Transcript Marven of the Great North Woods

Marven of the
Great North
Woods
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes
Day 1
Day 4
Day 2
Day 5
Day 3
Vocabulary Definitions
Vocabulary Sentences
Additional Resources
Study Skills
• Genre: Biography
• Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion
• Comprehension Strategy: Monitor
and Fix up
• Comprehension Review Skill: Main Idea
• Vocabulary: Dictionary/Glossary
Genre: Biography
• A biography is a story of a real
person’s life, written by another
person.
• An autobiography is also a story of
a real person’s life, but it is written
by the person.
Summary
Marven was only ten years old when his
great-aunt died of influenza. To protect him
from the disease, his family sent him far away
from the city, up to the Great North Woods.
There he kept the books at a logging camp.
Marven was scared of the big, grouchy
lumberjacks, especially Jean Louis, a “jack”
whose feet were as big as skillets. But he was
even more scared when he skied into the
woods-and thought he saw a grizzly bear.
Comprehension Review Skill
Fact and Opinion
A statement of a fact can be proved true
or false by looking in a reference book,
asking an expert, or using your own
knowledge and experience.
A statement of opinion cannot be proved
true or false. It is a belief or judgment.
An opinion often contains words such as
best, should, or beautiful. It may begin
with words “In my opinion” or “I believe”.
Day 1 - Question of the Week
• What is the value of a
job well done?
Vocabulary - Say It
cord
immense
dismay
payroll
grizzly (bear)
More Words to Know
lumberjack
silhouettes
Comprehension Strategy Practice
Monitor and Fix up
• If you don’t understand or remember what
you have read, you may need to reread
part of the selection more carefully or scan
it to locate specific information.
• You may need to look for judgment words
to help better identify facts and opinion.
• Let’s practice by rereading p. 227
paragraph 1
Listen to the story
Comprehension Skill
Main Idea
• Main idea is an important point
about the story’s topic
• Supporting details give more
information about a main idea.
1.Marven felt very small
amung the enormous
lumberjack’s.
2. What a huge amount of
food they eated for
breakfast?
Singular Possessive Nouns
• This is the book of Tim.
• This is Tim’s book.
Which one sounds better?
Singular Possessive Nouns
•A possessive noun is a noun that
shows ownership.
•To form the possessive of a
singular noun, add an
apostrophe and s.
Tim’s
Spelling Words
Digraphs ng, nk, ph, wh
 among
 think
 blank
 graph
 young
 Thanksgiving

wheel
 nephew
 belong
 whiskers
 whisper
Digraphs ng, nk, ph, wh
 elephant
 white
 shrink
 wharf
 trunk


