The Baker’s Neighbor by Adele Thane

The Baker’s Neighborby Adele Thane

Spelling• Carved• Garden• Harm• Farther• Barked• Alarm• Chart• Starved• Harder• parked

• Smartest• Charge• Guard• Argument• Hardware• Garbage• Harsh• Parts• Radar• Harbor

Challenge Words• Tapioca• Gourmet• Delicious• Delicatessen• pastry

Vocabulary

• Privilege• Luxury• Elated• Assent• Ad lib• Shiftless• Indignantly• shamefacedly

Read Aloud: Tortillas Like Africa

• What do the speaker and Isaac do before rolling out the tortillas?

• They squeeze the dough over a mixing bowl, dust the cutting board with flour, and hit and press their balls of dough.

• Do the speaker and Isaac enjoy making tortillas? How do you know?

• Yes; they laugh, giggle, and tell jokes• What makes the speaker and Isaac

laugh?• Their tortillas aren’t the usual round

shape but have the shapes of different countries

• What does the poet say tortillas usually look like?

• They are round like the moon.• What makes this poem interesting to

listen to?• Repeated words at the beginning of

lines

PRIVILEGE• Pri-vil-ege• Noun• A special benefit enjoyed under special

conditions

LUXURY• Lux-ur-y• Noun• Anything of value,

gives comfort, but is not necessary for life

ELATED• E-la-ted• ADJ.• Filled with joy or pride

ASSENT• As-sent• V.• To agree or approve

AD LIB

• Ad lib• N• To make up things on the spot;

improv.

SHIFTLESS• Shift-less• ADJ.• lazy

INDIGNANTLY• In-dig-nant-ly• ADV.• Being angry about something that

doesn’t seem right

SHAMEFACEDLY• Shame-fac-ed-ly• ADV• Shows shame for doing something bad

Cause Effect Chart