Unit 3 Week 5Kristi Goggans

A fantasy is a made-up story in which the characters do things that you would not expect them to do in real life.

Suffixes are added to the end of a word.• - ous can make a word mean “full of ____”• - ate can make a word mean “supply or

treat with _________”• Joyous becomes “full of joy”• Hydrate becomes “supply or treat with

water.”

A generalization is a broad statement based on several examples.

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Generalization

Good readers pay attention to story structure – how a story is put together. Notice how a story begins (the problem), how it builds through the middle (rising action and climax), and how it ends (resolution).

CanopyDangle

DappledFragrantPollen

SlitheredWondrous

The uppermost layer of branches in forest trees; shelter

To hang and swing loosely

Marked with spots

Sweet smelling scent; giving off a pleasant odor

Powder from a flower

Move with a sliding motion; slipped

Wonderful; marvelous; remarkable

Made honey for farmers Kept humans out of the forest

Pollinated Trees and Flowers

Trees provide shade from the sun Kapok trees grow in the rain

forest All living things depend on one

another

Rain forests are hot. Wild animals are dangerous.

They gave leaves their green color. They held the soil in place. They were home to certain birds.

The animals were able to talk to the sleeping man.

A child from the Yanomamo tribe lived in the rain forest.

The toucan flew down from the canopy.

Explain the habits of different animals in the rain forest

Describe what happens in a rain forest when the trees are cut down

Explain how people use the trees when they chop down the rain forest

To build a fire to keep warm To show how strong he was To sell the wood for money

People and animals need the oxygen that trees make.

The author did this to show how the loss of the Kapok tree would affect the lives of a variety of animals.

Keeping the animals quiet showed what the forest would sound like if the trees were cut down.