Ginger for the

1. Ginger for the Heart By Paul Yee C. Sanchez, Belvedere MS

2. Day 1

3. Vocabulary

4. craftsmanship skill or ability to do special work noun My father shows great ____________ when he does the work in the garden.

5. debt money that is owed to another person noun You owe a big ____________ to the bank. You better pay it back soon.

6. epidemic noun Sickness or disease that affects most of the people in a place The AIDS ____________ has affected many people in Africa.

7. garment noun piece of clothing I would like a new ____________ for my clothing collection.

8. ginger root noun part of ginger, a spice plant, that grows underground My mother is trying to grow some ____________ in our garden.

9. gold field noun place where gold is found People traveled from far away places to California because people said there was a ____________ there.

10. merchant noun person who sells things to make money The ____________ (s) sell their products at the swapmeet .

11. miner noun worker who digs in the earth for minerals The ____________ found all kinds of minerals in California.

12. tailor noun person who makes and mends clothes to earn money I’m going to take my ripped clothes to the ____________ so he can mend them.

13. tower noun a tall and narrow structure or building That building is taller than the ____________ downtown.

14. Preview and Predict

15. Directions • Look at pages 145 – 155 in your High Pont book. • Pictures • Titles • Write three predictions

16. Reading Strategy: Relate Goals and Outcome

17. Definitions Goal – what a person or group of people wants to do. Outcome – a result HOW TO RELATE GOALS AND OUTCOMES in a Selection 1. Look for what the people want to do. 2. Pay attention to the actions they take to reach their goals. 3. Predict the outcome. 4. Then see if the outcome at the end of the story matches your prediction.

18. Let’s practice! DIRECTIONS: Read the passage below. Follow the four steps to relate goals and outcomes. Then complete the graphic organizer below. In 1849, Fu Tien was living with her parents in China. She heard stories about gold in California. Fu Tien wanted to be rich. She sold her cart to get the money for the trip. In California she worked hard digging for gold. After a year, the money was almost gone and she found no gold.

19. Read

20. Directions for Reading • Turn to page 147 of your High Point book. • Follow along with your finger or pencil. • Listen for your name. If your name is called read the next sentence in the selection.

21. Respond

22. Relate Goals and Outcomes • Complete the graphic organizer below with the information you learned from the selection.

23. Before You Move On Questions • Answer the following questions in your notebook: • Page 149 # 1, 2, 3 • Page 151 # 1, 2, 3 • Page 154 # 1, 2, 3

24. Grammar Lesson: Adjectives Definition Adjective – a word that describes a noun. It tells you what the noun is like. Adjectives Nouns messy uncomfortable obnoxious polite difficult table chair boy girl school

25. Types of Adjectives Adjectives that tell how many or how much Examples: two, fifteen, twenty-five Adjectives that tell which one Examples: first, last, middle, central, distant Adjectives that tell what something is like Examples: noisy, wild, intelligent, glamorous Proper adjectives begin with capital letters. Examples: American, Mexican, Egyptian

26. Let’s Practice! DIRECTIONS: Write each sentence in your notebook. Add an adjective that answers the question under the blank line to complete each sentence. • Yenna sewed with ______ person. She and her mother made How many? _____ clothes. What kind? • 2. The ______ man held the _____ ginger root in his _____ hand. What kind? What kind? What kind? • 3. Yenna and the _________ man were apart for __________ years. What kind? How many? • 4. Yenna was Chang’s ____________ daughter. Which one? • 5. There are ______________ kinds of buildings in Chinatown. What kind?