William Low

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Chinatown
by William Low
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Vocabulary for Chinatown
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About the Book
CHINATOWN Written and illustrated by William Low
The author _____________
writes the stories.
The illustrator _________
draws the pictues.
SummaryIn Chinatown, a young boy goes for a
walk with his grandmother and describes the
sights and the people on the busy streets.
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Genre Realistic Fiction

• Realistic fiction is a story withy characters and
  events that are like people and events in real
  life.

• Look for
• A setting that is a real place.
• Story events that could really happen

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Meet the Author
William Low

• Chinatown is the first book William Low has both
  written and illustrated.
• As a child, he loved a painting he saw on the
  cover of a phone book. It showed some shops on a
  city street.
• Today, William Low paints his own scenes of city
  life. He also paints people, landscapes, and
  objects.
• He works in a dark basement studio, but his
  pictures are filled with light.

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Glossary Time

1. Put your reading book on your desk.
2. Open your book to the glossary.
3. When you see the word, get ready to find the word
   in your glossary.

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celebrations

• Celebrations - joyous gatherings, usually to mark
  important events

New Years is one of the many celebrations
enjoyed by the people in Chinatown.
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develop

• develop - to make something better improve

They want to develop the land across from our
school into a new neighborhood.
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furious

• furious - very angry

These bears are furious with each other!
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graceful

• graceful -lovely way of moving

This ballet dancer is very graceful as she leaps
through the air.
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grocery store

• grocery store - a shop that sells food and
  household goods

WE enjoy shopping for fresh fruit in the grocery
store.
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• students - people who go to school

students
These students are making get well cards for a
sick classmate.
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Grade 2, Theme 2Chinatown Vocabulary Review

1. Celebrations- joyous gatherings, usually to mark
   important events
2. develop - to make something better, improve
3. furious - very angry
4. graceful - lovely way of moving
5. grocery store - a shop that sells food and
   household goods
6. students - people who go to school

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These apple blossoms will ________ into apples.
develop celebrations graceful furious students gro
cery store
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Many think swans are the most ___________ bird.
develop furious grocery store students celebratio
ns graceful
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We _____________ Independence Day with fireworks
displays.
graceful grocery store furious celebrations develo
p students
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Kroger is the newest ____________ in our town.
furious celebrations students grocery
store graceful develop
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The ___________ are enjoying their new computer
lab.
grocery store celebrations furious students
develop graceful
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Mom was _______ when I said I was not going to do
homework before I went out to play.
develop furious grocery store students graceful ce
lebrations
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Match the meaning to the word.

• graceful ___
• furious ___
• develop ___
• students ____
• grocery store ___
• celebrations ____

1. joyous gatherings, usually to mark important
   events
2. to make something better, improve
3. very angry
4. lovely way of moving
5. a shop that sells food and household goods
6. people who go to school

D
C
B
F
E
A
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The End
Enjoy your story.
Anne Miller
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Vocabulary for Chinatown

• Next two slides are vocabulary words that
  students will need for more understanding of the
  story.

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Other Vocabulary

1. tai chi- an ancient kind of exercise
2. graceful- smooth or beautiful in motion
3. cobbler- a person whose work is repairing or
   making shoes
4. arrive- to come to a place
5. favorite- one that is liked best
6. medicinal- used to cure pain or illness
7. musty- damp or moldy
8. herbs- plants valued for their use in medicine or
   cooking

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1. seafood- fish or shellfish from the sea used for
   food
2. sizzles- makes hissing sounds
3. crackle- make cracking or snapping sounds
4. woks- metal pans with rounded bottoms used for
   frying and steaming
5. clang- make a metallic ringing sound
6. barely- only just
7. furious- very angry
8. kung fu- a Chinese system of self-defense,
   similar to karate
9. develop- to help in the growth of, make stronger

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Links for the story

• Great site for things about Chinatown in San
  Francisco.
• http//www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Chinatown/title
  .html
• Home for this site http//www.theschoolbell.com/
  contents.html
• Information on the story for Teachers
• http//www.smbsd.org/uploaded/reading/files/Grade_
  2_Theme_3_Sel_1_Chinatown_headings.pdf

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Skills for this story.

• What is a Context Clue?
• How to Use Context Clues
• Lesson Using Story Meaning
• Practice Using Story Meaning
• Magic Keys Picture Clues
• Anticipation Guide (Kyrene)
• Chinatown Vocabulary 1
• Chinatown Vocabulary 2
• Chinatown Vocabulary 3Building prefixes
• Prefix Catch
• Constructing Prefixes
• BBC - Schools - KS2 Bitesize Revision - English
• (Prefixes and Suffixes)

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• 1. Details2. Details
• DetailsPracticeChinatown morning message
• Language Based Activities
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• Verbs that tell about nowPresent-Tense Verbs
  Combining Sentences with Verbs
• Past-Tense VerbsPast-Tense Verbs Has,
  Have, HadForms of Have Am, Is, Are, Was,
  WereForms of Be Contractions Contraction
  Matching Test Tutor - Contractions