Guess the Covered Word

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The Storm Genre Realistic Fiction Authors
Purpose Entertainment and Expressing
Feelings Comprehension Skill Predicting By
Marc Harshman
Compiled by Terry Sams, Piedmont
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Summary
    Ever since his accident, Jonathan has worked
hard to make himself strong and capable in his
wheelchair.  One afternoon, his mother leaves him
in charge of bringing in the horses on the family
farm while she and his father are elsewhere.  A
huge storm is brewing.  Jonathan likes most
storms, but this is no ordinary storm - it's a
tornado.  The story tells how Jonathan saves the
horses - and himself.

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Genre Realistic Fiction

• Realistic Fiction seems like real life with
  characters dealing with real life problems. The
  action can happen no matter how improbable, and
  often takes place in the present time. The
  situations are true or could be, but the
  characters are made up. Realistic Fiction may
  include "real people" characters who have
  actually lived. \
• Bibliography of Realist Fiction
• Realistic Fiction Activities

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Realistic Fiction and Expository Nonfiction TE
317i

• The Storm is an imaginary story, but the setting,
  characters, and events are realistic. This is
  realistic fiction, and it is usually written to
  entertain.
• Tornado Tales is factual. It explains something
  in the real world. It explains what tornadoes
  are like and what they do.
• This genre is expository fiction and is written
  to explain.

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Realistic Fiction and Expository Nonfiction

• The Storm
• fiction
• tells about imaginary
• people, places and
• events that are like
• those in real life
• main purpose is
• usually to entertain

• Tornado Tales
• nonfiction
• tells about something
• in the real world
• main purpose is to
• explain

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Comprehension Skill Predicting

• To predict means to tell what you think might
  happen next in a story or article based on what
  has already happened.
• Your prediction is what you say will happen next.
  
• When you make predictions, you also use your
  personal knowledge about a topic to help you.
• Predicting is a process of checking and changing
  your predictions as you read based on new
  information.

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Practice Predicting (TE 317A)
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Comprehension Skill Review Drawing Conclusions

• Authors dont always tell you everything.
  Instead, they may give you a few details about
  what happens or about characters.
• A conclusion is a decision you reach that makes
  sense after you think about the details or facts
  that you have read.
• You can you details and what you know to draw
  conclusions, or to figure out things about
  characters and evens in what you read..

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Practice Drawing Conclusions
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Vocabulary Skill Review Antonyms

• Words with opposite meanings are called antonyms.
• You can often figure out the meaning of an
  unknown word by finding a clue in the words
  around it.
• Sometimes the clue is an antonym.

Click on the title to practice this skill.
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Research Skills Almanac TE 317j

• An almanac is a book that is published every
  year.
• It contains calendars, weather information, and
  dates of holidays.
• It also contains charts and tables of current
  information about subjects such as city
  populations and recent prize winners in science,
  literature, or sports.

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Weekly Fluency Check -Read with Attention to
Punctuation

• Students should read with attention to
  punctuation, for example, using commas to break
  up long sentences.
• Commas provide a place where the reader can pause
  or take a breath, and can help to determine the
  proper meaning of the sentence.
• Go to pages 304-305, beginning with Ever since
  the. . .

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Review 1a Pages 302-307

• What does Jonathan hate most of all?
• Where had his mother gone?
• How can you tell Jonathan is independent and
  confident?
• What are some words the author uses to help you
  visualize the storm?

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Review 2 Pages 308-314

• What does he do to calm the horses?
• How does he feel when he looked beyond the house?
  Explain
• Why did he cry so hard when he found the dead
  rooster?

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Write About It

• Pick one of the following and write about
  it
• Write a weather bulletin announcing that a
  tornado has been sighted. Warn people about the
  dangers and how they can protect themselves.
• Despite his disability, Jonathan responds bravely
  to a crisis. Write a journal entry that he might
  have written at some point in this story.

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Write About It

• What do you think Jonathan will be like
  in the future because of his experience in the
  storm? Give reasons for your opinion.

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More Good Stuff

• ABC Spelling words
• Vocabulary Match Up
• Hangman Spelling
• Antonyms Game
• Tornado Museum
• What You Should Know About Tornados
• Teacher Lesson Plan
• Reading Test
• Spelling Test

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Say It!

• accident
• coaxed
• nuzzled

• soothed
• tornado
• wailed

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More Words to Know

• advisory
• flashbacks
• scythe
• therapist

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coaxed

• persuaded gently

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accident

• something harmful or unlucky that happens
  unexpectedly

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soothed

• quieted or comforted someone or something

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tornado

• a violent or destructive windstorm with winds as
  high as 300 mph

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wail

• a long, sad cry

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advisory

• report of bad weather

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flashbacks

• scenes of an earlier event inserted into a
  current event

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scythe

• a long, curved blade on a handle

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therapist

• people who treat injuries or diseases

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nuzzled

• rubbed with the nose

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A scythe was used to cut grass a long time ago.
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A scythe was used to cut grass a long time ago.
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I heard the wail of the wind. It sounded like
the cry of a child.
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I heard the wail of the wind. It sounded like
the cry of a child.
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The tornado is a very destructive storm.
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The tornado is a very destructive storm.
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He was involved in a bad car accident.
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He was involved in a bad car accident.
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He coaxed the horses into the barn.
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He coaxed the horses into the barn.
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She tried to soothe her crying mother.
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She tried to soothe her crying mother.
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The dog nuzzled me with his nose.
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The dog nuzzled me with his nose.
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Flashbacks sometimes come to mind when we are
thinking about other things.
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Flashbacks sometimes come to mind when we are
thinking about other things.
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The weather advisory predicted lots of rain.
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The weather advisory predicted lots of rain.
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The therapist tried to help him learn how to walk
again.
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The therapist tried to help him learn how to walk
again.
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Spelling Words with /j/, /ks/, /kw/

• change
• village
• edge
• except
• excited

• explain
• expect
• Texas
• quick
• equal

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Spelling Words with /j/, /ks/, /kw/

• extra
• queen
• quart
• liquid
• quilt

• charge
• bridge
• fudge
• excellent
• relax

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This Weeks Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week
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Lets review our spelling words. Watch
carefully because they will flash on the screen
for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the
word..
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change
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village
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edge
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except
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excited
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explain
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expect
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Texas
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quick
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equal
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charge
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bridge
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fudge
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excellent
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relax
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extra
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queen
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quart
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liquid
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quilt
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change
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