Title: The Boy Who Didn
1The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring
- By Lucille Clifton
- Illustrated by Brinton Turkle
2An example of city wildlife
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3Unit Overview
- Raise your hands if you can answer the following
questions - What do you know about city wildlife before we
read the selection? - What do you know about the kinds of animals and
plants that live and grow in the city? - Have you already read any books about city
wildlife?
4City Wildlife (Read Aloud)
- Prior Knowledge
- This is a nonfiction article that discusses
habitat-the natural environment of living things. - The author of this article has been a biology
teacher, and a professor of science.
5City Lots Living Things in Vacant Spots Te
113L-113O
- Focus Questions
- How important are open spaces in a city?
- What makes a city a good place to live for some
wildlife? - Listen to the story I read to you.
6City Lots (article discussion)
- Why is this selection called City Lots living
Things in Vacant Lots? - It is about plants, insects, and animals that
live in city lots. - Why do many plants and animals live in vacant
lots all year round? - They find, everything they need to live there,
such as food, water, sunlight, and space.
7City Lots (article discussion)
- How do the plants in city lots help insects live?
- Some insects lay their eggs in the plants others
feed on the plants and use them for shelter.
8Objectives
- You will
- recognize antonyms and synonyms,
- Recognize compound words
- Recognize base words and the suffix y and the
prefix un- - Practice using the spelling patterns ar and air
- Recognize the long u sound spelled u, u_e, _ue,
_ew.
9Word Knowledge
- hollered whispered grinned frowned
- vacant empty bare
- streetlight playground tiptoe
- spiky cottony smelly silvery
- unbelievable undecorated untied uneaten
unoccupied - started apartments dark car air
10Word Knowledge
- Tony stopped and made believe his sneaker was
untied to see what King was going to do. - Well, come on, man, King whispered, and they
started down the street. - Just after the friends passed some apartments,
they came to a vacant lot. - An indigo car is a dark blue color.
11What do these words have in common?
- hollered whispered grinned frowned
- The words are antonyms. Whats an antonym?
- An antonym means opposite. With your partner,
identify the antonyms. - Hollered/whispered, grinned/frowned
- Use each word in a sentence and come up with
other examples of antonyms. - Hot/cold, hard/soft, up/down, left/right,
day/night, all/none.
12What is the same with these words?
- vacant empty bare
- These words are synonyms. Raise your hand if you
can tell me what a synonym is. - Synonyms are words that mean the same thing.
- What is the synonym to these words?
- happy
- joyful
- tired
- sleepy
- large
- huge, big
- end
- finish, complete
- grow
- mature, develop
13What is the spelling pattern in the next set of
words?
- streetlight playground tiptoe
- The words are compound words.
- What words make up each compound word?
- street light
- play ground
- tip toe
- Do the two words help us understand the meaning
of the word?
14Whats the secret pattern between these words?
- spiky cottony smelly silvery
- The suffix y is added to base words.
- Give a definition for each word and use the word
in a sentence. - Identify the part of speech the word becomes in a
sentence. - By adding the suffix y , the word becomes an
adjective (a describing word).
15What do these words have in common?
- unbelievable undecorated untied uneaten
unoccupied - The prefix un- is added to words.
- What does the prefix un- mean?
- Un- means not.
- Give the base word and explain how the word
changes when you add un-. - Example the base word for unbelievable is
believe. - When you add un- the word means not true.
16What is the same with these words?
- started apartments dark car air
- These words are spelling words found in The Boy
Who Didnt Believe in Spring. - Lets review the spelling patterns for ar and air.
17Please read the sentences and find the antonyms
- Tony stopped and made believe his sneaker was
untied to see what King was going to do. - Well, come on, man, King whispered, and they
started down the street. - Just after the friends passed some apartments,
they came to a vacant lot. - stopped/started, untied/tied, whispered/shouted,
down/up, after/before, friends/enemies,
vacant/occupied
18Now, lets identify any synonyms or prefixes
- Tony stopped and made believe his sneaker was
untied to see what King was going to do. - Well, come on, man, King whispered, and they
started down the street. - Just after the friends passed some apartments,
they came to a vacant lot. - Synonyms stopped/discontinued, untied/undone,
started/began, some/several, vacant/bare/empty - Prefixes untied-not tied.
