Transcript Grandfather’s Journey

Grandfather’s
Journey
Written and Illustrated by:
Allen Say
1994 Caldecott Medal Winner
Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Additional Resources
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4
Day 5
Day 3
Study Skills
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Historical Fiction
Comprehension Skill: Sequence
Comprehension Strategy: Graphic
Organizers
Comprehension Review Skill: Main Idea
Vocabulary: Dictionary/Glossary
Genre:
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Historical Fiction is set in the
past. It is a story in which
some of the details are factual
but in which others are made
up or are loosely based on
history. Look for the factual
details as you read.
Summary
A young Japanese man
leaves his home in Japan
to explore North America.
He falls in love with the
amazing sights of the new
land, but eventually misses
his home. He moves his
new family back to Japan
but always thinks and
shares stories of North
America with his family.
Comprehension Skill Review –
Main Idea and Details
 Main idea is an important
point about the story’s
topic
 Supporting details give
more information about a
main idea.
Day 1 -Question of the Week
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What can we
learn about
the United
States as we
travel?
Vocabulary- Say It!
amazed
bewildered
towering
longed
still
homeland
sculptures
More Words to Know
seacoast
steamship
coast
route
lush
Comprehension SkillSequence
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Sequence means the order in which
things happen.
Dates, times, and clue words such
as first, then, next, and last can
help you understand the order of
events.
Sometimes two or more events
happen at the same time. Words
such as meanwhile and during can
show this.
Listen to the Story
1. The hot springs at
Yellowstone National Park is
amazing?
2. We saw an eagel. At our
campsite.
Every complete sentence contains two
parts: a subject and a predicate.
The subject is what (or
whom) the sentence is about,
while the predicate tells
something about the subject.
Judy and her dog run on the beach
every morning.
Judy and her dog run on the beach
every morning.
First find the verb and then
make a question by placing
“who?'' or “what?'' before it.
subject= Judy
and her dog.
sweet
each
three
least
freedom
below
throat
float
foam
flown
greet
season
croak
shallow
eagle
indeed rainbow grown seaweed hollow
Halloween
speedometer
underneath
seacoast
cocoa
Day 2 - Question of the Day
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Why do you think
traveling in the
United States made
the grandfather
long to see more?
amazed
surprised greatly;
struck with sudden
wonder; astounded
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bewildered
completely
confused; puzzled
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towering
very high
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longed
wished very
much; desired
greatly
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still
to make or
become calm or
quiet
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homeland
country that is
your home; your
native land
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sculptures
works of art
created by
carving,
modeling,
casting, etc.
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seacoast
land along
the sea;
seaboard
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steamship
ship moved by
engines that work
by the action of
steam under
pressure
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coast
land along
the sea;
seashore
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route
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way to go; road
lush
having thick
growth; covered
with growing
things
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Weekly Fluency Check Fluency
● Often text has many
statements of facts and
details, you will use a
slower tempo and rate to
help listeners understand
it better.
● Practice reading page 81
using appropriate tempo
and rate.
3. Mr and mrs. Kim
entertained us in San
Francisco.
4. They, were at the
airport to great us.
Let’s try one:
We spilled popcorn on the
floor.
What is the verb of this
sentence?
We spilled popcorn on the
floor.
Now find the subject:
We spilled popcorn on the
floor.
Now decide who or what
spilled popcorn?
We spilled popcorn on the
floor.
Can you find the subject in each
sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Can you find the subject in each
sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried
guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Can you find the predicate in each
sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Can you find the predicate in each
sentence below?
1. My little brother broke his
finger.
2. His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3. Those soldiers carried guns.
4. Our babysitter arrived late.
Group Work
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Readers & WB 24
Spelling Day 2
Language Day 2
Tri-Fold Section 2
SmartBoard- Vocabulary Game
Day 3 - Question of the Day
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What do you think the
author of Grandfather’s
Journey would say are
some positive and
negative effects of
moving to a new place?
Review Questions
1.Why was grandfather amazed by the
sights in North America?
2.How can you tell grandfather liked
traveling through North America?
3.Why are songbirds important to
grandfather?
4.What is the main idea of this story?
Full of hope, they
left their
homeland.
Full of hope, they
left their
homeland.
The English
language and the
new mix of customs
in America
bewildered them.
The English language
and the new mix of
customs in America
bewildered them.
Deserts with
rocks like
enormous
sculptures
amazed them.
Deserts with
rocks like
enormous
sculptures
amazed them.
Towering
buildings called
skyscrapers
soared into the
sky.
Towering buildings
called skyscrapers
soared into the sky.
The new
Americans longed
for the sights and
people they had
left behind.
The new
Americans longed
for the sights and
people they had
left behind.
Having a better life
did not still their
feelings for their
homeland.
Having a better life
did not still their
feelings for their
homeland.
They seemed like
sculptures that
symbolized the power
and promise of the
new land.
They seemed like
sculptures that
symbolized the power
and promise of the
new land.
He stood on the
seacoast and
watched the waves
come in.
He stood on the
seacoast and
watched the waves
come in.
Early Americans
traveled the rivers by
steamships.
