A Peddler

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• A Peddlers Dream
• Genre Historical Fiction
• Authors Purpose Entertain, Inform
• Skill Plot
• By Janice Shefelman
• Illustrated by
• Tom Shefelman

Compiled by Terry Sams, Piedmont
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Summary
Solomon Joseph Azar left his home in the
mountains of Lebanon and came to the United
States to seek his fortune.  A man from the old
country gave him advice - to become a peddler. 
Not long after he began peddling his wares, he
was robbed.  A farm family took him in.  He
exchanged work for food - until one day he got a
job in a dry goods store in town.  This was not
the end of Solomon's troubles, but he never gave
up on his dream. Listen to a summary by a child
   

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Genre Historical Fiction

• Historical Fiction is fiction that takes place in
  the past.
• The author makes up the characters and events,
  but the characters and events seem real.
• The setting is important, and the problems and
  events are based on things that really did or
  could have happened during the time period.

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Comprehension Skill Plot

• A storys plot is the important parts of the
  story.
• The plot can be a series of events that center on
  a problem or conflict.
• The parts of a plot are the conflict, or problem,
  the rising action, the climax, and the
  resolution, or outcome.

Plot quiz
Plot PowerPoint Practice
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Comprehension Skill Review Visualizing

• When we visualize while reading, we create
  pictures in our minds.
• Visualizing helps us to relate to the characters
  in a text.
• We imagine what things look like, smell, sound,
  taste, and feel.

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Vocabulary Skill Review Antonyms

• Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
• Many writers create sentences in which a known
  word may be used as a clue to the meaning of an
  antonym.
• Examples
• Because I was too tired to run, I slowly trudged
  up the pier.
• To earn money, I began peddling my paintings,
  selling them to people in the park.

Click on the title to practice this skill.
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Research Skill - Graphs
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Weekly Fluency Check -Read with Expression TE
493d

• Students should read with expression.
• For example, they should change the tone of voice
  to match the character speaking.
• In the passage below, the tone changes from
  serious when Solomon encounters thieves, to much
  more relaxed when he meets Mr. Lindheimer.
• Go to pages 482 - 483, beginning with One dold
  rainy . . .

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Figurative Language Dialogue

• Dialogue is a conversation between two or more
  characters in a story.
• Quotation marks go around the words spoken by the
  characters.
• Dialogue helps to move the story forward.
• Dialogue helps the reader understand more about
  the characters and events.
• Mr. Lindheimer says, I could use more help
  around this place.

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Review Pages 486-487

• 1. How does Solomon feel as he
• travels across the ocean?
• 2. Why does he travel to America?
• 3. What job does he do upon his
• arrival in America?
• 4. What event occurred during his first job?
• 5. What is Solomons dream?

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Review Pages 488-490

• 1. How does Mr. Hart help Solomon?
• 2. How does the setting change from the
  original story? Why?
• 3. What did he do to improve Harts Dry Goods?
• 4. What is the climax of this story?

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Writing Assignment

• Choose a famous immigrant to the United States.
  use reference sources to find out about his or
  her life, and take notes on the information you
  find.

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Summary

• Hear a summary of this weeks story.
• What was it like to come to America a 100 years
  ago?

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Fun Stuff

• What was it like to come to America a hundred
  years ago?
• Vocabulary Practice
• Spelling Hangman
• Ellis Island
• American Immigration Home Page
• History Happens
• Reading Test

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Say It!

• bound
• fortune
• mission
• peddling
• purchased
• quarters
• trudged

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More Words to Know

• betrothed
• calico
• dowry
• merchandise
• wares

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Vocabulary Support

• Arabic Words and Names
• Solomon Azar (a zar)
• amm - a term of respect
• quashaat (kwa shat) pack
• baklawa (bak la wa) a sweet pastry
• Habibati (ha be ba te) my dear
• German Name, Phrase and Word
• Mr. Lindheimer (lint hi mer)
• Wer ist er? (ver ist er) Who is he?
• und (unt) and

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Content-Area Vocabulary

• immigrants people who enter a foreign country
  to live
• ports of entry cities or towns where immigrants
  can enter a country
• graph a line or diagram showing how one
  quantity compares to others.

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mission

• a center or headquarters for religious or social
  work

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peddling

• carrying from place to place to place to sell

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fortune

• money and possessions amassed

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quarters

• a place to live and stay

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purchased

• bought with
• money

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trudged

• walked with effort

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bound

• tied together

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calico

• cloth with printed patterns

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merchandise

• goods for sale

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betrothed

• engaged to be married

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dowry

• money or property a woman brings to a man when
  they
• are married

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wares

• articles for sale

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Maria rented new quarters upon her arrival in
Austria.

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Maria rented new quarters upon her arrival in
Austria.
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Kaye went to the market to purchase food for her
dinner date.
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Kaye went to the market to purchase food for her
dinner date.
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Last Monday morning she got ready and trudged
into work.
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Last Monday morning she got ready and trudged
into work.
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In New York City, many people make a living by
peddling goods on the street.
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In New York City, many people make a living by
peddling goods on the street.
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Beth had inherited a small fortune from her Uncle
Larry.
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Beth had inherited a small fortune from her Uncle
Larry.
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They found the flowers bound together on the
table.
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They found the flowers bound together on the
table.
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We went to the mission to get food for the
immigrants.
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We went to the mission to get food for the
immigrants.
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GREAT JOB!