19Now, lets read the following sentence together
- An indigo car is a dark blue color.
- Identify the words that have the /ar/ sound
spelled ar - Car, dark
20Prior Knowledge
- What do you remember from the Read Aloud?
- Raise you hand if you can share with me what you
notice about the first signs of spring.
21Background Information
- The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring is
realistic fiction. - Realistic fiction may include descriptions of
actual places and things, and also situations
that are made up but could happen. - The author invents the characters, then involves
them in solving a problem.
Realistic Fiction
22Background Information
- The author, Lucille Clifton, uses idiomatic
spellings and phrases. - Some of the spelling in the story was used to
show natural speech and may differ from the
dictionary spelling. - bout for about
- comin for coming
23Preview and Prepare (Reading 2.6 pp.
114O-114P)
- Let s read aloud the title, the author and
illustrator. - Now lets browse the first page or two of the
story. - Who are the main characters?
- Look at the illustrations in the selections.
- Make sure you make predictions about the text to
help monitor your comprehension. - Look for clues, problems, such as unfamiliar
words (trans. 46) - Now lets look at the focus questions.
- What is city wildlife?
- What types of wildlife would you expect to find
in a city?
24Student Observation
- Clues Problems Wonderings
- Can a person Weissmans How can you
- believe in Spring? find Spring?
-
25The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring
mound
crops
patch
vacant
Selection Vocabulary
decorated
26crops
plants grown for food or to sell to make money
- One day after the teacher had been talking about
birds that were blue and his Mama had started
talking about crops coming up, King Shabazz
decided he had just had enough. - Now that spring has arrived, the farmer is busy
planting his crops.
27decorated
made beautiful by adding fancy things and frills
- They passed the Church of the Solid Rock with
high windows all decorated and pretty. - The wedding reception hall looked lovely,
decorated with twinkling lights and pretty
flowers.
28vacant
empty abandoned
- Just after they passed some apartments King
Shabazz and Tony Polito came to a vacant lot. - The warehouse looked as though it had been vacant
for years.
29mound
small hill or pile of dirt, rocks, or
other material
- The wheels were gone and so were the doors, but
it was dark red and sitting high on a dirt mound
in the middle of the lot. - The catcher walked toward the pitchers mound, a
slightly raised area of ground on a baseball
field. He wanted to talk to the pitcher about
the next batter.
30patch
an area different from what is around it
- He looked down and saw a patch of little yellow
pointy flowers, growing in the middle of short
spiky green leaves. - A large empty patch stood out from the full green
lawn.
31Investigating Concepts Beyond the Text TG
125A Inquiry
- What do you know already about city wildlife?
During the next six weeks, we read stories about
city wildlife. - Does anyone have any further questions or points
to share up to this point? - Complete Inquiry Journal, pg. 28
32Word Analysis (TE. P. 35F)
- Spelling This week, we will spell words wit the
/ar/ sound. - started apartments dark car air
- Lets take our spelling pretest.
- Vocabulary Skill Words (antonyms)
- whispered shouted slowly mound vacant
33English Language Conventions(TG p. 125F Eng.
Lang. Conv. 1.0, 1.4)
- Lets read L.A. Handbook, p. 272 to learn about
quotation marks. - Quotation marks let the reader know that
something is being said. - A comma sets of the speakers words from the rest
of the sentence. - If the sentence ends with the quotation, the
punctuation goes inside the closing quotation
mark. - Im hungry! Shelly said.
- Are you tired? Michael asked.
- Brian said, Its time to go to school.
- The name of a short story, poem, song or book
chapter should be in quotes. - Now, we will work on Comprehension and Language
Arts Workbook pages 26-27 for more practice with
quotation marks.