Early Americans
traveled the rivers by
steamships.
Seagulls can be
spotted along the
coast.
Seagulls can be
spotted along the
coast.
What is the quickest
route for you to take
home?
What is the quickest
route for you to take
home?
5. What an amazing sity
San Francisco is.
6. My dad, my mom, my
brother, and I. Went to
chinatown.
Group Work
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Partner Read & WB 27-28
Spelling Day 3
Language Day 3
Tri-Fold Section 3
SmartBoard- Reading Review
Day 4 - Question of the Day
What kind of
travel information
can you find using
online reference
sources?
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Literary Device –
Paraphrase
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Paraphrasing is putting
something in your own words.
Paraphrasing should keep the
ideas and meaning of the original
text, but be simpler to read.
A paraphrase should not include
the reader’s opinions.
7. Mr. Sakata, our
neighbor, was borned in
Japan?
8. He speaks English, he
speaks and write
Japanese.
Simple Subject and Simple
Predicate
Every subject is built around
one noun or pronoun (or
more). When all other
words are removed the
simple subject is left.
Simple Subject
A piece of chocolate candy
would taste great.
The main word in the subject is the noun
piece, with the other words of the subject
-- a and of chocolate candy – tell about
the noun. Piece is the simple subject.
Can you find the simple subject in
each sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Can you find the simple subject in
each sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Simple Predicate
A simple predicate
is always the verb
or verbs that links
up with the subject.
Simple Predicate
A piece of chocolate candy
would taste great.
The simple predicate is would
taste -- in other words, the verb
of the sentence.
Can you find the simple predicate in
each sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Can you find the simple predicate in
each sentence below?
1.My little brother broke his
finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
Compound Subject
A sentence may have a
compound subject -- a
simple subject made up of
more than one noun or
pronoun.
No
Doubt
ACDC
Can you find the compound
subjects?
Team pennants, rock posters
and family photographs covered
the boy's bedroom walls.
Can you find the compound
subjects?
Team pennants, rock posters
and family photographs
covered the boy's bedroom
walls.
Can you find the compound
subjects?
Her uncle and she walked
slowly through the art gallery
and admired the beautiful
pictures exhibited there.
Can you find the compound
subjects?
Her uncle and she walked
slowly through the art gallery
and admired the beautiful
pictures exhibited there.
Can you find the compound subject in
each sentence below?
1. My little brother and my cousin
broke their fingers.
2. His Uncle Bob and Aunt Betty asked
for directions.
3. Those soldiers and agents carried
guns.
4. Our babysitter and her friend
arrived late.
Can you find the compound subject in
each sentence below?
1. My little brother and my cousin
broke their fingers.
2. His Uncle Bob and Aunt Betty
asked for directions.
3. Those soldiers and agents carried
guns.
4. Our babysitter and her friend
arrived late.
Compound Predicate
A compound predicate, is
more than one verb relating
to the same subject.
Can you find the compound
predicate?
Mother mopped and
scrubbed the kitchen floor.
Can you find the compound
predicate?
Mother mopped and
scrubbed the kitchen floor.
Can you find the compound
predicate in each sentence below?
1. My little brother bruised and broke
his finger.
2. His Uncle Bob looked and asked for
directions.
3. Those soldiers carried and used
guns.
4. Our babysitter overslept and arrived
late.
Can you find the compound
predicate in each sentence below?
1. My little brother bruised and broke
his finger.
2. His Uncle Bob looked and asked for
directions.
3. Those soldiers carried and used
guns.
4. Our babysitter overslept and
arrived late.
Group Work
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Reading Computer Test
Essay Questions
Language Arts Day 4
Tri-Fold Section 4
Essay Questions
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2.
3.
What is a main idea of this
selection?
In what way is the author’s
homesickness like his grandfather’s
homesickness?
How might this story be different if
the author had never traveled to
California?
DAY FIVE
What can we learn
about the United
States as we
travel?
Research/Study Skill –
Electronic Media
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Electronic media includes
any resources that require
electricity
There are two types of
electronic media, computer
and non-computer sources.
Research/Study Skill –
Electronic Media
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Computer sources: CD-ROMs,
DVDs, and the Internet (including
online sources such as Web sties,
encyclopedia, newspapers, and so
on).
Non-computer sources:
audiotapes, videotapes, DVDs,
films, filmstrips, television shows,
and the radio.
Postcard
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A postcard is a brief
message, with a picture on
one side, sent by mail to
friends or family.
Often a post card gives detail
about a place you are visiting
on vacation and describes
your feelings about being
there.
9. Your going to love the
Rocky Mountains in
colorado.
10. They are higher then
the mountains. Where
we live.
Group Work
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Reading WB 29-30
Language WB Day 5
Writing Assignment
Tri-Fold Section 5
SmartBoard- Subject & Predicate
Game
Writing Assignment
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Pretend that you are on
vacation. Write a postcard
to a friend or family
member describing where
you are. The place can be
real or imaginary.
Additional Resources
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Subject and Predicate Game
Reading Review
SmartBoard- Vocabulary Game
Subject Speedway Game
Sequencing Game
Graphic Organizers
Online Dictionary
Main Idea