strong
blink
 chunk
 skunk
CHALLENGE
• strengthen
• bankrupt
• phantom
• whimsical
• whatever
Day 2 - Question of the Day
• What were working
conditions like for
Marven at the
logging camp?
Let’s Practice
Dictionary/Glossary Skills
•Please describe the steps you use to find the
meaning of a word in a dictionary.
•Remember that some words have multiple
meanings, and you must choose the meaning
that makes sense for the context in which the
word appears.
•Use a dictionary to determine the meaning for
drifting as it is used on page 213.
Cord
A unit of measurement for
measuring wood.
dismay
Sudden helpless fear of
what is about to happen
or what has happened.
grizzly (bear)
A large gray or brownish
bear of western North
America.
immense
Very large; huge; vast
payroll
List of persons to be paid
and the amount that each
one is to receive.
Lumberjack
Person whose work is
cutting down trees and
sending the logs to the
sawmill.
silhouettes
Dark images;
outlines against a
lighter
background.
Weekly Fluency Check Volume of Voice
● You will need to match your voice volume
to the size of the room or group you are
reading to.
● Go to page 231 and let’s read paragraphs 1-3.
Be sure to raise and lower your voice when
you see clue words such as whispered and
gasped.
3. Marven slid smoothly. Over
the wite carpet of snow.
4. He thought Jean Louis was a
grizzly bear but he laughed
when he found out her
mistake.
2. A sincere person
compliment is a
valuable gift.
ANSWER
2. A sincere person’s
compliment is a
valuable gift.
4. The class teacher
was very young.
ANSWER
4. The class’ teacher
was very young.
or class’s
5. The pony rider was
too heavy.
ANSWER
5. The pony’s rider
was too heavy.
6. Your brother
attitude got him in
trouble.
ANSWER
6. Your brother’s
attitude got him in
trouble.
7. Amy report card
was wonderful.
ANSWER
7. Amy’s report card
was wonderful.
9. I didn’t know I was
eating your cat tuna.
ANSWER
9. I didn’t know I was
eating your cat’s
tuna.
11. We were proud of
Chris performance.
ANSWER
11. We were proud of
Chris’ performance.
GROUP WORK
• Readers & WB 84
• Spelling Day 2
• Language Day 2
• Tri-Fold Section 2
• SmartBoard- Vocabulary Practice
Day 3 - Question of the Day
•How do Marven and
the lumberjacks
make sure their jobs
are well done?
Review Questions
1. Which job do you think would be more
difficult for a ten-year old: keeping a
payroll or waking the lumberjacks?
Explain
2. What causes Jean Louis to open one
eye?
3. What facts have you learned about
lumberjacks and Marven’s work in the
lumber camp?
1. Describe the steps Marven took to
organize the chits? What are chits?
2. If Marven gave you his word that he
would do something, would you trust
him? Why or Why not?
3. How is this selection like other
biographies you have read? How is it
different?
4. Marvin has a problem about what to
eat at breakfast. (p. 224) What would
you do to understand why he has this
problem?
5. The author describes the lumberjacks
as “biggest and wildest” (p. 218).
What else does she tell you about
them to prove her point.
The lumberjack cut
a cord of wood.
The lumberjack cut
a cord of wood.
A good boss will
never forget the
payroll for his/her
employees.
A good boss will
never forget the
payroll for his/her
employees.
When I saw the car
accident I was in
great dismay .
When I saw the car
accident I was in
great dismay.
The teacher was in
immense pain when
he hit his foot.
The teacher was in
immense pain when
he hit his foot.
The grizzly bear
scared the campers in
the woods.
The grizzly bear
scared the campers in
the woods.
The lumberjack
wanted to cut down
the trees.
The lumberjack
wanted to cut down
the trees.
The silhouettes of the
girls’ profiles looked
beautiful against the
dark background.
The silhouettes of the
girls’ profiles looked
beautiful against the
dark background.
5. Marven made a list of each
mans name. And recorded
his signature.
6. Marven and mr. Murray
enjoyed the cooks beans and
pies at lunch.
•Promethean Flipchart
GROUP WORK
• Partner Reading & WB 87-88
• Spelling Day 3 WB 35
• Language Day 3
• Tri-Fold Section 3
• SmartBoard- Reading Review
Day 4 - Question of the Day
•How can you use email to get information
for school projects?
7. When the men returned
from a days work they ate
supper.
8. If Marven finished his work
early. He could go out
skiing?
• Internet4ClassroomsGame
GROUP WORK
• Reading test on computers
• Language day 4 WB
• Essay Questions
• Tri-Fold Section 4
Essay Questions
1. What is one clue from the selection
that Jean Louis liked Marven?
2. What is one way that Marven and Jean
Louis were different?
3. What can you conclude about the
author’s feelings about her father?
Day 5 - Question of the Week
• What is the value of a
job well done?
Research/Study Skill –
Graphs
• A graph shows data, or information, in visual
form. The title and labels tell what
information the graph shows and compares.
• A bar graph uses vertical or horizontal bars to
compare data.
• A circle graph is a circle that shows how a
whole is divided into parts.
Research/Study Skill –
Graphs
• A line graph contains lines that
connect a series of points. Line
graphs often show changes over
time.
• A picture graph, or pictograph, uses
pictures to represent amounts.
9. Do you think that Marven
saw any moose or wolfes in
the forest.
10. Marvens work was hard,
he did it well.
Group Work
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Reading WB 89-90
Language Day 5
Tri-Fold Section 5
Writing Assignment
SmartBoard- Possessives
Describe a Job
Use with Writing Transparency 9a
• Let’s look at an example of a job
description.
• What writing traits do you see?
• What important details do you see?
• What do you notice about each
separate task?
• What time order words do you see?
Writing Assignment
• After looking at the job description
for “Taking Care of Fifi”
transparency, lets write our own
job description.
• Remember the writer of a job
description must make sure to tell
facts and not to express opinions.
Additional Resources
•Fact & Opinion Study
Zone
•Quia: Fact & opinion
•Fact and Opinion
•Reading Charts and
Graphs - TV411
•Author's Purpose
• Information on Marven
Lasky
• Plural & PossessivesInternet4Classrooms- Game
• Reading Review
• Vocabulary Practice
• Possessives
• Main Ideas & Details
• Fact & Opinion Practice
• Guessing Vocabulary in Context
• Fun Brain: Spell Check
GREAT JOB
Lumberjacks!!!