34Writing Process Strategies Getting Ideas
Responding to Fiction TG p. 125F (writing 1.1,
1.4)
- Read Language Arts handbook, pgs. 78-79
- in order to find out about expository
writing. - Lets read L.A. handbook, pgs. 84-87 on
responding to fiction - Lets go over an example of good writing
responding to fiction (transparency 4) - Let me share you the writing rubric with you
35Writing Process Strategies Getting Ideas
Responding to Fiction TG p. 125F (writing 1.1,
1.4)
- Total point value 10
- Ideas are stated clearly and are easy to
understand. (2 points) - There is a topic sentence for each paragraph.
- (2 points)
- There is at least one supporting detail or
example for each topic sentence (2 points) - The final copy is clean, neat, and legible. (2
points) - Mechanics-punctuation, spelling, and
capitalization is correct. (2 points)
36Writing Process StrategiesGetting Ideas
Responding to Fiction TG p. 125F (writing 1.1,
1.4)
- I like the character King Shabazz in the story
The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring. - I could write a response to fiction explaining
why. - What plots, settings, and ideas could you use to
write responses to fiction? - Lets make a list on the board.
37Developing Oral Language
- hollered whispered grinned frowned
- vacant empty bare
- streetlight playground tiptoe
- spiky cottony smelly silvery
- unbelievable undecorated untied uneaten
unoccupied - started apartments dark car air
- Partner work
- One student selects a word from above and your
partner will put the word in a sentence. - Then we will switch!
38The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring Te. 114Q-R
(first reading-orally pgs. 114-123)
- When I read this story I will
- Predict what the story might be about
- What Questions come to mind?
- What images pop into my
- mind? (Visualize)
- Summarize story in own words
- Listen/Speak 1.1,1.2
39Discussing Strategy UseTG 122
- How did you clarify confusing passages?
- What questions did you ask yourself as you read
the story? - Did you make predictions as you read the story?
What were they? - What did you visualize as you read the story?
40Discussing the Selection
- Lets use handing off to answer these questions
- Why didnt King believe in spring?
- What did King and Tony do to find spring?
- What signs of spring did they find?
- What types of wildlife are common in cities?
- Write your answers in your response journal
41Concept/Question Board TE p. 125B
- Lets use the Concept/Question board to
- Post questions we have about the story that have
not been answered yet. - Post articles about city wildlife.
- Answer our story focus question.
42Word Analysis (TE. P.125G) ELC 1.8, Reading 1.4
- Spelling
- Here is Sound/Spelling card 27 /ar/.
- Repeat after me armadillo. Sort your spelling
words by ar, are, air, or ear spellings. - Vocabulary Antonyms
- whispered
- Antonyms are two words with opposite meanings.
- The antonym for whispered is __________.
- Shouted, screamed, yelled, hollered
- Lets complete Spelling and Vocabulary Skills
Workbook pages 26-27 for more practice
identifying antonyms.
43Antonyms
- Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
- Hot and cold are antonyms.
- Happy and sad are antonyms.
- Push and pull are antonyms.
44English Language Conventions (TG p. 125G E.L.C.,
1.5)
- Review Quotation Marks.
- When are quotation marks used?
- Quotation marks are used when someone speaks, for
short story, poem and song titles and chapters in
a book. - Name two or more animals that live in the city.
- Imagine what animals would say to each other
about how humans treat them. - What would they say? Lets write their
conversation on the board. - Find one declarative (.), one interrogative (?),
and one exclamatory (!) quotation in The Boy Who
Didnt Believe in Spring. -
Work with a partner...
45Writing Process Strategies Prewriting-
Responding to Fiction TG p. 125G (Writing 1.1,
1.4)
- Lets review our ideas for responding to fiction
from yesterday. - Lets read Writers Workbook, pg. 6 on prewriting
for responding to fiction. - Graphic organizers help writers organize their
thoughts. - Now, we will go over a Character Web
(transparency 11). - In a Character Web, you need to add details and
examples. - I would like you to complete the character web on
Writers Workbook pages 6-7.
46Phonics and FluencyReview the long u sound
spelled u, u_e, _ue, _ew
- Here is the Sound/Spelling Card 36, the long u
sound. - unit used menu Utah
- cue human humid January
- puny fuel pupil unicorn
- mew few unify universe
- Can you identify the letters that make the long u
sound? - My favorite month is January.
