Transcript Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander Written by Donald J.

Encyclopedia Brown
and the Case of the Slippery
Salamander
Written by Donald J. Sobol and
Illustrated by Brett Helquist
• Compiled by:
• Terry Sams PES
Study Skills
• Genre: Realistic Fiction
• Comprehension Skill:
Plot
• Comprehension Strategy:
Prior Knowledge
• Comprehension Review Skill:
Compare/Contrast
• Vocabulary: Word Structure –
Synonyms and Antonyms
Summary
A salamander has been
stolen from the Den of
Darkness in the town
aquarium. Encyclopedia
Brown, the police chief’s
son, solves the mystery
that has his dad stumped.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction tells
about events that could
really happen. As you
read, think about how the
events in this story are
similar to events in real
life.
(Different PowerPoint on Genre)
Comprehension Skill - Plot TE 488
•A story’s plot is the important
parts of the story.
•A plot, or underlying story
structure, is found only in fiction
•The parts of a plot are the
conflict, or problem, the
rising action, the climax,
and the resolution, or outcome.
Comprehension Skill review – Plot
and Character PB193
Problem
Rising Action
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
1. Cory was trying out for a
dance group.
Cory waited for her turn.
2. Cory danced.
3.
Cory made it into group.
4. Cory cheered.
Comprehension Strategy –
Prior Knowledge
• Good readers use what they
know to help them understand
what they read. They try to
connect it to what they
already know. They think
about whether they have ever
seen or experienced what
they are reading about. This
helps understand the new
information.
Comprehension Skill Review: Compare
and Contrast – TE499
• A Comparison tells how two or
more things are alike.
• A Contrast tells how they are
different
• Clue words such as like or
as show comparisons
• Clue words such as but or
unlike show contrasts.
Vocabulary Skill:
Synonyms and Antonyms TE 490
• When you read, you may
come across a word you don’t
know.
• Sometimes the author will use
a synonym or an antonym as a
clue to the meaning of the
word.
• Synonyms are words that mean
almost the same thing.
• Antonyms are words with
opposite meanings.
Click on the title to practice this skill.
Research and Study Skill:
Card Catalog TE 507L
• Card catalogs and databases
provide information you need to find
a book in the library.
• The card catalog has drawers with cards in
them. The cards proved information
including the author, title, subject, and call
number of the book.
• You can search a card catalog by any of
this information.
• A library data bases is the online version of
a card catalog.
Weekly Fluency Check Dialogue TE 507a
● Your should read dialogue to
express each character’s
personality and emotions and to
make the dialogue should the way
real people speak.
● Read pg. 496, paragraphs 5-9, and
notice how we use our voice to
reflect Encyclopedia's feelings of
excitement and triumph.
Grammar Review – Pronouns
• Pronouns are words that take
the place of nouns.
• Pronouns that take place of a
singular noun are singular
pronouns
• I, me, he, she him, her and it
• Pronouns that take the place
of plural nouns are plural
pronouns.
• we, us, they, them
Grammar Review – Subject and
Object Pronouns
• A subject pronoun is used as the
subject of a sentence.
I, you, he, she, it, we and they
• Object pronouns is used in the
predicate of the sentence after
an action verb or with a
preposition.
me, you, him her, it, us and them
• Using pronouns makes writing less
wordy by avoiding repeated
nouns.
Grammar Review – Possessive
Pronouns
• Possessive pronouns show who or
what possesses something.
The possessive pronouns my, your,
her, our, and their are used before
nouns
• The possessive pronouns mine,
yours, hers, ours, and theirs are
used alone..
• Possessive pronouns his and its
are used before nouns and alone.
Other Things
• Other Books
• Encyclopedia Brown
Trivia Game
•Plot PowerPoint
• Plot quiz
• Salamander Information
Sheet
• More on Salamanders
Question of the Week
TE 488L
•How can
attention to
detail help
solve a
problem?
Day 2 - Question of the Day
•What talents and
strategies does
Encyclopedia
use to solve
cases?
Day 3 - Question of the Day
•How is the
Encyclopedia
Brown story
like and unlike
a puzzle?
