1. How Tia Lola Came to Stay
by Julia Alvarez
illustrated by Macky Pamintuan
Compiled by:
Terry Sams PES
Melissa Guinn PES

2. Study Skills Genre: Realistic Fiction Comprehension Skill:
Character and Theme
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
Comprehension Review Skill: Author’s Purpose
Vocabulary: Context Clues

3. Summary
One day Miguel’s Tia Lola starts to paint the family’s home purple and their landlord, the Colonel, orders them to paint it white or move out. Tia Lola designs purple and white uniforms for Miguel’s baseball team and names the team after the Colonel. The Colonel is so happy that he forgets about the color of the house.

4. Genre: Realistic Fiction
Realistic fiction is made up, but the characters and events are so lifelike that the story seems as if it must be true. As you read, think about what makes this story seem as if it could happen in real life.

5. Comprehension Skill Character and Theme
What the characters in a story do and say gives clues about what they are like.
The theme is the underlying meaning of a story.
The author may state the theme directly, but often the reader must think about the story in order to figure out the theme.
A reader must have proof from the story to support a theme statement.

6. Practice Book 273 Character and Theme
Goal
Nana doesn’t want to embarrass her granddaugther.
Plot Events
She wears different colors.
3. Plot Events
She changes her cooking.

7. Practice Book 273 Character and Theme
Always be yourself.
5. Support
Her granddaughter doesn’t want Nana to change.

8. Comprehension Strategy Summarize
As you read a story, summarize the characters’ goals and how they try to reach them.
Summarizing will help you figure out the theme of the story.
Questions to ask yourself:
What are the characters like as they try to reach their goals?
Do they succeed?

9. Comprehension Review Skill- Author’s Purpose
Recall that author’s have different purposes for writing particular pieces.
The most common purposes include:
To persuade
To express feelings or ideas
To entertain
To give facts or details (to inform)

10. Vocabulary Skill: Word Structure—Context Clues
Sometimes you can use context clues-the words and sentences around an unknown word-to help you figure out the meaning of the word.
The author may put a definition of the word in parentheses or between commas or dashes.

11. Vocabulary Skill: Word Structure—Context Clues
If there are no clues surrounding the unknown word, predict the meaning of the word and see if it makes sense in the sentence.
Another strategy to determine the meaning of an unknown word is to restate what you believe the sentence means in your own words.

12. Study Stills Dictionary/Glossary 711L
A dictionary is a collection of words and their meaning, listed in alphabetical order.
A glossary is a short dictionary found at the back of some books that includes important words from the book.

13. Study Stills Dictionary/Glossary 711L
Guide words at the top of pages show the first and last words on the page.
Entry words are in dark type. They show how a words is spelled and how the word is divided into syllables.
The pronunciation is in parentheses. It shows how the words is said and which syllables are stressed.

14. Study Stills Dictionary/Glossary 711L
The part of speech tells how each word may be used in sentences, such as a noun or verb. Sometimes a word can be used in more than one way.
Definitions tell words’ meaning, beginning with the most common usage.

15. Study Stills Dictionary/Glossary 711L
Some entries may include example sentences or illustrations that help you understand the words’ meanings. They may also include irregular and other special forms of the word, such as words with endings added.
A pronunciation key at the top or bottom of the page helps you figure out the pronunciations in parentheses after entry words.

16. Study Skill Dictionary/Glossary WB 279-280
What is one difference between a dictionary and a glossary?
Dictionary entries have more information than glossary entries.
What is the entry word before Cumberland? Why does it come before?
Culture; Dictionaries and glossaries are in alphabetical order.
What is the pronunciation of curb? What tells you that this is the pronunciation?
(kerb); Pronunciations are in parentheses.
Where will you find out an entry word’s part of speech? In a dictionary, how would you know if a word is a noun?
Parts of speech are after the pronunciation; Noun is abbreviated n.

17. Study Skill Dictionary/Glossary WB 279-280
What part of speech is cumbersomely?
adverb
6. In a glossary, what do you think the page numbers after the definitions mean?
They are probably where the word appears.
7. The dictionary show several definitions for the word culture. Why do you think there is only one in the glossary?
There is one definition because that is they way the word is used in the book.
8. What do you think the words in a glossary have in common?
They are probably all uncommon words used in the book.

18. Study Skill Dictionary/Glossary WB 279-280
In the dictionary, what is the purpose of the sentences that are in italics? Write a sentence that could be added to the definition cumbersome to show how it is used.
Example: The heavy coat was cumbersome.
10. Describe when you would use a glossary rather than a dictionary.
I would use a glossary when I need to find the meaning of a word used in a book that I am reading.

19. Weekly Fluency Check - Emotion TE 686L
Good readers read with emotion.
They are able to express the emotion of the character they are reading about.
If a character is sad, your voice should convey that emotion.

