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The Night Journey: An Adventure Tale

Join the characters on a suspenseful journey through settings that feel real, filled with action and intrigue to achieve their goal. Test your comprehension skills, word knowledge, and grammar with Kathryn Lasky's gripping narrative. Explore synonyms, silent letters, and more in this captivating story.

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The Night Journey: An Adventure Tale

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  1. The Night Journey Genre: Adventure -Characters are realistic -Setting could be real -Events could really happen The story includes action and/or suspense to help reach a goal. • by: Kathryn Lasky

  2. Comprehension Skills: • *Making Connections *Predictions *Asking Questions • *Author’s Point of View • *Drawing Conclusions - use pieces of information from the text to make a statement about that character or event • Word Knowledge: • Synonyms • Consonant digraph sh • /k/ sound spelled ck • Words with silent letters

  3. unicellular unicorn unify unilateral unit unidirectional bicycle biennial biplane bifocals bimonthly bicuspid wristwatch gnat debt autumn folk rhythm known sword wrinkle column wrestle doubt gnaw listen yolk whole aisle wheels rhymes science Spelling patternSilent letters

  4. Grammar: Correct Sentences Proper Nouns & Adjectives

  5. lambent luminous unmoving inexorable Synonym pairs We could see the luminous rock under the water. Can you give other examples of synonym pairs?

  6. short sharp shutters sheer digraph sh Sharp, short beeps emanated from a car alarm . Can you give more examples of words with digraph sh?

  7. cackle chicken clucking thickness /k/ sound spelled ck The farmer was greeted with the cackle and clucking of the chicken. Please give a few more words with /k/ sound spelled ck.

  8. whole listen rhymes science Words with silent letters We had to wait the whole week to get our science test back from the teacher. Can you think of some more words with silent letters?

  9. Selection Vocabulary samovar tantrum imperial regiment eclipse

  10. samovar A samovar- polished and bright- stood before them. Grandma poured me some tea from the samovar. a decorative metal container often used in Russia for making hot water for tea

  11. tantrum -A medley of whispered nursery rhymes delivered by Sashie and her father averted a near tantrum. -The little girl was lying on the floor screaming and kicking her feet. It was the worst tantrum I’ve ever seen. losing your temper and acting like a child

  12. imperial -“Hail! In the name of their imperial majesties, the Tsa Nicholas and the Tsarina Alexandria!” -We toured the imperial palace that once belonged to a French king. belonging to or part of a king’s empire

  13. regiment - “It’s soldiers...it’s an imperial regiment.” -The colonel sent his regiment forward into battle. a group of soldiers

  14. eclipse - “The chickens’ clucking was eclipsed by the noises...” - Her sadness over leaving her old neighborhood was eclipsed by her excitement for what was to come. to surpass or overcome

  15. Vocabulary Quiz 01. __________a group of soldiers 02. ________to surpass or overcome 03._____a decorative metal container often used in Russia for making hot water for tea 04. _______belonging to or part of a king’s empire 05. ________losing your temper and acting like a child

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