- I ate a few cookies after dinner.
- He used to sit with his friend Tony Polito on the
bottom step when the days started getting longer
and warmer and talk about it. - Can you find the words with the long u sound?
47Investigation
- Lets begin planning our investigations.
- Work with your groups to complete the calendar on
Inquiry Journal page 33-34.
Group Work...
48The Boy Who Didnt Believe in SpringSecond Read
- Comprehension Skills Classify and Categorize
- What does classifying and categorizing mean?
- It is sometimes useful to put story information
into sections or categorizes. - Putting things that are alike together in a group
will help you understand and learn information. - As you read the story, try to classify and
categorize different things.
49Classify and Categorize
Signs of Spring People in the Story Things in King and Tonys Neighborhood Things King Does Things King and Tony Smell
50Checking Comprehension (reading 2.3)
- What does this story have to do with city
wildlife? - Tony and King find plants beginning to grow and a
birds blue eggs in the car in a vacant lot. - What do Tony and King realize when they find the
flowers and the birds eggs? - They realize that spring has really arrived.
- How do you think they feel about their discovery?
- They feel happy and amazed at finding signs of
spring in the city.
51Interviewing, TE. 125D
- In an interview, you ask another person questions
to get information about a subject or to find out
what she or he thinks or feels about something. - In an interview, a person is the source.
- Here are the rules of doing an interview
- Always ask permission to interview a person.
- Ask Who? What? Where? Why? And How? Questions.
- Write down your questions in the order you want
to ask them. - Speak clearly and politely during an interview.
- Take notes as the person answers the questions.
- Thank the person after the interview.
52Word Analysis
- Spelling
- bare bear
- Listen to the /air/ sounds in bare and bear
- Now, complete Spelling and Vocabulary Skills
Workbook pg. 28 for more practice with the /ar/
and /air/ sounds. - Vocabulary
- mound
- hole, indentation, and valley are antonyms to
mound - Knowing the meaning of the antonyms, what is the
meaning of the word mound. - hill, bump, pile
- Work with your partner to think of some more
antonyms for the word mound. - Flat land, valley, dip
53English Language Conventions TG. p. 125H
- Read L.A. Handbook, pg. 272 to review quotations.
- Where does the quotation marks go for the
following sentences? - Fragrant flowers are flourishing in the field,
Fred said gratefully. - Fragrant flowers are flourishing in the field
Fred said gratefully. - Rachel Carson said We need to protect the natural
world.
54English Language Conventions TG. p. 125H
- Where does the quotation marks go for the
following sentences? - When will the cardinal eggs hatch? asked Ellen.
- That cardinal is bright red! Gasped Deonte.
- Note The end punctuation goes inside the closing
quotation mark. - Assignment Write a brief dialogue among animals
about life in the city.
55Writing Process Strategies Drafting Responding
to Fiction
- Although responding to fiction means giving
opinions, these opinions need to be supported
with examples from the writing. - Time order words are words that show the
transition of events. - Before, after, first, next, later, last, until,
then, finally - Time order words are used to help readers follow
actions. - Lets read L.A. handbook, pgs. 198-199 for more
examples. - Lets complete Comprehension and L.A. skills
book, pgs. 28-29. - Complete your first draft using Writers
Workbook, pg. 7.
56Be a Sequence Detective!
57Sequence is the order in which events happen.
58Certain words can be sequence clues.
59Time-Order Words first next then finally
60Time-Order Expression in the morning after
that later that day two weeks later
61Other Time Words yesterday Saturday April winter
62Now be a sequence detective. See if you can spot
the clue words in the following story.
63 Last Tuesday I met my new friend Mickey. We
were both in a ball game at recess. I told him
he had made a good catch during the game. Later
that day we played in a softball game. We were
on the same team and we won!
64 Last Tuesday I met my new friend Mickey. We
were both in a ball game at recess. I told him
he had made a good catch during the game. Later
that day we played in a softball game. We were
on the same team and we won!