20. Fun Stuff and Practice Other Books by Julia Alvarez Summary
Meet Julia Alvarez
Metaphors
More metaphors
Comma Usage

21. Question of the Week TE 638m
How can one person’s view of the world affect others?

22. Day 2 - Question of the Day
Why does the Colonel get upset with Miguel’s family?

23. Day 3 - Question of the Day
How does Tia Lola get the Colonel to change his “hard heart”?

24. Day 4 - Question of the Day - Review
Why do you think Mr. Arakawa decides to speak with young Sadaharu Oh?

25. Review Questions Where does most of the story take place?
How did the photo of Colonel Charlebois help Tia Lola determine how to make him happy?
Why did the author describe the old photos?
Why did the children have to write Colonel Charlebois a letter?
How are Tia Lola and Colonel Charlebois alike?

26. Review Questions 6. Why do the children like Tia Lola?
What is the theme of the story?
What was Tia Lola’s plan to “change a hard heart”?
What kind of person is Tia Lola?
What did Tia Lola do to change the Colonel’s mind about the color of the house?
What did Tia Lola determine when the Colonel decided to play pall with the boys?

27. Vocabulary - Say It affords colonel glint lurking palettes quaint
resemblance

28. More Words to Know
embarrassment
landlord
confused
recognize
wandered

29. gives as an effect or a result; provides; yields
affords
gives as an effect or a result; provides; yields

30. a military rank below general
colonel
a military rank below general

31. glint
a gleam; flash

32. lurking
hiding or moving about in a secret and sly manner

33. palettes
thin boards, usually oval or oblong, with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters to lay and mix colors on

34. strange or odd in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way
quaint
strange or odd in an interesting, pleasing, or amusing way

35. similar appearance; likeness
resemblance
similar appearance; likeness

36. shame; an uneasy feeling
embarrassment
shame; an uneasy feeling

37. person who owns buildings or land that is rented to others
landlord
person who owns buildings or land that is rented to others

38. thrown into disorder; mixed up, bewildered
confused
thrown into disorder; mixed up, bewildered

39. realize that something or someone has been seen or known before
recognize
realize that something or someone has been seen or known before

40. moved here and there without any special purpose
wandered
moved here and there without any special purpose

41. He seemed to recognize them, like old friends.

42. He seemed to recognize them, like old friends.

43. He knows just when the sun should produce a glint, or shine, on a pond or a barn roof.

44. He knows just when the sun should produce a glint, or shine, on a pond or a barn roof.

45. Miguel feels a flash of embarrassment about his crazy aunt.

46. Miguel feels a flash of embarrassment about his crazy aunt.

47. The large window affords a view of the surrounding farms and the quaint New England town beyond.

48. The large window affords a view of the surrounding farms and the quaint New England town beyond.

49. In the military, Joe was ranked a colonel.

50. In the military, Joe was ranked a colonel.

51. One flower contains enough colors to fill two palettes.

52. One flower contains enough colors to fill two palettes.

53. He wandered around the apartment all day, in and out of rooms, talking to himself, just like a kid in diapers.

54. He wandered around the apartment all day, in and out of rooms, talking to himself, just like a kid in diapers.

55. They were focused, not faraway or confused.

56. They were focused, not faraway or confused.

57. You may see him lurking and waiting, as though to surprise an enemy.

58. You may see him lurking and waiting, as though to surprise an enemy.

59. Miguel could not see even a faint resemblance of Colonel Charlebois when looking at the baseball pictures.

60. Miguel could not see even a faint resemblance of Colonel Charlebois when looking at the baseball pictures.

61. Miguel was afraid that their landlord would make them move.

62. Miguel was afraid that their landlord would make them move.

63. Writing Assignment Write a Character Sketch
A character sketch is a written description of a character in a story.
To write a character sketch, you must observe what the character is like throughout the story.

64. Writing Assignment Write a Character Sketch
Here are some things to think about before beginning your character sketch:
Physical description
What the character says
What the character does
What the character thinks
What the other characters say to or about the character
What the character is like

65. Spelling Words Suffixed less, ment, ness
treatment
statement
breathless
restless
enjoyment
countless
payment
goodness
fairness
hopeless

66. Spelling Words Multisyllabic Words
pavement
flawless
tireless
amazement
amusement
greatness
punishment
timeless
needless
painless

67. announcement appointment requirement awkwardness expressionless
CHALLENGE
announcement
appointment
requirement
awkwardness
expressionless

68. This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own words for this week:

69. Let’s review our Spelling words
Let’s review our Spelling words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We can clap as we spell the word, or we might just practice reading the words.

70. countless

71. payment

72. goodness

73. fairness

74. hopeless

75. treatment

76. statement

77. breathless

78. restless

79. enjoyment

80. pavement

81. flawless

82. tireless

83. timeline

84. amazement

85. amusement

86. greatness

87. punishment

88. needless

89. painless

90. announcement

91. appointment

92. expressionless

93. requirement

94. awkwardness