Letters Home from Yosemite

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Letters Home from Yosemite
Compiled by Terry Sams PES

• Written and Illustrated by
• Lisa Halvorsen
• Visit the Author

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Summary

• Yosemite National Park is an amazing place. In
  one visit, you can see giant trees, towering
  mountains, and interesting wildlife.

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Genre Narrative Nonfiction

• Narrative nonfiction tells the story of real
  people, places, or events. The narrator, or
  teller of the story, presents information in
  sequence. Notice this sequence as you read
  about Yosemite National Park.

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Question of the WeekTE 66m

• How does Yosemite reflect the unique qualities of
  the West?

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Review Questions

1. How can you tell this was written to
   inform?
2. What is one way Yosemite is a unique place?
3. What are some impressive wonders in Yosemite?

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Review Questions

1. What is the time setting of this story?
2. How did the author organize this story? Why do
   you think she did that?
3. What attraction did the she go see right after
   Glacier Point?

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Vocabulary- Say It!

• glacier
• impressive
• naturalist
• preserve
• slopes
• species
• wilderness

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glacier

• a great mass of ice moving very slowly down a
  mountain or
  along a valley

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naturalist

• a person who studies living things

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impressive

• able to have a strong effect on the mind or
  feelings

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preserve

• to keep from harm or change protect

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species

• a set of related living things that share certain
  characteristic and that can be interbred

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slopes

• and that goes up and down at an angle

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wilderness

• a wild region with few or no people living in it

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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6
million miles of wilderness.
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Denali Nation Park in Alaska has more than 6
million miles of wilderness.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in
Denali!.
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More than 650 species of flowering plants live in
Denali!.
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The park was established to preserve the land and
the plants and animals.
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The park was established to preserve the land and
the plants and animals.
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Thats what the naturalist on the guided tour
told us about this park.
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Thats what the naturalist on the guided tour
told us about this park.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We skied up the lower slopes of Mt. McKinley.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge
field of ice.
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We could see a giant glacier looking like a huge
field of ice.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The glacier was a very impressive sight.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree
in the world.
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The sequoia tree is the largest species of tree
in the world.
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Spelling Words Long u Sounds

• cruise
• juice
• scooter
• afternoon
• threw

• smooth
• mood
• flute
• huge
• usual

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Spelling Words Long u sounds

• curfew
• duty
• humor
• confuse
• groove

• pupil
• excuse
• cruel
• bruise
• truth