Theme 3 289O

Voices of the Revolution

StoryKatie’s Trunk

Katie’s Trunk 289O

• Genre:• Historical Fiction. Real settings are combined with fictional events

and characters.• Summary:

•Katie, whose family is Tory, hides in her mother’s wedding trunk to escape rebel soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

Background 290A

•This theme has to do with the American Revolution.

•You are about to read about a girl and her family who remained loyal to England while most of their neighbors supported the rebels’ position.

• Read 290-291

Vocabulary 291A

• Transparency 3-8 Practice book 159

•arming: providing with weapons

•drilling: doing exercises to become efficient soldiers

•fierce: ferocious

Vocabulary (cont) 291A

•just: honorable and fair•kin: people related by blood or marriage

•peered: looked at with concentration

Vocabulary (cont) 291A

•rebels: people who oppose or defy the government that exists.

•skirmish: a small, short fight between enemies

•skittish: nervous and jumpy

Vocabulary Link• supreme: the most powerful or

important• interpret: to figure out and explain the

meaning of• cases: things to be decided in a court

of law• unconstitutional: not in agreement with

the Constitution of the U.S.• establish: to put in place or create

Phonics/Decoding 291A

•What are our Phonics/Decoding skills?

•They are chunking, words we know, beginning and

endings, affixes, syllables, try different vowel sounds, base words or root words,

blending, and looking carefully

Phonics/Decoding 291A

• Inside our parlor, I touched each thing I loved: Mama’s pineapple teapot, the silver tray, shining like the moon, the pictures of all our kin ranged across the wall – home.

• Help me figure this word out.• I recognize pine and apple. When I

blend the two short words together I get pineapple.

Decoding

Reading Strategy 291B

Summarize• What would it be like to be a Tory

if your neighbors were Patriots?• When you read, summarize the

conflict between Katie’s family and their neighbors.

• Summarizing the story’s events, including how the characters feel, can help you understand what happens and why.

Reading Strategy 291B

Summarize (cont)

•Summarizing will help with your reading comprehension.

•When I summarize a story, I retell the most important events in the story. (beginning, middle, end)

Comprehension Skill 291C

Cause and Effect Trans 3-9

•As you read the story, focus on what causes the story events to happen.

•The reason something happens is called a cause. The event that happens as a result is the effect.

•Ask yourself “What happened because of this?”

Decoding Longer Words 309E

Structural Analysis: Syllabication

•Suddenly, he shouted, “Out!”•When decoding a word you should

first look for prefixes or suffixes. •The base word is sudden. Look

at the consonants and vowels.•With a VCCV pattern, break the

syllable pattern between the consonants.

Decoding Longer Words 309E

• Katie hoped she would not be discovered.

• I see the prefix (dis) and the suffix (ed). The base word is cover and has the VCV pattern. When I try to break the syllable after the first syllable it doesn’t sound right.

• After I break it after the consonant, it sounds correct.

• Try these words: sofa, silvery. What pattern do they follow VCV or VCCV?

• Practice book 164

Phonics 309F

Final Digraphs• Understanding the sounds consonants

can stand for at the end of a word will help you decode many words.

•Often 2 consonants that come together at the end of a word stand for a single sound called a digraph

•Sometimes 2 consonants that come together at the end of a word are silent

PhonicsFinal Digraphs (cont)

• My breath got caught somewhere midst my stomach and my chest.

• I recognize the /st/ sound at the beginning. I will try the different /o/ sounds. I’ll try the short /o/ sound. The /a/ is probably short. I know the ch stands for /ch/ sound. When I put it altogether it doesn’t sound like a word I know. I’ll try a /k/ sound and, yes, it sounds like a word I know.

Phonics 309G

Final Digraphs (cont)•With the following words, pay

careful attention to the two final consonants

•Mama felt skittish.•Although the rebels had gone,

she could breathe no easier.•She had an ache in her heart that

increased with each skirmish.

Spelling 309G

VCCV Pattern•Dividing words into syllables

and looking for familiar patterns can help you spell new words.

•ARRIVE - this word has the VCCV syllable

pattern. AR/RIVE. •VCCV patterns are divided

between double consonant.

Spelling 309G

VCV Pattern• Dividing words into syllables and looking for

familiar patterns can help you spell new words.