Day 4 - Question of the
Day - Review
•Should all schools
offer a crime lab
class like the one
in Potterville?
Why or why not?
Review Questions
1. Besides working at the aquarium, what
do Dr. O’Donnell, Mrs. Brown, and Sam
Maine have in common?
2. What is an important lesson in this
story?
3. What is the setting of the story?
4. Why did the author write this story?
5. What was Encyclopedia’s clue that
helped him solve the crime?
Review Questions
1. Why would Sam Maine have
lied about his experience with animals?
2. What was Mrs. King doing while Dr.
O’Donnell was examining the crocodile?
3. How are frogs and salamanders alike?
4. What might Sam have done with the
Salamander if he had not been caught?
5. What did Encyclopedia need before he
could solve the crime?
Vocabulary - Say It
•reference •lizards
•reptiles
•exhibit
•stumped •crime
•Salamanders •baffled
•amphibians
More Words to Know
specimen
frustration
confided
case
damage
court
amphibians
• cold-blooded animals with
backbones and moist scaleless skin. Their young usually
have gills and live in
water until they develop
lungs for living on land.
crime
•activity of criminals;
breaking of the law
exhibit
•act of displaying;
public showing
lizards
•reptiles with long bodies
and tails, moveable
eyelids, and usually 4 legs.
Some lizards have no legs
and look much like snakes.
reference
•used for information or help
reptiles
•cold-blooded animals with
backbones and lungs,
usually covered with
horny plates for scales
salamanders
•animals shaped like lizards,
but related to frogs and
toads. They have smooth
skin and live in water or in
damp places.
stumped
•puzzled
confided
•told as a secret
frustration
•a feeling of anger and
helplessness
specimen
•one of a group taken to show what the
others are like
case
•matter for a court of law to
decide
damage
•harm or injury that
lessons the value or
usefulness
court
•an assembly of persons
(judges) who are chosen
to administer justice
baffled
•bewildered; hindered
someone by being too
hard to understand
Leroy is called
Encyclopedia
because his brain
was filled with more
facts than a reference
book.
Leroy is called
Encyclopedia
because his brain
was filled with more
facts than a reference
book.
A salamander
looks like a lizard.
A salamander
looks like a lizard.
A zoo exhibit has
live animals on
display that you can
see up close.
A zoo exhibit has
live animals on
display that you can
see up close.
It would be a
crime to steal an
animal from the
zoo.
It would be a
crime to steal an
animal from the
zoo.
Whenever the chief
was stumped,
Encyclopedia
would crack the
case for him.
Whenever the chief
was stumped,
Encyclopedia
would crack the
case for him.
Snakes, turtles,
and lizards are all
reptiles.
Snakes, turtles,
and lizards are all
reptiles.
Frogs, toads, and
salamanders are all
amphibians.
Frogs, toads, and
salamanders are all
amphibians.
Writing Assignment
Write a Feature Story
• Choose a topic that will
interest your schoolmates.
• It might be a person, a place,
or an event.
• Use details that show, not tell,
your readers about the topic.
• Use people’s actual words
when possible.
Spelling Words
Prefixes un-, dis-, and in-
•distrust
•uncertain
•incomplete
•unlikely
•unfair
•discontinue
•unaware
•disorder
•discount
•indirect
Spelling Words
Prefixes un-, dis-, and in-
•unopened
•disrespect
•unimportant
•unlisted
•disrepair
•inability
•disapprove
•unsolved
•disobey
•unsuspecting
CHALLENGE
•disintegrate
•disillusioned
•unconscious
•unappetizing
•intolerant
This Week’s Word Wall Words
Click and type your own
words for this week:
Let’s review our Spelling
words. Watch carefully
because they will flash on the
screen for just a moment. We
can clap as we spell the word,
or we might just practice
reading the words.
unsuspecting
disobey
unsolved
disapprove
inability
disrepair
unlisted
unimportant
disrespect
unopened
indirect
discount
disorder
unaware
unfair
unlikely
incomplete
uncertain
distrust
discontinue
disintegrate
disillusioned
unconscious
unappetizing
intolerant