65After the game, we traded some baseball cards,
and then he said he wanted to ask me something.
After he finished talking, we walked to the bus
stop.
66After the game, we traded some baseball cards,
and then he said he wanted to ask me something.
After he finished talking, we walked to the bus
stop.
67The next morning, I was able to answer his
question. My parents said that I would go to his
familys apartment to have dinner with him on his
birthday, December 6.
68The next morning, I was able to answer his
question. My parents said that I would go to his
familys apartment to have dinner with him on his
birthday, December 6.
69Developing Oral Language
- unit used menu Utah
- cue human humid January
- puny fuel pupil unicorn
- mew few unify universe
- A is a mammal.
- Human
- is a cold month.
- January
- I need to run my gold car.
- fuel
70Developing Oral Language
- unit used menu Utah
- cue human humid January
- puny fuel pupil unicorn
- mew few unify universe
- The state of is very pretty.
- Utah
- Our Open Court is called City Wildlife.
- unit
- The word means small.
- puny
71Dictation (routine cards 6 and 9) pg. 114 N
- Take out a piece of paper and lets begin our
dictation! - Line 1 _____________ ____________
____________ - Line 2 ____________ ____________ ____________
- Challenge word ______________
- Sentence___________________________
- ______________________________________
72Meet the Author
- Please read the top half of page 124 with your
partner to learn about the author of The Boy Who
Didnt Believe in Spring, Lucille Clifton. - Lucille Clifton was the first person in her
family to earn a scholarship and attend college.
What does this tell you about her desire to
learn? - She was determined to get an education and
studied hard to be able to succeed by getting a
scholarship. - What do you think is special about Lucille
Cliftons writing that makes her one of the most
famous poets and childrens authors? - believable characters, interesting use of slang
and dialect in dialogue
73Meet the Illustrator
- Please read the bottom half of page 124 with your
partner to learn about the illustrator of The
Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring, Brinton
Turkle. - Brinton Turkle writes and illustrates books in
the hope that they will teach children kindness,
honesty, and a love for life. Why do you think
he chose to illustrate this story for Lucille
Clifton? - The story deals with friendship and springtime
the boys find evidence of life even in an
abandoned lot. - Look back at the pictures in The Boy Who Didnt
Believe in Spring. Brinton Turkle had to do
research for the background scenery for New York
City. Why would an artist do research? - Turkle would research to be sure his pictures
were authentic. The more details possible, the
better the pictures complement the story line.
74Literary Elements Characterization
- Characterization is the way that a writer shows
what the characters in his or her story are like.
- Writers do this by telling what the characters
do, say, think, and feel. - Lets complete the table
Character What I Know About Him Evidence
King Shabazz
Tony Polito
75Word Analysis
- Spelling
- Dark
- Knowing the spelling of dark can help us know
that the rhyming word park is spelled the same
way. - Now lets complete Spelling and Vocabulary Skills
page 29 for more practice with strategies for
spelling /ar/ and /air/ words. - Vocabulary
- vacant
- Empty, clear, and blank are synonyms of vacant.
- What are the antonyms for vacant?
- full, loaded, crowded
- What is the definition of vacant , now that we
know its antonyms and synonyms? - empty space, clear area
76English Language Conventions listen/Speak 1.1
With your group...
- Remembering what we hear
- Being able to recall a story is an important
listening skill. - If we listen well the first time, we wont have
to get the information again. - Another good listening skill is repeating and
paraphrasing what we hear in our own words. This
helps us share information with others. We can
give the same message using our own words. - In small groups, paraphrase the important points
and details of the story. - Students will decide on a group leader.
- The group leader will record the important
points. - As a class, we will call on the group leader to
share their information with the class. -
77Writing Process Strategies Revising (Writing
1.1, 1.4)
- Lets read Writers Workbook, pg. 8 on revising.
- Lets discuss Language Arts Transparency 26 on
revising. - When the supporting sentences stray from the
topic of the paragraph, readers lose interest. - When statements about a character, setting, idea,
or plot are not supported with details from the
story, it makes the statements hard to believe. - Misspelling names of people and places can be
distracting and it makes it seem like you did not
read the story carefully. - Revise your drafts using time order words.
