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Mother Fletcher's Gift: A Sixth Grade Incident Review

Explore unit 1, week 2 incident in this captivating review. Enhance vocabulary with words like fixtures, survive, apparently, flimsy, and subscribe. Learn about shades of meaning, literary elements like character and theme, and how to infer in comprehension strategies. Conclude with an essay question to deepen understanding.

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Mother Fletcher's Gift: A Sixth Grade Incident Review

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  1. Mother Fletcher’s GiftReview Sixth Grade Unit 1 Week 2

  2. incident apparently Vocabulary fixtures subscribe flimsy survive

  3. subscribe apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive To give your consent or approval; agree; support

  4. fixtures apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive things put in place to stay

  5. apparently apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive seemingly; with the appearance of; evidently

  6. apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive flimsy easily torn or broken

  7. survive apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive to continue to exist; remain; endure

  8. incident apparently fixtures flimsy incident subscribe survive something that happens; an event

  9. You’ve got it!

  10. More Words to KnowShades of Meaning • Some words have meanings that are alike, but not exactly the same. The meanings are just a little different. These small differences are called “shades of meaning.”

  11. More Words to Know excitement artist unrest precede awkwardly discourage

  12. excitement artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly A feeling of great enthusiasm

  13. precede artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly to go before

  14. discourage artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly prevent by expressing an unfavorable opinion

  15. artist artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly a person who practices or is skilled in art

  16. unrest artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly A state of dissatisfaction; disturbance or turmoil

  17. awkwardly artist precede discourage excitement unrest awkwardly Lacking grace or ease in movement

  18. Comprehension Skill: Literary Elements CHARACTER AND THEME

  19. Characters • The people who take part in the events of the story.

  20. Theme • The main idea or central meaning of a piece of writing. The theme is often not stated. You can find it using evidence from the story as clues. • Life lesson

  21. Comprehension Strategy: Inferring Authors do not always directly tell readers everything about the characters, events, and theme in a story. Sometimes you need to infer, or figure out, what is not stated directly.

  22. Essay Question • Look Back and Write: (pg 72#5) • At first, Officer O’Brien doesn’t want to go to Mother Fletcher’s for Christmas dinner. Write a paragraph from Officer O’Brien’s point of view explaining how he feels after having dinner with his family at Mother Fletcher’s house. Provide evidence to support your answer.

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