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Kendria’s Watchby John Vogt

Fountas-Pinnell Level SScience FictionSelection SummaryKendria likes to eavesdrop. When a birthday gift from her aunt allows her to become invisible, she can eavesdrop without being discovered. She fi nds that not everyone has been entirely pleased with her practice of eavesdropping. But she learns to put her invisible power to good use.

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Science fi ction

Text Structure • Third-person continuous narrative • Introduction prepares reader for genre and topic

Content • Life in the future; imaginary gadgetry and secret powers• Uses and problems of invisibility• Birthdays, gifts, parties; toddlers and pets

Themes and Ideas • Respect other people’s right to privacy.• Pet owners are responsible for the care and safety of their pets.• Practical jokes aren’t always funny.

Language and Literary Features

• Figurative language, such as The package cracked open like an egg• Foreshadowing, such as It’s as if she disappeared • Irony, exaggeration, and word play

Sentence Complexity • A mix of declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences• Primarily simple sentences with occasional compound verbs • Sentence fragments imitate everyday speech.

Vocabulary • Scientifi c terms that may be unfamiliar to English language learners, such as cloaked, metamaterials, time travel. Cultural references: snoop (p. 3), Bowl-a-Rama, karaoke (p. 9 ).

Words • Multisyllable target vocabulary: admitted, collected, destination, originalIllustrations • Realistic, colorful drawings with captions

Book and Print Features • Seventeen pages of text, with illustrations on all page spreads © 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

admitted – said something is true, p. 9

collected – calm and sensible, p. 11

compliment – a positive, admiring, or respectful comment, p. 9

concentrate – to focus one’s attention on something, p. 3

destination – a place where someone is going, p. 18

impressed – made a strong, favorable effect on someone, p. 4

original – fi rst, p. 12produced – made, p. 14rumor – a statement believed

to be true although no facts prove it, p. 9

suspense – anxious uncertainty about what will happen, p. 11

Kendria’s Watch by John Vogt

Build BackgroundHelp students use their knowledge of special powers to visualize the selection. Build interest by asking questions such as the following: Have you wished you could be invisible? What problems might being invisible cause for a person? Read the title and author and talk about the cover illustration. Tell students that this story is science fi ction, so it is a fantasy with a plot that includes scientifi c ideas.

Frontload VocabularySome everyday words may be unfamiliar to English learners. Before reading, check understanding of the following words: snoop, hide-and-seek, gift certifi cate, karaoke.

Introduce the TextGuide students through the text, reading the captions, noting important ideas, and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so they can read the text successfully. Here are some suggestions:

Pages 2–3: Point out the illustration and have students read the captions. Explain that story is about a girl, Kendria, who receives a bracelet as a gift from her Aunt Laqueta. Suggested Language: What clues on the bracelet that tell you it’s actually a watch?

Page 5: Read the sentence: “There aren’t any directions,” said Kendria. Ask: Have you ever tried to use something new that had no directions? What happened? How did you fi gure out how to use it?

Pages 6–7: Draw students’ attention to the illustration on page 6. The picture shows Rocko, Kendria’s dog, and also Kendria’s friend Maddy carrying her baby brother. Ask: What’s odd about this picture? Point out that the story includes many scientifi c terms. Help students with the terms metamaterials and, cloaked on page 7.

Page 9: Read the sentence: “That’s not a compliment,” said Maddy. Ask: What does it mean to compliment someone?

Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out what happens to Kendria after she receives Aunt Laqueta’s gift.

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ReadHave students read silently while you listen to individual students read aloud. Support their understanding of the text as needed.

Remind students to use the Infer/Predict Strategy and to guess what may come next as they read.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite students to share their personal responses to the story. Suggested language: Do you think Kendria used her invisibility wisely? Why or why not?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help students understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Kendria receives a watch from Aunt Laqueta that can make her invisible.

• Kendria gets into trouble when she’s invisible.

• Kendria discovers that having extra powers isn’t so much fun.

• Eavesdropping can hurt the speaker and the listener.

• Practical jokes aren’t always funny, and it’s wrong to frighten people.

• Powers and talents should be used wisely.

• Although the characters are realistic, the story is science fi ction because the watch is a scientifi c idea that is not real.

• One reason the author includes lots of dialogue is to show how Kendria loves to eavesdrop.

• The author includes true scientifi c information to make the story more believable.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite students to choose a passage with dialogue from the story to read

aloud. Remind them to pay attention to who is speaking and suggest they change their speaking style, tone, and pitch appropriately.

• Comprehension Based on your observations of the students’ reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas.

• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Remind students that free morphemes are words that have meaning and can, therefore, stand alone. Bound morphemes have no meaning of their own and include affi xes, such as the suffi x –ed. The word admitted (page 9) consists of the free morpheme admit and the bound morpheme –ed, which has been modifi ed by the additional of an introductory t.


