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Getting to Know the Author:
Knowing background information about an author can often times help us understand the story better because authors often times, “write what they know.” Read the biography about the author and then do the small assignment below.
Photo:
"Rudyard Kipling Picture." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2013.
Vocabulary:
Being familiar with the vocabulary in a story in important because if you don’t understand the words in the story then you won’t understand the story itself. Complete the vocabulary assignment below so that you are familiar with the words that will appear in the story.
Directions: Read through ALL the vocab words below so that you are familiar with these words and their definitions. Then pick 10 of the ones that you find the most interesting and write them in a sentence. The sentence must include context clues to what the word means.
Example: The loquacious boy ran down the hall making tons of noise.
Bungalow- n.: a cottage of one story
Consolation- n.: comfort
Cowered- v.: crouched and trembled in fear
Cultivated-adj.: raised or grown on a farm or under other controlled conditions
Cunningly- adv.: in a clever way that is meant to trick or deceive
Draggled- adj.: wet and muddy, as if from being dragged around
Fledgeling-n.: a young bird that has recently grown its flight feathers
Gait- n.: way of walking or running
Gracious- adj.: very polite in a respectful way
Immensely- adv.: enormous
Revive- v.: to restore to life, renew, to activate
Scuttled- v.: to run away quickly
Singe- v.: to burn lightly
Snuffing-v.: to extinguish or put out
Valiant- adj.: brave and determined
Veranda- n.: open porch covered by a roof, running along the outside of a building
Mini Lesson:
Complete these mini lessons below. These mini lessons will cover the concepts that you will be looking for when reading the story.
Review of Literary Terms:
Setting- Where/When the story takes place
Characters- The people/animals in a story that the action revolves around.
Plot- The events in a story
Conflict- The events in a story that create drama
Theme- The moral or lesson that the story conveys to the reader
Watch the Literary Term Rap
The Plot Line: The plot is the order of events that happen in a story. Stories follow a plot line which includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. The exposition introduces the story, the setting and the characters. The rising action is where the actions of story begin to unfold and conflicts arise. The climax is the highest point of intensity in the story and where the largest conflicts are usually resolved (its the turning point of the tale). Falling action is where the loose ends, conflicts and climax begin to be wrapped up. Resolution is the ending of the story. Watch and listen to the Plot Line Rap which will help you remember the different parts. Plot Line Rap
Reading the story:
Read the story and complete the assignment for the story.
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