Transcript The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Wings for the King
By
Anna Stroda
Prepared by Judy Oschwald – 5th grade teacher
Genre: Play
• A play is a story written to be
acted out for an audience. As
you read, imagine the actors
speaking the lines and acting
out the action.
Author’s Purpose
• The author’s purpose is the reason or reasons
an author has for writing. The purpose may
change during a selection, but most selections
have one main purpose.
• An author may write to persuade you, to inform
you, to entertain you, or to express ideas or
feelings. The kinds of ideas and the way the
author states them help you see the author’s
purpose.
Author’s Purpose
• There are 3 main purposes an author
has for writing:
• Inform - gives information
• Entertain – tells a story; tries to entertain
• Persuade – tries to get the reader to do or
believe something
Author’s Purpose
• In addition to these 3 main reasons
for writing, an author may have
another purpose:
• He or she may be expressing
personal ideas or views.
Strategy: Story Structure
• Active readers pay attention to story
structure for clues about the author’s
main purpose.
• Authors usually identify the problem
of the main character at the start.
They work through the problem as the
action rises in the middle, and then
solve it with the climax and outcome.
Vocabulary Strategy
for Multiple-Meaning Words
• Context clues ~ Some words
have more than one meaning.
Use words and sentences
around the word with multiple
meanings to figure out which
meaning the author is using.
Vocabulary Strategy
for Multiple-Meaning Words
1. When you are puzzled by a multiplemeaning word, read the words and
sentences around it to get the context for
the word.
2. Then think about the different meanings
the word has. For example, direct can
mean “to manage,” “to command,” and
“to show the way.”
Vocabulary Strategy
for Multiple-Meaning Words
3. Reread the sentence, replacing the work
with one of the meanings.
4. If this meaning does not work, try
another one.
Words to Know
Admiringly ~
With wonder, pleasure, and
approval
Words to Know
Permit ~
to let; allow
Words to Know
Scoundrel ~
An evil, dishonorable person
Words to Know
Subject ~
Person under the power,
control, or influence of another
Words to Know
Worthless ~
Without value; good-fornothing; useless
Literacy/Center Activities:
“Must Do”
“May Do”
• Visit the classroom
library and choose a
book.
• Read your book
thoughtfully.
• Record at least 1
question on a stickie
note and post in your
journal.
• Go to the library and
check out a book.
• Take AR tests.
• Respond to story
elements in reading
journal.
• Complete skill page
from reading
workbook.