Love As Strong As Ginger

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Love As Strong As Ginger

• By Lenore Look

DeVera Miller Maxwell Lakeland Elementary/Middle
School Baltimore, Maryland
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Selection Vocabulary

• dialect di a lect
• dumpling dump ling
• mallet mal let
• singsong sing song
• ginger gin ger

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dialect

• Chiubungbung she replied, meaning stinky-stinky
  in Taishanese, our Chinese dialect.
• Her Southern dialect was evident when she said
  yall.
• Definition a form of language that is spoken in
  a particular area or by a particular group of
  people (p. 229)

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dumpling

• She taught me how to make doong, sticky rice
  dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, and I taught
  her how to dress a fashion doll.
• My favorite food is fried dumplings. The
• dough covering gets crunchy when
• they are cooked that way.
• Definition a small pocket of dough filled with
  meat or vegetable mixture and cooked by steaming
  or boiling it (p. 230)

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mallet

• How do you crack a crab?
• With a mallet. She made a pounding fist.
• The railroad worker drove in the last spoke with
  his mallet.
• Definition a type of hammer with a head made of
  wood or other hard material (p. 230)

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singsong

• When it came, it was crowded with ladies clucking
  their tongues in singsong languages.
• The singsong voice of the train put me to sleep.
• Definition having a repetitive, musical sound
  (p. 232)

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ginger

• You were right, Katie, she said, chowing
  scallions, ginger, and black-bean paste with the
  crab.
• My mom cooks ginger chicken a lot, I love the
  strong taste of the spice.
• Definition a strong-tasting spice made from
  ground ginger root (p. 242)

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Vocabulary Quiz

• dialect
• dumpling
• mallet
• singsong
• ginger

• A type of hammer with a head made of wood or
  other hard material.
• A form of language that is spoken in a particular
  area or by a particular group of people.
• A strong-tasting spice made from ground ginger
  root
• A small pocket of dough filled with a meat or
  vegetable mixture and cooked by steaming or
  boiling it
• Having a repetitive, musical sound

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Word Knowledge

• Reading the Words and Sentences

DeVera Miller Maxwell Lakeland Elementary/Middle
School Baltimore, Maryland
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Homonyms

• might strength/may
• current a flow of electricity/of the present
• roll a type of bread/turning over and over
• tick a bug/the sound of a clock makes
• Homonyms are words with different meanings that
  have the same pronunciation and spelling.

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Long A

• explained
• complain
• rain
• pail

Can you think of any more words that contain the
same spelling of long a?
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Digraph ch

• Chinatown
• lunchtime
• chives
• chase

Can you think of any more words with the ch sound?
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Consonant Blends

• grandma
• crowded
• apron
• sponges
• starched

Can you identify the consonant blends in these
words?
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Homonyms

• That wrestler might have more might, but his
  opponent moves more quickly.
• Identify the homonyms in this sentence. Define
  each, using context clues.

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Long A

• He explained that the rain would probably let up
  tomorrow.
• Identify the long a spelled ai.
• (explained, rain)

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Digraph ch

• She went to Chinatown at lunchtime for dumplings.
• Identify the words containing the /ch/ sound
  spelled ch.
• (Chinatown, lunchtime)

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Consonant Blends

• The caterer wore a simple black dress and a
  starched white apron.
• Identify the words that have consonant blends.
• (black, dress, starched, apron)

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Spelling Words

• Consonant Blends

DeVera Miller Maxwell Lakeland Elementary/Middle
School Baltimore, Maryland
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Spelling Words pg. 68

• throat
• stress
• swallow
• flavor
• clothing
• stubborn
• profit
• clinic
• broken
• blister

• sparkle
• startle
• stumble
• cruel
• greedy
• grandma
• crowded
• apron
• sponges
• starched