The World According to Humphrey Day 2

Let's take a quiz on what you learned from yesterday's story. World According To Humphrey Quiz

Today we are going to be talking about the theme of a story. If you don't remember what a theme is, watch the short video below.

Reading

Now, we'll take a closer look at our story from yesterday, The World According to Humphrey. Before we start any activities, turn to page 624 in your Student Book (Remember, you can access the Student Book from ThinkCentral).

• Reread (with or without audio) The World According to Humphrey, pages 624-637. Stop to analyze the text on pages 628, 630, and 634, focusing on idioms, point of view, and theme.

• As you are reading, pay close attention to the way the characters changed throughout the story, because this is going to help you identify the story's theme.

After Reading

What do you think the theme of this story is?

Grammar and Writing

Watch the following video on comparative and superlative adjectives. This will help us with the work we complete tomorrow.

This week's Spelling and Vocabulary

Spelling words: event, humor, rapid, music, relief, planet, detail, unite, frozen, figure, siren, polite, hotel, protest, punish, defend, relay, habit, student, moment

Vocabulary words: appreciate, blaring, combination, promptly, introduce, nocturnal, feats, effort, suggest, racket

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." - Dr. Seuss