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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)
Prediction Jonathan will stay calm during the storm. Story Information He loves storms and isnt scared. Prior Knowledge that Confirms It is important to stay calm in a storm.
The storm will be more violent than Jonathan expects. There are many signs a twister is coming, radio, wind, wail, sky. Tornados or more damaging than he is use to.
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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
Story Clues Jonathan tells his parents about what he did. What I know When I do something really hard or scary, I feel proud. Conclusion Jonathan feels very proud of himself.
They did not scold or baby him. When I tell people what Ive done, its because I feel good about it. It feels good to do a job well.
He wont care as much when they look at him, because they might see him and not his condition. People dont like to be pitied. People with disabilities are capable and want to be treated the same as everyone else.
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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.

12
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
  1. What does Jonathan hate most of all?
  2. Where had his mother gone?
  3. How can you tell Jonathan is independent and
    confident?
  4. What are some words the author uses to help you
    visualize the storm?

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Review 2 Pages 308-314
  1. What does he do to calm the horses?
  2. How does he feel when he looked beyond the house?
    Explain
  3. 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.
48
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
57
except
58
excited
59
explain
60
expect
61
Texas
62
quick
63
equal
64
charge
65
bridge
66
fudge
67
excellent
68
relax
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extra
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queen
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quart
72
liquid
73
quilt
74
change
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GREAT JOB!
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