How Tia Lola Came to Stay

1. How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez illustrated by MackyPamintuan Day 1Day 4 Day 2Day 5 Day 3 Vocabulary Definitions Vocabulary Sentences Additional Resources

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

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. 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.

6. 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)

7. Day 1 - Question of the Week • How can one person’s view of the world affect others?

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

9. More Words to Know embarrassment landlord confused recognize wandered

10. Comprehension StrategySummarize • 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?

12. Listen to the Story

13. Comprehension SkillCharacter 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.

15. 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.

16. Practice Book 273 Character and Theme 4. Theme Always be yourself. 5. Support Her granddaughter doesn’t want Nana to change.

17. The childrens get a lot of enjoymint from playing baseball. • They’re next game is Tuesday June 7

18. Why use a Comma? • A comma is a punctuation mark that helps keep distinct ideas separate. • Commas signal meaning, so it is critical to use them correctly!

19. How do I use Commas correctly? • There are set guidelines for using commas. You must know and understand the rules of comma usage. • In particular, you must know and understand how to use • Commas between items in a series • Commas after introductory word groups • Commas around appositives and interrupters • Commas in compound sentences • Commas in complex sentences

20. Using Commas between Items in a Series • When you have a list of three or more items in a series, you must include a comma between each item. With the last item, the comma will come before the “and/or.” • We ate fish, shrimp, and oysters. • She wants to be a teacher, librarian, or counselor. • Do not include a comma when you have only two items in the series. • We ate fish and shrimp. • She wants to be a teacher or librarian.

21. 2. Using Commas after Introductory Word Groups • Use a comma after an introductory word, phrase, or clause to let your reader know when the main part of the sentence is starting. • However, it’s only the fifth week of the semester. (introductory word) • According to my teacher, I am doing well in my math course. (introductory phrase) • Because I didn’t study for the exam, I didn’t pass. (introductory clause)

22. 3. Using Commas with Appositives & Interrupters (Renaming) • What is an appositive? • An appositive comes directly after a noun and renames it. • Ms. Bonnie, our class tutor, really helped me improve my writing. • My favorite restaurant, TGI Fridays, just opened in College Station. • Ana, one of my 0321 students, won a scholarship to SHSU. • My English teacher, Mr. Herring, assigns a lot of homework.

23. Appositives & Interrupters cont. • What is an Interrupter? • An interrupter is an aside or transition that interrupts the flow of a sentence but doesn’t affect its meaning. • By the way, most of the students did well on the first writing assignment. • Some of the students, however, did not do well. • Many students, incidentally, received a better grade because they got help from the tutor. • Others, on the other hand, received lower grades because they didn’t take time for tutoring.

24. 4. Using Commas in Compound Sentences • When you have a compound sentence—two independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction—you must use a comma before the coordinating conjunction. • We went out to dinner,and then we went to see a movie. • We wanted to go out to dinner,but we didn’t feel like going to the movies afterwards.

25. Compound Sentence continued • If you have a coordinating conjunction joining two clauses, but one is independent and the other is not, no comma is needed! • We went out to dinner and then to see a movie. • We wanted to go out to dinner but not to the movies.

26. 5. Using Commas in Complex Sentences • Complex sentences join an independent clause with a dependent clause or relative clause. • A dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction (dependent word) and cannot stand alone. • A relative clause begins with a relative pronoun (who, which, that) and cannot stand alone.

27. Commas with Dependent Clauses • When a dependent clause is used as an introductory clause, it is followed by a comma. • Because I didn’t study for the exam, I didn’t pass. • When you get to work, give me a call. • However, when a dependent clause comes at the end of the sentence, it is generally not preceded by a comma. • I didn’t pass because I didn’t study for the exam. • Give me a call when you get to work.

29. Spelling WordsSuffixed less, ment, ness • countless • payment • goodness • fairness • hopeless • treatment • statement • breathless • restless • enjoyment

30. Spelling WordsMultisyllabic Words • pavement • flawless • tireless • amazement • amusement • greatness • punishment • timeless • needless • painless

31. CHALLENGE • announcement • appointment • requirement • awkwardness • expressionless

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

34. Vocabulary Skill:Word Structure—Context Clues • Sometimes you can use context clues-the words and sentences around an unknownword-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.

35. 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.

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

37. colonel a military rank below general

38. glint a gleam; flash

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

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

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

42. resemblance similar appearance; likeness

43. embarrassment shame; an uneasy feeling

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

45. confused thrown into disorder; mixed up, bewildered

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

47. wandered moved here and there without any special purpose

48. Weekly Fluency Check -Emotion • 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.

49. 3. My goodnuss that was a great catch! 4. Ill bet you can’t do that again Jim.

50. Commas - , • A comma is a punctuation mark • It tells us to take a brief pause when we are reading – not as long as a full stop. • It is the most common punctuation mark but has to be used carefully.