By: Jacqueline WoodsonGrowing Up

Theme 3, Selection 2, Day 1Taught By: Mrs. Williams

Genre

Peak Experience

Comprehension Skill:Making Inferences

How does Eva seem to feel about going

under the ice? How do you

know?

Why does Eva cut a hole

about two feet square in the

ice?

Why would Eva be sad at

having completed her first trip under

the ice?

Daydreaming

v.  To think in a dreamy way, often about things one wishes would come true. Because Cho was daydreaming, he did not hear my question.

Desolate

adj.  Having few or no inhabitants; deserted. The car ran out of gas on a desolate stretch of highway.

Express

v.  To put into words; to communicate. Toddlers express their feelings through words, noises, and actions. 

Previous

adj.  Occurring before something else in time or order. The professor had explained the rule in a previous lecture. 

Relieve

v.  To aid, to help. A cool washcloth might relieve the pain of your headache.  

Stoop

n.  A small porch, staircase, or platform leading to the entrance of a house or building. Our family sits on the stoop of our building on warm nights.

Illegible

adj.  not able to be read.  The students writing was illegible, so he got a “F” on the paper.

Double-Dutch

n.  A jump rope game that uses two jump ropes.The kids were playing double-dutch at recess.

Key City Life Vocabulary• daydreaming

– Thinking in a dreamy way, often about what you wish will come true.

• desolate– Having few or no inhabitance,

deserted.

• express– To put into words; communicate.

• previous– Occurring before something else.

• relieve– To aid; to help.

• stoop– A small porch or staircase leading

to the entrance of a house or building.

• illegible– Not able to be read.

• double-dutch– A jump rope game that uses two

ropes.

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By: Jacqueline WoodsonGrowing Up

Theme 3, Selection 2, Day 2Taught By: Mrs. Williams

Key City Life Vocabulary• daydreaming

– Thinking in a dreamy way, often about what you wish will come true.

• desolate– Having few or no inhabitance,

deserted.

• express– To put into words; communicate.

• previous– Occurring before something else.

• relieve– To aid; to help.

• stoop– A small porch or staircase leading

to the entrance of a house or building.

• illegible– Not able to be read.

• double-dutch– A jump rope game that uses two

ropes.

Step 1

•Read the Story Summery to yourself one time. 

•Be sure to use good hand gestures to help you as you read.

Step 2

•Turn to your shoulder partner and partner read the story with lots of expression. 

•Don’t forget the gestures that you have practiced. 

Step 3

•Take turns asking and answering at least five questions each about the text.  

•Remember to both ask and answer questions with high enthusiasm. 

Extreme Partner Reading

By: Jacqueline WoodsonGrowing Up

Theme 3, Selection 2, Day 3Taught By: Mrs. Williams

Key City Life Vocabulary• daydreaming

– Thinking in a dreamy way, often about what you wish will come true.

• desolate– Having few or no inhabitance,

deserted.

• express– To put into words; communicate.

• previous– Occurring before something else.

• relieve– To aid; to help.

• stoop– A small porch or staircase leading

to the entrance of a house or building.

• illegible– Not able to be read.

• double-dutch– A jump rope game that uses two

ropes.

Types of Fiction

Coach pgs. 27-30

Skill Bridge (Genre) pgs. 8-11

By: Jacqueline WoodsonGrowing Up

Theme 3, Selection 2, Day 4Taught By: Mrs. Williams

Key City Life Vocabulary• daydreaming

– Thinking in a dreamy way, often about what you wish will come true.

• desolate– Having few or no inhabitance,

deserted.

• express– To put into words; communicate.

• previous– Occurring before something else.

• relieve– To aid; to help.

• stoop– A small porch or staircase leading

to the entrance of a house or building.

• illegible– Not able to be read.

• double-dutch– A jump rope game that uses two

ropes.

Coach (Theme) pgs. 78-81

Skill Bridge (Theme) pgs. 60-63

Poetic PowerWith your shoulder partner, read

pages 294-297 from your text using the skills mentions in the yellow column on the left of page 294. When you are finished discuss these questions with your partner and write your answers in complete sentences on a piece of lined paper.

3. Why do you think she wrote a book about the Harlem Renaissance especially for young readers?

4. How do Nikki Geovanni’s feelings about poetry compare to those of Margaret?

2. Why does Nikki Geovanni find people to be the most interesting topic for her writing?

1. What important qualities does Nikki Giovanni think a poet should have?

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By: Jacqueline WoodsonGrowing Up

Theme 3, Selection 2, Day 5Taught By: Mr. Williams

Weekly Skills Test1. Make sure your name, date, and

assignment are written clearly on the top left of the paper.

2. Turn your test paper to me and put your answer key in the reading basket.

3. Finish your Mountain Language.

4. Finish any other unfinished work.

Word SortFamous Poets Types of Figurative

LanguageInflected Endings Words that mean

“sadness”Sort the words below into the four above categories.

William Shakespeare -en Maya Angelou -est

solemn simile somber personification

metaphor miserable -s Robert Frost

-er Henry David Thoreau onamonapoeia dejected

Famous Poets Types of Figurative Language

Inflected Endings Words that mean “sadness”

Henry David Thoreau simile -en somber

Maya Angelou metaphor -s solemn

William Shakespeare personification -er miserable

Robert Frost onamonapoeia -est dejected