1. Lesson 4 Day 2
Kai’s Journey

3. Read Aloud Genre: Autobiographical Narrative
As you listen to today’s read-aloud, listen for the parts of an autobiography:
the author shares her own life story or experiences.
the author writes in the first- person voice, referring to herself as “I”.
When you listen to an autobiographical selection, you should listen to learn about the author’s personal experience.
One purpose for listening is learn about the author’s first friend.
Teacher Reads Be a Friend on page T28. Use the Interact with Text prompts that align with the numbers 1, 2 ,3

4. Fluency Good readers read aloud with appropriate speed
so that listeners can
easily follow the flow of
Information in the text.
Listen as I read the following story aloud:

5. Compare and Contrast
Good readers recognize comparisons and contrasts in text.
The text may compare and contrast characters, settings, and events.

7. Comprehension Strategy:
When you are trying to answer a question, you should think about the kind of information the question is asking for and know where to look to find the answer.
When you do this, you are using the QAR, or Question Answer Relationship strategy.
There are 4 kinds of question answer relationships:
Right There On Your Own
Think and Search Author and You

9. Background
The main character in the our story makes a long journey from China to begin a new life in America. Coming to live in another country after leaving one’s home country is called
Immigrating, and a person who does this is an immigrant.

10. Angel Island
Kai and Young
The boys follow the same routine day after day as they wait to be questioned by immigration officers.

11. Kai waits for his interrogation but it doesn’t take place
Kai waits for his interrogation but it doesn’t take place. He reads the old man’s sad poem and feels lonely. While playing basketball, Kai and Young trick the guard. They gather plums from the tree.

12. It is time for Kai’s interrogation
It is time for Kai’s interrogation. The interrogator begins to ask tricky questions. Kai begins to become bold as he answers them. After waiting for days, Kai finds out he will be allowed to join his father.

13. Kai leaves Angel Island for San Francisco
Kai leaves Angel Island for San Francisco. He meets his father at the dock. He finally feels that he has arrived at Gold Mountain.

14. Vocabulary  Let’s look at our vocabulary words for the week 
Routine on page T35: Read Vocabulary word, Students repeat word, read the definition, have students discuss the question (turn and talk) I would move the READ: vocabulary pages to Day 2

15. Why have you adverted your eyes from the sun?
averted
If you averted your eyes, you looked away from something instead of directly at it.
Why have you adverted your eyes from the sun?

16. What might be some signs of a baby’s fury?
Fury is extremely strong anger.
What might be some signs of a baby’s fury?

17. What do police officers do during the interrogation of a suspect?
An interrogation is a long period of intense questioning to get information from someone.
What do police officers do during the interrogation of a suspect?

18. What action is likely to cause a parent to have a stern look?
Someone who is stern is very serious and strict.
What action is likely to cause a parent to have a stern look?

19. accusing
When you look at someone in an accusing way, you are showing that you think he or she has done something wrong.
If someone is accusing you of eating the last plum, does the person think that you did or did not eat the plum?

20. solemnly
When you say something solemnly, you say it in a very serious way.
What is the difference between behaving in a rowdy way and behaving solemnly?

21. cringed
If you cringed, you moved or flinched slightly because of discomfort or fear.
Which sound would make you cringe, fingernails scraping on a chalkboard, or someone singing a beautiful song?

22. When might have you craned your neck?
If you craned your neck, you stretched it to you see or hear something better.
When might have you craned your neck?

23. Read pages
silently to yourself.
Now listen as I
read it aloud.

26. of doing? oo

28. trimmed counting shopping craned returned seemed watching burned
Spelling Words:
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Challenge Words:
hovered, grabbed, realizing, accusing, nudged