Realistic Fiction
Big Idea
We never stop learning.
Essential Question
How does a character learn an important lesson?
Target Vocabulary
officially - authorized by the people who make the rules
preliminary - something that comes before the final event
opponents - people who compete against each other in a contest
brutal - something that is overly rough
embarrassed - feeling ashamed and uncomfortable
typically - usually
gorgeous - something that stands out in beauty and grace
supposedly - thought to be true, or supposed to be true
sweeping - movement that covers a wide space from side to side
obvious - noticeable or easy to see
Comprehension
Target Skill
Theme - the big idea or lesson the author wants the reader to know.
Target Strategy
Visualize - to use text details to form pictures in your mind.
Fluency
Stress - good readers stress, or emphasize, certain words as they read. Appropriate stress helps readers and listeners understand words and derive meaning from text.
Decoding
Stressed and Unstressed Syllables - in words with more than one syllable, we stress, or emphasize, one syllable more than the others. The vowel sound in many unstressed syllables is called the schwa sound.
Vocabulary Strategies
Suffixes -ly, -ful - "in a certain way" or "like," and "full of." A suffix is an affix attached to the end of a base word or word root that changes the meaning of the word.
Grammar
Singular and Plural Nouns - names one person, place or thing, or names more than one person, place or thing. A collective noun names a group of people, animals or things that act as a unit.
Writing
Write to Express
Focus Trait: Voice - When authors create characters, they give each one a voice, or a particular way the character sounds. A character's voice is often shown through dialogue.