Theme:

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Theme Going West
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Spelling List

1. metallic
2. poetic
3. realistic
4. historic
5. classic
6. artistic
7. basic
8. dramatic
9. oceanic
10. patriotic

1. heavy
2. heavier
3. butterfly
4. butterflies
5. supply
6. supplies
7. worry
8. worried
9. mercy
10. merciful

BONUS WORDS 1. Icelandic 2. worrisome
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Word Structure

• Root Words
• caput
• head
• ex capital
• visus
• to see
• vision
• falsus
• to deceive
• ex false

• -ic
• suffix
• of or relating to
• possessing the characteristic of
• ex metallic
• explodere-
• to drive out with violence loud noise
• ex exploded

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McBroom the Rainmaker
Genre Tall Tale Comprehension
Strategy Focus Questions
It uses humor and exaggeration to tell the
adventures of a fictional character.
Cause and Effect
How does McBroom plan to create a rainstorm? Why
do you think this type of story was popular with
frontier people?
by Sid Fleishman
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Word Structure
farmers dogs their our
capital vision false exploded
predict merciful exclaimed international
Icelandic metallic poetic realistic
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Silent Write

• What do you know about tall tales?

• What do you know about the frontier people?

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What was the rural life of settlers like?
What is a drought?
What are the effects of a drought?
What were the adventures experienced by the
pioneers like?
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Exciting Essentials

• Tall tales became popular on the American
  frontier where isolation and loneliness led to
  the exaggerated stories often told by the
  pioneers. One way pioneers conveyed their
  astonishment at their new surroundings and the
  events of their lives was through tall tales.
• What are some examples of tall tales?

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C
P
W
Clues
Problems
Wonderings
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Vocabulary
regard
predict
drought
accurate
merciful
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Vocabulary
prairie
sowing
heaved
desperately
disposition
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Vocabulary

1. regard- (n.) thought of care.
2. merciful- (adj.) kind or forgiving.

• 3. predict- (v.) to tell beforehand.
• 4. accurate- (adj.) correct exact.

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Vocabulary

1. drought- (n.) a period of time when there is not.
2. prairie- (n.) a large area of level land with
   grass and few or no trees.

• 7. desperately- (adv.) hopelessly.
• 8. sowing- (v.) planting

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Vocabulary

• 9. heaved (v.)- to make a sound with a lot of
  effort or strain.

• 10. dispositions(n.)- a natural way of acting
  mood.

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Figurative Language
Simile Example
Metaphor Example
Hyperbole Example
Alliteration Example
Idiom Example
Personification Example
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more effects of droughts
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Write about it!

• Tell your own tall tale about one of your
  teachers. It must be three paragraphs. Write it
  in your journal!

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Workshop McBroom the Rainmaker Complete 3
different activities (1 must be Comprehension
and 1 must be Vocabulary)
Concept/Question Board Create a tall tale about the American West. Use SP p. 123 as your GO (prewriting). Write your final story on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to illustrate your tall tale. Comprehension Create 10 True/False statements. At least 4 must be false and explain why it is false. Vocabulary Create a crossword puzzle using all of the selection vocabulary words. Crossword puzzle must be completed when turned in.
Vocabulary Create a fill in the blank test using your vocabulary words. Be sure to include the answer key on the back. Use context clues to help the reader figure out which vocabulary word best completes the sentence. Comprehension Draw an illustration of the McBroom Farm. Include a paragraph describing the farm.
Comprehension Create a Cause/Effect GO. Include at least 10 causes and their effects. Spelling Create a word search using all spelling words. Trade with a partner and solve. Social Studies Inquiry Read pages 580-581 and complete the Think Link questions using complete sentences.
Figurative Language Using the selection, locate
10 examples of figurative language. Write down
the example and the type of figurative language
being used.