The Stranger

By: Chris Van AllsburgJourneys

Theme 3, Selection 1, Day 1Taught By: Mr. Williams

Noting Details

DescriptionDetails can help the reader see, hear, and feel events as

they happen in the story.Look for sensory words that appeal to each of the five

senses while reading.

Emotion/Motivation

Details often show how characters are feeling or their motivation for various actions.

Look for words that describe feelings, reasons, or characters internal thoughts.

ExplanationDetails can help to explain why information is important

to a story. Look for clarifying words and sentences that help explain

why events are occurring.

Information

Details are important to getting the big picture of the story.

Look for modifying words that describe what and how things look or are happening

Nanabozho Brings the Seasons

Comprehension Skill:Noting Details

What details help you see what

happens where Nanabozho runs?

What do the details of the story tell you

about Peepaukawis?

How does Peepaukawis bring

about foul weather?

What are Compound Words?

No space

buttonholes overnight

Hyphen

good-by well-mannered

space

high school Weather vane

Structural Analysis: Compound Words

autumn

draft

etched

frost

mercury

peculiar

thermometer

timid

Key Fall Vocabulary

• autumn– The season after summer

• draft– A flow of air

• etched– Made a design by cutting lines

• frost– Very thin covering of ice

• mercury– Silvery, toxic, white metal

used in thermometers

• peculiar– Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre

• thermometer– An instrument that measures

temperature

• timid– Easily frightened, shy

Key Fall Vocabulary

Detail Map1. After reading each page, use a blank sheet of paper to add to a Detail

Map describing informative, explanative, emotional and discriptive details from the selection.

2. At the end of the story analyze the details that you found and categorize them into two categories (Stranger Details and Weather Details).

3. Make sure that you are including modifying words that describe how and why events in the story happened and how things appeared.

4. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

The Stranger

By: Chris Van AllsburgJourneys

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

autumn

draft

etched

frost

mercury

peculiar

thermometer

timid

Key Fall Vocabulary

• autumn– The season after summer

• draft– A flow of air

• etched– Made a design by cutting lines

• frost– Very thin covering of ice

• mercury– Silvery, toxic, white metal

used in thermometers

• peculiar– Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre

• thermometer– An instrument that measures

temperature

• timid– Easily frightened, shy