The Baker’s Neighborby Adele Thane
Spelling• Carved• Garden• Harm• Farther• Barked• Alarm• Chart• Starved• Harder• parked
• Smartest• Charge• Guard• Argument• Hardware• Garbage• Harsh• Parts• Radar• Harbor
Challenge Words• Tapioca• Gourmet• Delicious• Delicatessen• pastry
Vocabulary
• Privilege• Luxury• Elated• Assent• Ad lib• Shiftless• Indignantly• shamefacedly
Read Aloud: Tortillas Like Africa
• What do the speaker and Isaac do before rolling out the tortillas?
• They squeeze the dough over a mixing bowl, dust the cutting board with flour, and hit and press their balls of dough.
• Do the speaker and Isaac enjoy making tortillas? How do you know?
• Yes; they laugh, giggle, and tell jokes• What makes the speaker and Isaac
laugh?• Their tortillas aren’t the usual round
shape but have the shapes of different countries
• What does the poet say tortillas usually look like?
• They are round like the moon.• What makes this poem interesting to
listen to?• Repeated words at the beginning of
lines
PRIVILEGE• Pri-vil-ege• Noun• A special benefit enjoyed under special
conditions
LUXURY• Lux-ur-y• Noun• Anything of value,
gives comfort, but is not necessary for life
ELATED• E-la-ted• ADJ.• Filled with joy or pride
ASSENT• As-sent• V.• To agree or approve
AD LIB
• Ad lib• N• To make up things on the spot;
improv.
SHIFTLESS• Shift-less• ADJ.• lazy
INDIGNANTLY• In-dig-nant-ly• ADV.• Being angry about something that
doesn’t seem right
SHAMEFACEDLY• Shame-fac-ed-ly• ADV• Shows shame for doing something bad
Cause Effect Chart