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

2 Vocabulary incident apparently fixtures subscribe flimsy survive

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 You’ve got it!

10 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.”

11 More Words to Know excitement artist unrest precede awkwardly
discourage

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

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

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

15 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

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

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

18 Comprehension Skill: Literary Elements CHARACTER AND THEME

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

20 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

21 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.

22 Text-Based Response Look back at pages to describe the visit to Mother Fletcher’s house for Christmas dinner by Officer O’Brien and his family. Use the AEC format.

23 AEC Format Answer/Assertion Use a tag line Title Author Genre Evidence
Use a PROVE IT statement On page ___ it says… Commentary Explain your evidence This shows that…


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