The Chilin Purse by Linda Fang

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The Chi-lin Purseby Linda Fang

• Hsiang-ling was a spoiled young girl, but on her
  wedding day, she gave a purse full of riches from
  her mother to a less fortunate bride getting
  married on the same day. Later, Hsiang-ling was
  separated from her husband and son after a
  horrible storm. She found work taking care of a
  spoiled young boy in a wealthy home. The boys
  mother turned out to be the poor bride
  Hsiang-ling had helped so long ago. The mother
  was so greatful that she split her familys
  fortune with Hsiang-ling and helped her find her
  husband and son.

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Skill Lessons

• Genre
• Folk Tale
• Comprehension
• Compare and Contrast (PB 73, 77, 78)
• Sequence (PB 76)
• Words to Know
• Vocabulary (PB 74)
• Word Structure (PB 75)
• Research and Study Skills
• Textbook/Trade Book (PB 79-80)

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Genre

• Folk tales are stories or legends that are told
  over and over from one generation to the next.
  They usually started as stories that were
  memorized and told out loud.

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Compare and Contrast

• When you compare and contrast thingsyou tell how
  they are alike or different.
• Sometimes clue words point out comparisonsand
  contrasts, but not always.
• You can compare and contrast differentthings you
  read about with one another,and also with what
  you already know.

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Sequence

• Sequence is the order in which events happen in a
  selection. When you read, think about what comes
  first, next, and last.
• Several events can occur at the same time. Words
  such as meanwhile and during give clues that two
  events are happening at the same time.

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Words to Know

• Astonished
• Behavior
• Benefactor
• Distribution

• Gratitude
• Procession
• Recommend
• Sacred
• Traditions

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Astonished

• Surprised greatly amazed

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Behavior

• Manner of behaving way of acting

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Benefactor

• Person who has given money or kindly help

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Distribution

• The act of giving some to each, of dividing and
  giving out in shares

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Gratitude

• Kindly feeling because of a favor received
  desire to do a favor in return thankfulness

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Procession

• Something that moves forward persons marching or
  riding

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Recommend

• To speak in favor of suggest favorably

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Sacred

• Worthy of reverence not to be violated or
  disregarded

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Traditions

• Customs or beliefs handed down from generation to
  generation

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Word Structure (PB 75)

• Greek and Latin roots are used in many English
  words.
• When you find a word you dont know, recognizing
  the root can help you figure out its meaning.
• The Latin word bene means well or good, as in
  beneficial, benefit, and benefactor.
• The Latin word gratus means pleasing, as in
  gratitude and grateful.

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Textbook/Trade Book (PB 79-80)

• A textbook usually teaches one subject, such as
  social studies or math. Textbooks contain
  chapter titles, headings, subheadings, and
  vocabulary words.
• A trade book is any book that is not a textbook,
  a periodical, or a reference book.

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Daily Fix-It

• Six years ago, she gives away her weding gift.
• Were that girl mean or just spoiled.
• Today families spends years planning a childs'
  wedding.

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Daily Fix-It

• Ever detail should be prefect.
• A purse are a bag for mony.
• Today most women carried a purse for small
  ojects.

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Daily Fix-It

• Purses is often made of manufactured materiels or
  fabric.
• A plastic handbag may appeer to be made of lether
  
• Yesterday the bride sitted on a sedan chare.

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Daily Fix-It

• Everyone celebrated at the Grand feast?

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Resources/Web Sites

• http//www.hampton-brown.com/PDF/HSLL.T1.SJ.Purse.
  pdf
• http//www.puppet.org/pdf/dl_studyguide_china7-12.
  pdf
• http//www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/logi
  n.jsp
• http//www.studystack.com/menu-46798