- Use the checklist on page 9 of your Writers
Workbook to help you revise your response to
literature.
78Day 5
79Word Knowledge Review
- hollered whispered grinned frowned
- past tense
- vacant empty bare
- synonyms
- streetlight playground tiptoe
- compound words
- spiky cottony smelly silvery
- suffix -y
- unbelievable undecorated untied uneaten
unoccupied - prefix un-
- started apartments dark car air
- /ar/ and /air/ sounds
- Tony stopped and made believe his sneaker was
untied to see what King was going to do. - Well, come on, man, King whispered, and they
started down the street. - Just after the friends passed some apartments,
they came to a vacant lot. - An indigo car is a dark blue color.
80Phonics and Fluency Review
- unit used menu Utah
- cue human humid January
- puny fuel pupil unicorn
- mew few unify universe
- My favorite month is January.
- I ate a few cookies after dinner.
- He used to sit with his friend Tony Polito on the
bottom step when the days started getting longer
and warmer and talk about it.
81The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring
mound
crops
patch
Selection Vocabulary
vacant
decorated
82crops
plants grown for food or to sell to make money
- One day after the teacher had been talking about
birds that were blue and his Mama had started
talking about crops coming up, King Shabazz
decided he had just had enough. - Now that spring has arrived, the farmer is busy
planting his crops.
83decorated
made beautiful by adding fancy things and frills
- They passed the Church of the Solid Rock with
high windows all decorated and pretty. - The wedding reception hall looked lovely,
decorated with twinkling lights and pretty
flowers.
84vacant
empty abandoned
- Just after they passed some apartments King
Shabazz and Tony Polito came to a vacant lot. - The warehouse looked as though it had been vacant
for years.
85mound
small hill or pile of dirt, rocks, or
other material
- The wheels were gone and so were the doors, but
it was dark red and sitting high on a dirt mound
in the middle of the lot. - The catcher walked toward the pitchers mound, a
slightly raised area of ground on a baseball
field. He wanted to talk to the pitcher about
the next batter.
86patch
an area different from what is around it
- He looked down and saw a patch of little yellow
pointy flowers, growing in the middle of short
spiky green leaves. - A large empty patch stood out from the full green
lawn.
87English Language Conventions Review
- Remember
- Quotation marks are used to let the reader know
that something is being said. - A comma sets off the speakers words from the
rest of the sentence. - The ending punctuation goes inside the closing
quotation mark. - Im hungry! Shelly said.
- Are you tired? Michael asked.
- Brian said, Its time to go to school.
- The name of a short story, poem, song, or book
chapter should also be in quotation marks.
88Listening
- Now, we will listen to the story on CD
89Assessments
- Selection Assessment
- The Boy Who Didnt Believe in SpringUnit 2
Assessment, p. 2-4 - Vocabulary Assessment
- Unit 2 Assessment, p. 5
- Spelling Assessment
- The /ar/ and /air/ sounds
- Unit 2 Assessment, p. 27
90English Language Conventions (Penmanship)
- Lets practice using cursive n and m
- n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
- m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
- Practice writing rows of ns and ms in your
Writers Notebook. - once
- time
- named
- spring
91Writing Process Strategies (Writing 1.1, 1.4)
- Editing, Proofreading, Publishing
- Lets read Writers Workbook, pg. 9 on
editing/proofreading. - Now, we will edit, proofread, and publish our
responses to fiction. - Use the checklist on Writers Workbook page 9.
92Writing Process Strategies Getting Ideas
Responding to Fiction TG p. 125F (writing 1.1,
1.4)
- Total point value 10
- Ideas are stated clearly and are easy to
understand. (2 points) - There is a topic sentence for each paragraph.
- (2 points)
- There is at least one supporting detail or
example for each topic sentence (2 points) - The final copy is clean, neat, and legible. (2
points) - Mechanics-punctuation, spelling, and
capitalization is correct. (2 points)