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Writing about ReadingCritical ThinkingHave students complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 17.10.

RespondingHave students complete the activities at the back of the book, using their Reader’s Notebook. Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill.

Target Comprehension SkillStory Structure

Target Comprehension Skill Remind students that they can identify the structure of the

story by examining how the plot leads up to the character’s confl icts and then goes on to resolve those confl icts. Model how to add details to the Graphic Organizer, using a “Think Aloud” like the one below:

Think Aloud

In the story, the plot starts with Kendria’s gift from her Aunt Laqueta. That’s an event. Kendria uses the watch to make her invisible. Add these events to the chart. They help identify the story structure.

Practice the SkillHave students share an example of another story that is organized around the plot and the character’s confl icts. Ask students how the character resolved the confl ict in that story.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave students write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use their personal knowledge to reach new understandings.

Assessment Prompts• Which sentences from page 10 show that Kendria is a caring person?

• What details from the text help you know that the story is science fi ction?

• What is the meaning of destination on page 18?



Critical ThinkingRead and answer the questions.

1. Think within the text When does the story take place? Why is this

important to the plot?

2. Think within the text Which of the main character’s behaviors

causes confl ict in the story? How can you tell it causes problems?

3. Think beyond the text Do you think it was responsible for Aunt

Laqueta to invent the watch? Should she have given it to her niece?

Explain your answer.

4. Think about the text What lesson do you think the author wanted

readers to learn from the story?

Making Connections Kendria has a bad habit of eavesdropping. Explain why some habits can be good and some can be bad.

Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.

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Grade 5, Unit 4: What’s Your Story?

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It takes place in the future. It is important because a high-tech

watch that can make people invisible plays a major role in the

plot. Such a watch could exist only in the future.

It was not responsible to invent the watch and give it to Kendria

because no one likes to be spied on, and eavesdropping is rude.

It is wrong to treat others in a way you wouldn’t want to be treated

yourself. For example, it is wrong to spy on people.

Possible responses shown.

Kendria’s eavesdropping and sneaking around leads to problems.

She can tell when she overhears her friends saying that they don’t

like her sneakiness.

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First Pass

English Language DevelopmentReading Support Give English language learners a “preview” of the text by holding a brief small-group discussion with them before reading the text with the entire group.

Cultural Support The term eavesdrop originally referred to an area of a house that is protected from rain by overhanging edges of the roof. It was possible for people to stay dry in this area and at the same time listen to conversation within the house. People who listened in on other people’s conversations then became known as eavesdroppers.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck student comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches your students’ English profi ciency. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the student.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Who is the main character?

Speaker 2: Kendria

Speaker 1: What does Kendria receive from her Aunt Laqueta on her birthday?

Speaker 2: a watch

Speaker 1: Why does Kendria know so little about Aunt Laqueta?

Speaker 2: Aunt Lequeta has not been in contact with Kendria’s parents for many years. Kendria has never met her.

Speaker 1: Why does Kendria regret eavesdropping on her friends at school?

Speaker 2: Kendria learns that her friends think she is sneaky and that her eavesdropping is annoying. She also overhears what they plan to give her for her birthday, which spoils the surprise.


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Name Date

Kendria’s WatchThinking Beyond the Text

Think about the questions below. Then write your answer in one or two paragraphs.

Remember that when you think beyond the text, you use your personal knowledge to reach new understandings.

On page 15, Kendria says: “I want to be a new Kendria from now on!” What does she mean? Why does Kendria make this statement? Do you think Kendria needs to change? Why or why not? Explain your answer, giving examples from the story.



Critical ThinkingRead and answer the questions.

1. Think within the text When does the story take place? Why is this

important to the plot?

2. Think within the text Which of the main character’s behaviors

causes confl ict in the story? How can you tell it causes problems?

3. Think beyond the text Do you think it was responsible for Aunt

Laqueta to invent the watch? Should she have given it to her niece?

Explain your answer.

4. Think about the text What lesson do you think the author wanted

readers to learn from the story?

Making Connections Kendria has a bad habit of eavesdropping. Explain why some habits can be good and some can be bad.

Write your answer in your Reader’s Notebook.

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Kendria’s WatchRunning Record Form

Kendria’s Watch • LEVEL S


Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

®cat

0

Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

ˆcat 1

Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

8 The next day, Kendria went to school early. She wore her new

watch. On the playground, she pushed the green button.

Kendria became invisible. She snuck up behind kids and

tapped them on the shoulder. Sneaking up behind kids was

always fun. And being invisible made it more fun. The kids

turned around to find no one there. They looked confused. But

Kendria stopped having fun when she scared a first-grade boy.

The boy cried.

In the cafeteria, Kendria went through the line and ate her

food. Then Kendria made herself invisible. She went through

the line a second time.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read correctly/100 ×

100)

%

Total Self- Corrections


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