Transcript Roadrunner`s Dance

Roadrunner’s Dance
Mrs. Breeding
4th Grade
Folk tale
• A folk tale is a story based on the
traditions of a people or region, told by
parents to children and then by the
children to their children.
Examples of folk tales
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Paul Bunyan
Billy Goats Gruff
Three Little Pigs
Brer Rabbit
Headless Horseman
Johnny Appleseed
Strategy
• Evaluate
-You should evaluate a text by identifying
the reason the author has written it.
Author’s Purpose
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PIE!!!!
P- persuade
I- inform
E- entertain
Interfere (verb)
• to take part in the
affairs of others when
not asked
Guardian (noun)
• someone or
something who
watches over or
protects
Agile (adj)
• able to move and
react quickly and
easily
Tottered (verb)
• walked or moved with
unsteady steps
Awkward (adj)
• without grace in
movement or
behavior
Proclaimed (verb)
• announced publicly
Story Words
• inhibiting- slowing down or holding back
• coiled- moved in a circling or twisting way
• mesquite- a shrub with thorns that grows
in the southwestern United States
• yucca- a warm climate plant with long
leaves, strong stems, and white flowers
• ruckus- a lot of noise and activity
Genre
• Folk tale- A story based on the traditions
of a people or region, told by parents to
children and then by the children to their
children.
Strategy
• Evaluate- You should begin evaluating a
text by identifying the reason the author
has written it.
• Authors Purpose- An author’s purpose
may be to entertain, persuade, instruct or
inform.
Synonyms
• A word that has the same or a very similar
meaning to another word. You can find
synonyms in a thesaurus or a synonym
finder.
awkward-clumsy
agile- graceful
tottered- wobbled
proclaimed- announced