Author: Jackie Mims Hopkins Genre: Modern Fairy Tale

1. Author: Jackie Mims Hopkins Genre: Modern Fairy Tale Big Question: What is unique about the landscape of the Southwest?

2. Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Words More Words to Know sassy suspiciously twang corral frontier rodeo • bargain • favor • lassoed • offended • prairie • riverbed • shrieked

3. Big Question: What is unique about the landscape of the Southwest? • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday

4. Monday

5. Today we will learn about: • Build Concepts • Author’s Purpose • Story Structure • Build Background • Vocabulary • Fluency: Model Volume • Grammar: Compound Sentences • The Southwest

6. FluencyModelVolume

7. Fluency: Volume • Listen as I read “Growing Up in the Old West.” • As I read, notice how I use a volume suited to the size of the room and the distance of the farthest listener. • Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

8. Fluency: Volume • What was the author’s purpose for writing “Growing Up in the Old West?” • What does the author think about the life of frontier children in the Old West?

9. Concept Vocabulary • corral– pen for horses and cattle • frontier– the farthest part of a settled country, where the wilds begin • rodeo– a contest or exhibition of skill in roping cattle and riding horses and bulls • Next Slide

10. corral

11. frontier

12. rodeo

13. Author’s Purpose & Story StructureTurn to page 88-89.

14. Prior KnowledgeThink of as many things are you can about typical settings, characters, story events, or lessons learned from familiar fairy tales.

15. Vocabulary Words

16. Vocabulary Words • bargain – an agreement to trade or exchange; deal • favor – act of kindness • lassoed – roped; caught with a long rope with a loop on the end • offended – hurt the feelings of someone; made angry

17. Vocabulary Words • prairie – large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees • riverbed – channel in which a river flows or used to flow • shrieked – made a loud, sharp, shrill sound

18. More Words to Know • sassy – rude; lively; spirited • suspiciously – without trust; doubtfully • twang – to make a sharp, ringing sound • (Next Slide)

19. lassoed

20. prairie

21. riverbed

22. bargain

23. favor

24. lassoed

25. offended

26. prairie

27. riverbed

28. shrieked

29. sassy

30. suspiciously

31. twang

32. Grammar • Compound Sentences

33. she wanted to explore the vally but her father had warned her to be carefull • She wanted to explore the valley, but her father had warned her to be careful. • yesterday she rodes at a steady pace for haf a hour • Yesterday she rode at a steady pace for half an hour.

34. Compound Sentences • Reba Jo made a promise, but she tried to break it. • This is a compound sentence. When two simple sentences are joined by a comma and a connecting word such as and, but, or or, or when they are connected with a semicolon and no connecting words, they make a compound sentence.

35. Compound Sentences • A compound sentence is made up of two simple sentences joined by a comma and a connecting word such as and, but, or or. • The two sentences in a compound sentence must have ideas that make sense together.

36. Compound Sentences • Simple Sentences: The horned toad looks like a toad. It is really a lizard. • Compound Sentence: The horned toad looks like a toad, but it is really a lizard.

37. Compound SentencesIs the sentence a simple or compound sentence? • Reba Jo loved to ride and play her guitar. • simple sentence • The wind blew her hat away, and she rode after it. • compound sentence

38. Compound SentencesIs the sentence a simple or compound sentence? • Reba Jo wanted her hat, but she was frightened. • compound sentence • The horned toad spoke to her and found her hat. • simple sentence

39. Compound SentencesIs the sentence a simple or compound sentence? • Give me some chili, or I will tell your father. • compound sentence

40. Compound SentencesJoin each pair of simple sentences to make a compound sentence. Use the word and, but, or or. • The horned toad knocked on the door. Reba Jo’s father let him in. • The horned toad knocked on the door, and Reba Jo’s father let him in.

41. Compound SentencesJoin each pair of simple sentences to make a compound sentence. Use the word and, but, or or. • Reba Jo had made a promise. She did not want to keep it. • Reba Jo had made a promise, but she did not want to keep it. • She gave the horned toad some chili. He gobbled it up. • She gave the horned toad some chili, and he gobbled it up.

42. Compound SentencesJoin each pair of simple sentences to make a compound sentence. Use the word and, but, or or. • The toad asked Reba Jo to kiss him. At first she refused. • The toad asked Reba Jo to kiss him, but at first she refused.

43. Compound SentencesJoin each pair of simple sentences to make a compound sentence. Use the word and, but, or or. • A cowgirl had to kiss the horned toad. He would never become a prince. • A cowgirl had to kiss the horned toad, or he would never become a prince.

44. Tuesday

45. Today we will learn about: • Context Clues • Author’s Purpose • Story Structure • Sequence • Vocabulary • Fluency: Echo Reading • Grammar: Compound Sentences • Social Studies: Geography of the Southwest • The Southwest

46. Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms Turn to pages 90-93.

47. The Horned Toad Prince Turn to pages 92 - 99.

48. FluencyModelVolume

49. Fluency: Volume • Turn to page 96. • As I read, notice how I lower my volume to show how the toad speaks in a “small voice.” • Now we will practice together as a class by doing three echo readings of this page. Use story cues to adjust your volume.

50. Grammar • Compound Sentences