R3U1L2D4 Angel Child, Dragon Child Day 4

R3U1L2D4 Match vocabulary words with definitions jangled twittered gleamed darted scrawled margins A moved or ran quickly B chattered noisily, sounding like chirping birds C wrote quickly D was bright and shiny E made a loud ringing noise F empty spaces at the edges of the page E B D A C F

R3U1L2D4 Literary Element – The Plot Pages 38 – 43 We’ve identified the main characters of the story. Who were they? They were Ut and Raymond, the red headed boy What were the problems? The children made fun of Ut’s clothes.

R3U1L2D4 Literary Element – The Plot Ut and Raymond had a fight. Ut’s mother can’t come to America until she has enough money. How were these problems solved? Raymond wrote Ut’s story and they shared it with the school. The children understood more about Ut.

R3U1L2D4 Literary Element – The Plot What is the high point, or climax, of the story? The children decided to have a Vietnamese fair to raise money to bring Ut’s mother to America. The school children raise enough money and Ut’s mother comes to America.

R3U1L2D4 Vocabulary – Context Clues Context clues are words or sentences, before or after a hard word. They help you figure out what the hard word might mean. She ate the delicious bagel for breakfast. The unfamiliar word is bagel. What are the clue words in the sentence that can help you figure out the meaning of bagel?

R3U1L2D4 Context Clues She ate the delicious bagel for breakfast. The clue words are ate, delicious and breakfast. So what is a bagel? It is something delicious that you can eat for breakfast.

R3U1L2D4 Context Clues Somewhere, a loud bell jangled. What are the clue words in this sentence that can help you understand the meaning of jangled? Loud and bell help you understand that jangled is the sound a bell makes.

R3U1L2D4 Grammar - Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun to make sentences sound better. Instead of saying, “Carolina loaned me a pencil, and I gave it back to Carolina,” we can say, “Carolina loaned me a pencil, and I gave it back to her.” The pronoun keeps us from using the noun two times in a row.

R3U1L2D4 Grammar - Pronouns Decide where a pronoun can be used in the following sentences. Alaska is the biggest state, but Alaska does not have a big population. Since Keesha is only five years old, Keesha is not old enough to ride the bus downtown alone.

R3U1L2D4 Grammar - Pronouns Horses sleep standing up, but horses lie down when they are sick. James ate so much that James got sick and had to lie down. Remember, pronouns take the place of a noun to make sentences sound better.