Mother Fletcher’s Gift Review Sixth Grade Unit 1 Week 2

Vocabulary incident apparently fixtures subscribe flimsy survive

To give your consent or approval; agree; support subscribe apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive To give your consent or approval; agree; support

things put in place to stay fixtures apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive things put in place to stay

seemingly; with the appearance of; evidently apparently apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive seemingly; with the appearance of; evidently

flimsy easily torn or broken apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive flimsy easily torn or broken

survive to continue to exist; remain; endure apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive to continue to exist; remain; endure

incident something that happens; an event apparently fixtures flimsy subscribe survive something that happens; an event

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More Words to Know Shades of Meaning Some words have meanings that are alike, but not exactly the same. The meanings are just a little different. These small differences are called “shades of meaning.”

More Words to Know excitement artist unrest precede awkwardly discourage

excitement A feeling of great enthusiasm artist precede discourage unrest awkwardly A feeling of great enthusiasm

precede to go before artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly to go before

discourage prevent by expressing an unfavorable opinion artist precede excitement unrest awkwardly prevent by expressing an unfavorable opinion

artist a person who practices or is skilled in art artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly a person who practices or is skilled in art

unrest A state of dissatisfaction; disturbance or turmoil artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly A state of dissatisfaction; disturbance or turmoil

Lacking grace or ease in movement awkwardly artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly Lacking grace or ease in movement

Comprehension Skill: Literary Elements CHARACTER AND THEME

Characters The people who take part in the events of the story.

Theme The main idea or central meaning of a piece of writing. The theme is often not stated. You can find it using evidence from the story as clues. Life lesson

Comprehension Strategy: Inferring Authors do not always directly tell readers everything about the characters, events, and theme in a story. Sometimes you need to infer, or figure out, what is not stated directly.

Essay Question Look Back and Write: (pg 72#5) At first, Officer O’Brien doesn’t want to go to Mother Fletcher’s for Christmas dinner. Write a paragraph from Officer O’Brien’s point of view explaining how he feels after having dinner with his family at Mother Fletcher’s house. Provide evidence to support your answer.