Transcript Yingtao`s Friend

Yingtao’s New
Friend
Compiled by Terry Sams, PES
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Author’s Purpose:
Entertain, Express
Skill: Compare and
Contrast
By: Lensey Namioka
Summary
Starting a new school in the middle of the
year is bad enough. But imagine starting
a new school in a new country, where it
seems everything is different, and you
don't know enough English to make
friends. Add to that the fact that your
violin-playing is a family joke, and you
have Yingtao's life. With three strikes
against him, how can Yingtao adjust to
life in America. (ying dou)
Genre: Realistic Fiction
TE 91i
 In Realistic Fiction the
characters speak and act like
real people.
 The story describes real-life
problems and events.
 The outcome, or problem
resolution, seems to be
reasonable.
Click on Genre to learn more about different genres and Realistic Fiction.
Comprehension Skill:
Compare and Contrast
A Comparison tells how two
or more things are alike.
A Contrast tells how they
are different
Clue words such as like or as
show comparisons
Clue words such as but or
unlike show contrasts.
Compare and Contrast Practice
Yingtao’s Family
How they
eat
Utensils
they use
What they
eat
TE91a
Matthew’s Family
Vocabulary Skill:
Multiple-Meaning Words
 Many words have more than one
meaning. To decide which meaning of
a word is being used, look for clues in
the surrounding sentences or
paragraph.
 Use context clues, experience, and
word order to decide on the correct
meaning of a multiple-meaning word.
Click on the title to practice this skill.
Comprehension Skill Review –
Sequence TE 91b
 Sequence is the order of the events
that occur in a story.
 You can determine the order of events
by clue words such as first and next.
 Other clue words to indicate sequence
might be in the beginning, then, later,
following, after, and finally.
Weekly Fluency Check Read with Expression TE 91d
 Students should read with attention to
expression, for example, changing voices
to differentiate speakers and using pauses
for emphasis.
Go to pages 75-76, beginning with “After
the rehearsal. . .”
 Matthew and Yingtao might each be timed
and excited to be making a new friend.
The text on these pages gives some clues
to the way the characters speak.
Read to Find Out: Page 70 - 75
1. What problem does Yingtao have in the
orchestra?
2. Why doesn’t Yingtao accept the conductor’s
offer to let him use the triangle?
3. Yingtao plays the violin poorly. How does he
solve this problem?
4. What kind of person is Matthew?
Read to Find Out: Page 76 - 86
1. What does Matthew notice about Yingtao’s
family that is different from his own?
2. Sequence – What has happened so far in
the story?
3. Why is Eldest Brother happy with
Matthew’s playing of the violin?
4. What does Matthew help Yingtao realize
about himself?
Compare/Contrast
Make a Venn diagram to
compare and contrast
some of the Yang
family’s customs with
some that Matthew’s
family may have had.
Writing Assignment
Choose one of the following and write a
paragraph:
 Write a note that Matthew might
send to Eldest Brother to thank
him for the violin lesson.
 Write an article for the school
newspaper featuring the new
family in the neighborhood,
Yingtao’s family.
Skills Practice:
 Compare and Contrast
 More Compare and contrast
 Reading Compare and contrast
practice
 Reading Test
 Spelling Test
Other Good Stuff
Game with words
Comprehension quiz
Vocabulary on-line quiz
Play music
Scotts Foresman
Say It!
instruments orchestra
rehearsal
measures
triangle
More Words to Know
apologetically
audition
conductor
sheepishly
tempted
measures
– bars of music
instruments
– devices for producing
musical sounds
rehearsal
– practice to
prepare for
public performance
orchestra
– a group of
musicians playing at a
concert, opera, or
play
triangle
– a musical
instrument
audition
– a hearing to test
ability of a performer
apologetically
– making an excuse;
expressing
regret
conductor
– a person
who leads
an orchestra
tempted
– appealed strongly
to; attracted
sheepishly
– in a bashful or
embarrassed
way
The band got their
instruments ready to
play.
The band got their
instruments ready to
play.
The instructor stopped
me after playing only
four measures.
The instructor stopped
me after playing only
four measures.
She missed the final
rehearsal before
opening night.
She missed the final
rehearsal before
opening night.
Melinda chose to play
the triangle.
Melinda chose to play
the triangle.
My dream is to play in a
big city orchestra.
My dream is to play in a
big city orchestra.
“I’ve never used
chopsticks before,” he
said sheepishly.
“I’ve never used
chopsticks before,” he
said sheepishly.
“I’m not used to eating
someone I saw
swimming just a little
while ago,” he said
apologetically.
“I’m not used to eating
someone I saw
swimming just a little
while ago,” he said
apologetically.
Did the conductor listen
to you play at the
audition?
Did the conductor listen
to you play at the
audition?
I felt tempted to use the
fork and not the
chopsticks.
I felt tempted to use the
fork and not the
chopsticks.
Spelling Words
Short Vowels a, i, o, u
 tough
 couple
 cousin
 young
 trouble
chop
closet
forgot
block
pond
Spelling Words
Short Vowels a, i, o, u
 window
 quilt
 build
 finger
 river
backpack
blanket
January
cash
band
This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own
words for this week:
Let’s review our words.
Watch carefully because
they will flash on the
screen for just a moment.
We will clap as we spell
the word.
band
backpack
finger
build
guilt
January
blanket
window
pond
block
forgot
closet
chop
trouble
young
cousin
couple
tough
GREAT JOB!