Transcript The Great Kapok Tree

Unit 3 Week 5
Kristi Goggans
A fantasy is a made-up story in which the
characters do things that you would not
expect them to do in real life.
 Suffixes
are added to the end of a word.
• - ous can make a word mean “full of ____”
• - ate can make a word mean “supply or treat with
_________”
• Joyous becomes “full of joy”
• Hydrate becomes “supply or treat with water.”
A generalization is a broad statement
based on several examples.
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Generalization
Good readers pay
attention to story
structure – how a
story is put
together. Notice
how a story begins
(the problem), how
it builds through
the middle (rising
action and climax),
and how it ends
(resolution).
Canopy
Dangle
Dappled
Fragrant
Pollen
Slithered
Wondrous
 The
uppermost layer of branches in
forest trees; shelter
 To
hang and swing loosely
 Marked
with spots
 Sweet
smelling scent; giving off a
pleasant odor
 Powder
from a flower
 Move
with a sliding motion; slipped
 Wonderful; marvelous; remarkable
Made
honey for farmers
Kept humans out of the forest
Pollinated Trees and Flowers
Trees
provide shade from the sun
Kapok trees grow in the rain forest
All living things depend on one
another
 Rain
forests are hot.
 Wild animals are dangerous.
 They
gave leaves their green color.
 They held the soil in place.
 They were home to certain birds.
 The
animals were able to talk to the
sleeping man.
 A child from the Yanomamo tribe lived in
the rain forest.
 The toucan flew down from the canopy.
 Explain
the habits of different animals in
the rain forest
 Describe what happens in a rain forest
when the trees are cut down
 Explain how people use the trees when
they chop down the rain forest
 To
build a fire to keep warm
 To show how strong he was
 To sell the wood for money
 People
and animals need the oxygen that
trees make.
 The
author did this to show how the loss
of the Kapok tree would affect the lives of
a variety of animals.
 Keeping
the animals quiet showed what
the forest would sound like if the trees
were cut down.