Chinatown

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Chinatown

• From Child of the Owl
• By Laurence Yep

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Word Knowledge
Well-being Sister-in-law high-rise
Remains wait rain
Knew Knit Knight
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Comprehension Strategies

1. Making Connections
2. Clarifying
3. Summarizing

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Writing
Dialogue Dialogue is written conversation between
two or more characters in a story. Dialogue
makes a story believable by showing how
characters think and feel, and keeps readers
interested in the story by moving the action
along.
Practice Read the dialogue between Casey and
Paw-Paw on pages 300-302. How does Laurence
Yeps use of dialogue improves the story.
Apply Skim through the rest of chinatown to
find other examples of dialogue that make the
story more realistic and interesting
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Literary Elements
Setting, Plot, and Problem Resolution Plot
consists of a problem or goal, introduced by the
main character of the story, and the chain of
events that lead to its resolution
Setting is where the events of the story take
place.
Problem resolution occurs when the problem is
solved or the goal is realized.
Apply How do the changes in the setting affect
the storys plot and correspond with Caseys
resolution of her problem?
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Ending Syllables with -le
Focus Words that end with the same sound can be
spelled in different ways. There are no rules for
remembering how to spell such words they must be
studied and memorized individually.
The consonant before le, -el, -al, -il, and ol
are different spellings of the same vowel sound
in the unstressed ending syllable of some words.
The consonant before le syllable pattern is the
mos common spelling.
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Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Compound Sentences Focus Similar sentences can
be combined when they have closely related ideas
of equal importance.

• A compound sentence consists of two complete
  sentences that are combined by using a
  conjunction or a semicolon.

• Use conjunctions such as and, or, or but to
  combine sentences that contain closely related
  ideas.

• When a semicolon is used to combine two
  sentences that contain closely related ideas, it
  replaces the comma and conjunction.

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Study and Research
Draw Conclusions from Multiple Sources

1. Encyclopedias 8. Museum
2. Magazines 9. Destination
3. Newspapers
4. Books
5. Internet
6. Journals
7. People