Transcript Day 2 Stargirl Powerpoint2009x

• Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli, takes place in the
small, but growing city of Mica, Arizona.
• Arizona is located in the South West. It
borders Mexico and several United States.
Arizona, like Mica, continues to grow
and develop
but much of the land remains wild.
Leo and Stargirl like to watch the
sunset, sitting in the desert alone.
Deserts, though
they seem barren,
are actually
hotbeds for
thousands of
species of plants,
animals, and other
organisms.
Discoveryeducation.com video
We will learn about many new
things, many of which are common
to the South West United States.
Some of these include:
The name Mica comes from a Silicate Mineral.
Cactus Paddles, Western Texas
Cactus Paddle
VOCABULARY from Stargirl
• There are many new words that we will learn
in this story.
• There are also many words that are particular
to the South West and that we might not be
familiar with since we live in the North East.
• They include:
Saguaro
sa·gua·ro
[suh-gwahr-oh, -wahr-oh]
a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea
(or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring
regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an
edible fruit: still locally common, though some
populations have been reduced.
Shunning
noun [shuhn-ing]
deliberately avoiding; keeping
away from or preventing from
happening [syn: avoidance]
Ocotillo
• Ocotillo is a tall, stout shrub with many stiff,
spiny stems rising from the base, each of which
can be simple or few-branched. It can grow to as
tall as 20' and the stems are leafless for much of
the year, producing masses of leaves usually only
after a rainy period.
• Ocotillo is common in the Colorado Desert,
where it is in fact one of the botanical indicators
of that desert, but also in the s.e. Mojave Desert,
blooming from March to July.
• These pictures were taken in the southern part
of Joshua Tree National Park.
Ocotillo
Prickly Pear Cactus
Saguaro Cactus
• Saguaro Video
Four Leaf Clover
• I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,
Third is the roses that grow in the lane.
No need explaining, the one remaining
Is somebody I adore.
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before
Clover Song and Lyrics
I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF
CLOVER
Art Mooney
Words by Mort Dixon, music by
Harry Woods
Written in 1927 - popularized in
1948 by Art Mooney