the middle of the story, good readers look for important events that lead to the problem being solved at the end.

Student Book page 306T44 Comprehension Strategy

Characters Setting

Problem or Plot

Important Events

Solution

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Pages 305-308

Page 312

Pages 302-319

Pages 319

Dana, Mrs .Lasiter, Carolyn, Mama, daddy, Granddaddy, Josh Greg, Steward, Debra Miller, Grandmama

Community center

Carolyn worries that her parents love her siblings more.

Dana and Josh perform successfully. Carolyn is too nervous to perform. Carolyn runs from the stage. Carolyn talks to her mother in the parking lot.

Carolyn’s mother convinces her that she is loved as much as her brothers and sisters.

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CHECK COMPREHENSION RETELL Remember that the plot is made up of the event, or things that happen, in a story. Keeping track of what is happening and when it happens can help a reader understand the story better. The plot includes the main character’s problem and the solution. Can someone tell me Carolyn’s main problem?

Now look at the graphic organizer you have been completing and use it to write a short summary of the story, including all the important events.

Carolyn’s main problem is that she believes her parents love her siblings more than her.

Focus Skill: Plot /Story Elements

• Story Elements : Promethean Planet

FLUENCYExpression

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Reading With Expression Good readers show feeling and mood, or expression, as they read, matching what the writer has the characters say or think. For example, when a character is scared, a good reader will make his or her voice go higher. Readers can make their voices fierce for anger or squeaky and fast to show excitement.

Now listen and follow along as I read page 311 .

Reading with expression makes the story more interesting.Now we are going to get with our reading partners and practice reading with expression page 311. One will read one paragraph and then the other will read the next paragraph and so on till you finish that page. If you finish before I call time then read it again but this time you read your partners paragraph and let them read the paragraphs you just read.

BUILD ROBUST VOCABULARY

1. Carolyn felt envious of the way her parents treated her brother and sister.

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swooned    You might do this if you have a terrible shock or surprise that makes you faint or fall

astonished    To be amazed and surprised by something.

envious   When you want something that someone else has

rivalry   When two people compete against each other for something

4.Would you be envious of a friend’s toy that you also had or a toy that you didn’t have?

1. Carolyn feels a rivalry with her brother and sister because she thinks she is competing against them for her parents’ love.

4. Would there be a rivalry between players on the same team or on two different teams?

Now list things that might make you envious of someone else and tell how the things on the list are alike and how are

they different?

Work with a partner to think of examples of rivalry. Then brainstorm words, such as competitive, to describe a

rivalry.

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4. The dogs leashes is lost.

5. my friends comforted me

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GRAMMARPLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUNS

TEACH/MODEL Remember that plural means “more than one” and that a plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. Most plural nouns end in s. If I want to show that one of these plural nouns owns or has something, I just add an apostrophe (‘) after the final s.

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The students desks are in a row.

The word students is a plural noun and the students have the desks. We add an apostrophe

to show that the desk belong to the students.

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Guided Practice

T56 Guided Practice

The boys poems were good ones.

The girls performances were wonderful.

As I read the first sentence I see that the word boys should be made possessive because the poems belong to the boys. Can

someone tell me where the apostrophe should be.

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Now look at this sentence and see if you can tell me what word should have an apostrophe and where it should go.

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tigers

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friendsmothers

On a separate sheet of paper, write each word and then make it possessive.

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PRACTICE /APPLY

Now write a sentence using each word. Then share your sentence with your

neighbor and check to make sure their plural possessive forms are correct.

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WRITINGPARAGRAPH THAT COMPARES

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Paragraph That Compares Has a topic sentence that tells what is being compared.Tells how two or more things are alike.Uses signal words such as both, alike, and same.

T404 Practice/Apply

Now we are going to compare Fruits and Vegetables.

FRUITS VEGETABLESgood to eat

grow on trees and plants

good for you

colorful

good to eat

good for you

grow on plants

colorful

Is this trait also true of vegetables?

Model Prewriting

T567Practice/Apply

Now you are going to write the names of two items you would like to compare as

column headings like I did Fruit and Vegetables.

PRACTICE /APPLY

Now you will write the traits or qualities of each. You will need to keep this list for and

an activity we are going to do on Wednesday.