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Akiak

Akiak. By: Robert J. Blake Journeys Theme 1, Selection 1, Day 1 Taught By: Mr. Williams. Story Structure. Paca and Beetle. Decoding Suffixes - er & - est. blizzards. checkpoints. courageous. experienced . musher . rugged. Key Iditarod Vocabulary. blizzard

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Akiak

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  1. Akiak By: Robert J. Blake Journeys Theme 1, Selection 1, Day 1 Taught By: Mr. Williams

  2. Story Structure

  3. Paca and Beetle

  4. Decoding Suffixes -er & -est

  5. blizzards

  6. checkpoints

  7. courageous

  8. experienced

  9. musher

  10. rugged

  11. Key Iditarod Vocabulary • blizzard • A snowstorm with strong winds • checkpoint • A place along a route where people sign in. • courageous • Brave, fearless, heroic • experienced • Familiar with a task, having done it before. • musher • The driver of a dogsled team • rugged • Having a rough, uneven surface

  12. Akiak Page Summary After reading each page, write a one sentence summary of what you read. At the end of the story put your page summaries together in order to write a complete summary of the events in the story. Make sure that you are describing each of the story’s structural elements, characters, setting, and plot. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

  13. Akiak By: Robert J. Blake Journeys Theme 1, Selection 1, Day 2 Taught By: Mr. Williams

  14. blizzards

  15. checkpoints

  16. courageous

  17. experienced

  18. musher

  19. rugged

  20. Key Iditarod Vocabulary • blizzard • A snowstorm with strong winds • checkpoint • A place along a route where people sign in. • courageous • Brave, fearless, heroic • experienced • Familiar with a task, having done it before. • musher • The driver of a dogsled team • rugged • Having a rough, uneven surface

  21. Akiak With your partner, discuss questions 1-7 on page 52 of your text. You may look back in your text if you need to. When you're finished begin thinking about the following questions. What challenge did the main character face? Where did the challenge take place? Why was the journey important to the characters? What do you think the main character learned from his experience?

  22. Comprehension Strategy:Summarizing Using a Frame and Arrow Map, sequence what you think at the five most important events of the story.

  23. Vocabulary:Homophones & Multiple Meaning Words

  24. Akiak By: Robert J. Blake Journeys Theme 1, Selection 1, Day 3 Taught By: Mr. Williams

  25. Key Iditarod Vocabulary • blizzard • A snowstorm with strong winds • checkpoint • A place along a route where people sign in. • courageous • Brave, fearless, heroic • experienced • Familiar with a task, having done it before. • musher • The driver of a dogsled team • rugged • Having a rough, uneven surface

  26. Key Iditarod Vocabulary

  27. Vocabulary:Homophones & Multiple Meaning Words

  28. Multiple Meaning Words • Talk to your partner and generate as many meanings as you can for the words below. Try to come up with at least three. • fly: to move through the air, zipper on jeans, change position quickly • light: easy to lift, pale color, from a lamp • quarter: 25€ coin, part of a basketball game, ¼ • cut: skip someone in line, slice something open, stop filming • run: move legs quickly, working machine, to escape

  29. Extreme Partner Reading First Step: Read the story summary quietly to yourself. If you finish before time is up, read through it again. Second Step: Now that you have read through the story summary, go through it again using hand gestures as you read. If you finish before time is up, read through it again with gestures. Third Step: Turn to your partner and take turns reading the summary with lots of expression. Fourth Step: With your partner, take turns reading with passage with lots of expression and gestures. Last Step: Using your best expression, ask your partner three questions about what you have read. When you are asked, be sure to answer with intense expressions.

  30. Akiak By: Robert J. Blake Journeys Theme 1, Selection 1, Day 4 Taught By: Mr. Williams

  31. Decoding Suffixes -er & -est

  32. Key Iditarod Vocabulary • blizzard • A snowstorm with strong winds • checkpoint • A place along a route where people sign in. • courageous • Brave, fearless, heroic • experienced • Familiar with a task, having done it before. • musher • The driver of a dogsled team • rugged • Having a rough, uneven surface

  33. Key Iditarod Vocabulary

  34. Go Team Go! • With your partner, read pages 54-57 from your text using the skills mentions in the yellow column on the left of page 54. When you are finished discuss these questions with your partner and write your answers in complete sentences on a piece of lined paper.. 1. The article is called “Go, Team Go!” What subtitle would you add to give readers a better sense of what it is about? 4. How is the Smith family’s dog sledding different from Mick’s in Alaska? 3. Why do you think the author included the sidebars “Dogs on the Run” and the words spoken by mushers to their dogs? 5. Compare “Akiak” and “Go, Team Go!” 2. What kind of relationship do mushers have with their dogs?

  35. Akiak By: Robert J. Blake Journeys Theme 1, Selection 1, Day 5 Taught By: Mr. Williams

  36. Weekly Skills Test • Make sure your name, date, and assignment are written clearly on the top left of the paper. • Turn your test paper to me and put your answer key in the reading basket. • Finish your Mountain Language. • Finish any other unfinished work.

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