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Marven of the Great North Woods

Marven of the Great North Woods. Author: Kathryn Lasky Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes Day 1 Day 4 Day 2 Day 5 Day 3 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources. Study Skills. G enre: Biography Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion

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Marven of the Great North Woods

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  1. Marven of the Great North Woods Author: Kathryn Lasky Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes Day 1Day 4 Day 2Day 5 Day 3 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources

  2. Study Skills • Genre: Biography • Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion • Comprehension Strategy:Monitor and Fix up • Comprehension Review Skill: Main Idea • Vocabulary: Dictionary/Glossary

  3. Genre: Biography • A biography is a story of a real person’s life, written by another person. • An autobiography is also a story of a real person’s life, but it is written by the person.

  4. Summary Marven was only ten years old when his great-aunt died of influenza. To protect him from the disease, his family sent him far away from the city, up to the Great North Woods. There he kept the books at a logging camp. Marven was scared of the big, grouchy lumberjacks, especially Jean Louis, a “jack” whose feet were as big as skillets. But he was even more scared when he skied into the woods-and thought he saw a grizzly bear.

  5. Comprehension Review Skill Fact and Opinion A statement of a fact can be proved true or false by looking in a reference book, asking an expert, or using your own knowledge and experience. A statement of opinion cannot be proved true or false. It is a belief or judgment. An opinion often contains words such as best, should, or beautiful. It may begin with words “In my opinion” or “I believe”.

  6. Day 1 - Question of the Week • What is the value of a job well done?

  7. Vocabulary - Say It • cord • dismay • grizzly (bear) immense payroll

  8. More Words to Know lumberjack silhouettes

  9. Comprehension Strategy Practice Monitor and Fix up • If you don’t understand or remember what you have read, you may need to reread part of the selection more carefully or scanit to locate specific information. • You may need to look for judgment words to help better identify facts and opinion. • Let’s practice by rereading p. 227 paragraph 1

  10. Listen to the story

  11. Comprehension Skill Main Idea • Main ideais an important point about the story’s topic • Supporting detailsgive more information about a main idea.

  12. Marven felt very small amung the enormous lumberjack’s. • 2. What a huge amount of food they eated for breakfast?

  13. Singular Possessive Nouns • This is the book of Tim. • This is Tim’s book. Which one sounds better?

  14. Singular Possessive Nouns • A possessive noun is a noun that shows ownership. • To form the possessive of a singular noun, add an apostrophe and s. Tim’s

  15. Spelling WordsDigraphs ng, nk, ph, wh • among • think • blank • graph • young • Thanksgiving • wheel • nephew • belong • whiskers • whisper

  16. Digraphs ng, nk, ph, wh • elephant • white • shrink • wharf • trunk • strong • blink • chunk • skunk

  17. CHALLENGE • strengthen • bankrupt • phantom • whimsical • whatever

  18. Day 2 - Question of the Day • What were working conditions like for Marven at the logging camp?

  19. Let’s Practice Dictionary/Glossary Skills • Please describe the steps you use to find the meaning of a word in a dictionary. • Remember that some words have multiple meanings, and you must choose the meaning that makes sense for the context in which the word appears. • Use a dictionary to determine the meaning for drifting as it is used on page 213.

  20. Cord A unit of measurement for measuring wood.

  21. dismay Sudden helpless fear of what is about to happen or what has happened.

  22. grizzly (bear) A large gray or brownish bear of western North America.

  23. immense Very large; huge; vast

  24. payroll List of persons to be paid and the amount that each one is to receive.

  25. Lumberjack Person whose work is cutting down trees and sending the logs to the sawmill.

  26. silhouettes Dark images; outlines against a lighter background.

  27. Weekly Fluency Check -Volume of Voice • You will need to match your voice volume to the size of the room or group you are reading to. • Go to page 231 and let’s read paragraphs 1-3. Be sure to raise and lower your voice when you see clue words such as whispered and gasped.

  28. 3. Marven slid smoothly. Over the wite carpet of snow. 4. He thought Jean Louis was a grizzly bear but he laughed when he found out her mistake.

  29. 2. A sincere person compliment is a valuable gift. ANSWER

  30. 2. A sincere person’scompliment is a valuable gift.

  31. 4. The class teacher was very young. ANSWER

  32. 4. The class’ teacher was very young. or class’s

  33. 5. The pony rider was too heavy. ANSWER

  34. 5. The pony’s rider was too heavy.

  35. 6. Your brother attitude got him in trouble. ANSWER

  36. 6. Your brother’sattitude got him in trouble.

  37. 7. Amy report card was wonderful. ANSWER

  38. 7.Amy’s report card was wonderful.

  39. 9. I didn’t know I was eating your cat tuna. ANSWER

  40. 9. I didn’t know I was eating your cat’s tuna.

  41. 11. We were proud of Chris performance. ANSWER

  42. 11. We were proud of Chris’ performance.

  43. GROUP WORK • Readers & WB 84 • Spelling Day 2 • Language Day 2 • Tri-Fold Section 2 • SmartBoard- Vocabulary Practice

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