• CLOSET - has the VCV pattern and is divided CLOS/ET

• VCV words with the short vowel pattern in the first syllable usually divide after the consonant. VAN/ISH, PUB/LISH, SUB/JECT

• VCV words are usually divided before the consonant because the first syllable has a long vowel sound. E/QUAL, A/WARE, BE/HAVE

• PB 165

Vocabulary 309G

Context Sentences• Practice book 166

Vocabulary Skills309I Trans 3-10

Dictionary: Spelling Table/Pronunciation Key• Dictionaries and glossaries contain either a

spelling table, a punctuation key, or both• It is meant to help readers figure out how to

sound out and spell words.• The sound column lists symbols to show

different sounds.• The spellings column shows different

combinations of letters that can stand for particular sound.

• The sample words column gives examples of words containing a particular sound with the letters that stand for the sound highlighted.

Similes 309J

•A simile is a type of comparison that writers use to make ideas or images more vivid.

•ex. face like a white handkerchief, •ex. caught like an animal in a trap,•ex. words going up like bubbles in

a pond• Practice book 168

Grammar Skills 309K

Verb Phrases• Trans 3-12 PB 169

• Verb phrases are made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.

• Many verb phrases begin with a form of the helping verb have: the present form have or has or the past form had

• Use has with singular subjects• Use have with plural subjects and I and

you• Use had with either singular or plural

subjects.

Verb Phrases

Grammar Skills 309L Trans 3-13 PB 170

Teach, learn; let, leave; sit, set; can, may;

•Teach means to “instruct.”•Learn means to “to be instructed.”•Let means “to allow.”•Leave means to “go away.”•Can means “to have the ability to.”•May can mean “to have

permission.”

Grammar Skills (cont) 309L

lie, lay; rise, raise

•Lie means “to recline or rest flat.”

•Lay means “to put down.”

•Rise means “to get up.”•Raise means “to lift up to

higher position.”

Grammar309L

Improving Your Writing•Using the correct verb•A good writer makes sure not to

confuse and misuse verbs with related meanings.

•ex. I will lie the book on the table.•Corrected: ex. I will lay the book

on the table.• Practice book 171

Writing Skills 309M

A Friendly Letter• Transparency 3-14 practice book 172

•A friendly letter is a good way to share news about what’s happening in your lives.

Grammar 309N

Voice• Every writer has a voice – a unique

way of expressing himself or herself.

• A writer’s voice helps reveal what the writer is like as a person.

• A friendly letter offers a good opportunity for a writer to express his or her voice.

• Transparency 3-15 Practice book 173

Story Structure and Sequence of Events 309Q

• The elements of story structure are characters, setting, and plot, which often contains a problem and a resolution.

• Sequence of events is the order in which events happens.

• Words such as first, then, now, later, and finally signal the order in which events occur.

• Words such as while and as signal events happening at the same time.

Dictionary Skills 309R

• Entry words are the main words that are defined in a dictionary. They are arranged in alphabetical order.

• Guide words are pairs of words found at the top of each page. They indicate the first and last entry on each page.

• Definitions explain a word’s meaning and appear next to each entry word.

Spelling Table/Pronunciation Key

• Most dictionaries and glossaries contain a spelling table or pronunciation key.

• It is to help you figure out how to sound out or spell a word.

• Trans. 3-10• Sound column: list the symbols used to

show the different sounds.• Spelling column: shows diff. combos of

letters that can stand for a sound.• Sample word: gives examples of words

containing a particular sound

Info and Study Skills

• Primary Sources: • Are sources of an account of a period

or event that was created during that time, by a person who was there.

• Secondary Sources:• Are articles, books, and textbooks written about an event by a person

who was not there. Not a witness.

Determine Origins of Unknown Words

Synonyms and Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Homographs – same spelling but different meanings ex. bat

Figurative and Metaphorical

• Figurative: an expression in which the words are distorted to create a vivid or dramatic effect

• Ex.• Metaphor: figure of speech in which a

term is used to compare use as an analogy

• Ex.

Spiral Review 309Q

Story Structure• The elements of story structure are

characters, setting, and plot (often is a problem and a resolution.

• Sequence of events is the order in which events happen.

• Words such as first, then, now, later, and finally signal the order in which events occur.

• Words such as while and as signal events happening at the same time.

Spelling Test• 1. equal• 2. parlor• 3. collect• 4. closet• 5. perhaps• 6. wedding• 7. rapid• 8. value• 9. arrive• 10. behave

• 11. shoulder• 12. novel• 13. tulip• 14. sorrow• 15. vanish• 16. essay• 17. publish• 18. aware• 19. subject• 20. prefer

Challenge Words

• device

• skittish

• logic

• sincere

• nuisance

Study Guide• Summary• Cause and effect• Syllabication• Digraphs• VCCV and VCV patterns• Similies• Verb phrases• Grammar skills• Friendly letter• Voice• Story structure, sequence of events• Dictionary skills