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The Great Kapok Tree

The Great Kapok Tree. Unit 3 Week 5 Kristi Goggans. Genre - Fantasy. A fantasy is a made-up story in which the characters do things that you would not expect them to do in real life. Vocabulary Strategy – Suffixes. Suffixes are added to the end of a word.

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The Great Kapok Tree

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  1. The Great Kapok Tree Unit 3 Week 5 Kristi Goggans

  2. Genre - Fantasy A fantasy is a made-up story in which the characters do things that you would not expect them to do in real life.

  3. Vocabulary Strategy – Suffixes • Suffixes are added to the end of a word. • - ous can make a word mean “full of ____” • - ate can make a word mean “supply or treat with _________” • Joyous becomes “full of joy” • Hydrate becomes “supply or treat with water.”

  4. Comprehension Skill –Generalize Support from Text Generalization Support from Text Support from Text A generalization is a broad statement based on several examples.

  5. Comprehension Strategy –Story Structure Good readers pay attention to story structure – how a story is put together. Notice how a story begins (the problem), how it builds through the middle (rising action and climax), and how it ends (resolution).

  6. Vocabulary Canopy Dangle Dappled Fragrant Pollen Slithered Wondrous

  7. Canopy The uppermost layer of branches in forest trees; shelter

  8. Dangle To hang and swing loosely

  9. Dappled Marked with spots

  10. Fragrant Sweet smelling scent; giving off a pleasant odor

  11. Pollen Powder from a flower

  12. Slithered Move with a sliding motion; slipped

  13. Wondrous Wonderful; marvelous; remarkable

  14. In the rainforest, bees were important because they -- Made honey for farmers Kept humans out of the forest Pollinated Trees and Flowers

  15. Which was an important theme? Trees provide shade from the sun Kapok trees grow in the rain forest All living things depend on one another

  16. Which generalization is based on information from this story? Rain forests are hot. Wild animals are dangerous.

  17. What was one reason that the tree roots were important in the story? They gave leaves their green color. They held the soil in place. They were home to certain birds.

  18. What is one thing that could never happen in this story? The animals were able to talk to the sleeping man. A child from the Yanomamo tribe lived in the rain forest. The toucan flew down from the canopy.

  19. The author probably wrote this story to -- Explain the habits of different animals in the rain forest Describe what happens in a rain forest when the trees are cut down Explain how people use the trees when they chop down the rain forest

  20. What is the most likely reason the man wanted to cut down the Kapok tree in our story? To build a fire to keep warm To show how strong he was To sell the wood for money

  21. What is one reason that both people and animals need trees? People and animals need the oxygen that trees make.

  22. Why did the author have so many different animals in this story? The author did this to show how the loss of the Kapok tree would affect the lives of a variety of animals.

  23. What was the most likely reason the author had the animals stay quiet when the man woke up from his nap? Keeping the animals quiet showed what the forest would sound like if the trees were cut down.

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