Week 4 – The Horned Toad Prince

Concept Vocabulary

• corral - pen for horses and cattle

• froniter - 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

         Video of a rodeo:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/culture-places/american-festivals-project/lost-dutchman-days-rodeo/

--- The landscape of the Southwest was once an isolated frontier.  What type of plants or animals do you imagine being found in the Southwest?

Author's Purpose

An author writes to:

- inform

- persuade

- entertain

- express ideas and feelings

• What is the author's purpose for writing a book such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

• What is the author's purpose for writing a book such as Snakes and their Prey?

Sometimes an author may have more than one purpose for writing such as the Magic School Bus series.  The purpose is both to enterain and inform.

Building Background

Vocabulary Match

* Click on the PowerPoint file at the bottom of the page to review vocabulary words and definitions.

Try matching each vocabulary word on the left with the correct definition on the right.

Vocabulary Strategy - Synonyms

• Sometimes when you're reading you come to a word you don't know.  Often the author gives you a synonym for the word.

• SYNONYM - a word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word

• Examples: plains - prairie

                    screeched - shrieked

                    peculiar - strange

Story Structure

• characters
• setting
• main problem
• rising action (plot/events)
• resolution
• Theme / Morale - lesson learned from the story

To summarize fictional stories use the 5 magic words:

• Somebody
• Wanted
• But
• So
• Then

* See if you can summarize The Horned Toad Prince using the 5 magic words. 

* What is the theme / morale / lesson learned from this story?

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/test_tutor/build19/grade3/skill14/index_pre.htm

STORY ELEMENTS RAP SONG

http://blog.flocabulary.com/five-elements-of-a-story-lesson/

STORY ELEMENTS INTERACTIVE

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html

Writing Fairy Tales

Horned Lizard & Harvesting Ants - video

Story Review / Practice Test 

http://www.quia.com/rr/314438.html

Listen to the Story Read Aloud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB2ewOPDpn0

Story Cube Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Compound Sentences 

* Review the Power Point File linked at the bottom of this page.

Conjunctions are used to hook up two phrases or clauses:

and

or

but

To join two simple sentences, separate each simple sentence with a comma before the conjunction.  You will make a complex sentence.

Simple Sentence Example

The bees are swarming over my head.

I think they might sting me.

Complex Sentence Example

The bees are swarming over my head, and I think they might sting me.

Game

http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/conjunction.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en28conn-game-is-this-a-compound-sentence

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index.html

http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/editdan_eng_launcher.html

http://www.time4writing.com/sentence-writing/simple-complex-compound-sentences/

Video