READ ALOUD : “Darkness is My Friend”READ ALOUD : “Darkness is My Friend”

GENRE: PoetryGENRE: Poetry Poems use rhythm and sound patterns to help Poems use rhythm and sound patterns to help

express meaning.express meaning. Poems paint a picture by using colorful, Poems paint a picture by using colorful,

descriptive language.descriptive language. Poems may also use figurative language, such Poems may also use figurative language, such

as personification and metaphors.as personification and metaphors.

FOCUS ON VOCABULARYFOCUS ON VOCABULARY

rustlerustleoutsidersoutsiders

lendlend

rustlerustle The wind made the leaves on the tree The wind made the leaves on the tree

rustlerustle..

rustlerustle – – to make a light noise like dry leaves to make a light noise like dry leaves blowing in the wind.blowing in the wind.

Which sound is Which sound is louder - a louder - a rustlerustle or a or a crunch?crunch?

outsidersoutsiders My sister and I felt like My sister and I felt like outsidersoutsiders at our at our

new school.new school.

outsideroutsider – people who are not – people who are not included in a certain groupincluded in a certain group

How could you make an How could you make an outsideroutsider feel welcome?feel welcome?

lendlend I asked my friend to I asked my friend to lendlend me his baseball me his baseball

mitt.mitt.

lendlend– to loan or provide– to loan or provide

What other kinds of What other kinds of things could you things could you lendlend to a friend?to a friend?

LISTENING FOR A PURPOSELISTENING FOR A PURPOSE

After the seventh line: Turn to a partner, After the seventh line: Turn to a partner, and discuss why the narrator likes and discuss why the narrator likes darkness.darkness.

After the last line: Turn to a partner, and After the last line: Turn to a partner, and tell what animal you think is narrating tell what animal you think is narrating the story and how you know.the story and how you know.

INFLECTIONAL ENDINGSINFLECTIONAL ENDINGS

•-ed and –ing are added to verbs to create new verb forms and tenses•For many base words just add the ending: laugh becomes laughing and laughed•For base words that end in a consonant and the letter e, drop the e before adding –ed or –ing: save becomes saved and saving•For most words that end in a vowel and a consonant, double the final consonant before adding –ed or –ing: stop becomes stopped and stopping

THINK ALOUDTHINK ALOUD

gripgripped

Look at the words. I see the letter p at the end of the first word. When a base word ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant doubles when an ending is added. To find the base word, I cover up the second p and the ending –ed to get the base word grip. I know grip means hold tightly. When –ed is added it makes the verb past tense, so gripped means held tightly.

PRACTICE AND APPLYPRACTICE AND APPLY

Underline the inflectional ending in each word.

disappeared

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disappearing

participatedparticipated

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participatingparticipating

regrettedregretted

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regrettingregretting

scroungedscrounged

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scroungingscrounging

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hiccuppedhiccupped

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hiccuppinghiccupping

measuredmeasured

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measuringmeasuring

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MULTISYLLABIC WORD STRATEGYMULTISYLLABIC WORD STRATEGYDecoding StrategyDecoding Strategy

forbiddingforbidding

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drippeddripped

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fascinatingfascinating

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claspedclasped

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thrillingthrilling

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assemblingassembling

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enabledenabled

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discontinueddiscontinued

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eavesdroppingeavesdroppingMy little sister is good at My little sister is good at eavesdroppingeavesdropping on on

telephone conversations.telephone conversations.

eavesdropping – to listen to other people – to listen to other people talking without letting them know you are talking without letting them know you are listening listening

How are eavesdropping How are eavesdropping and spying similar and and spying similar and differentdifferent??

acquaintanceacquaintanceThe new student looked happy to be making The new student looked happy to be making

another student’s another student’s acquaintanceacquaintance..

acquaintanceacquaintance – a person you know, but – a person you know, but who is NOT a close friendwho is NOT a close friend

What is a good way to make What is a good way to make someone’s someone’s acquaintanceacquaintance??

routerouteThe postman follows a daily The postman follows a daily routeroute..

routeroute – a road, course or way used for – a road, course or way used for travelingtraveling

What is the fastest What is the fastest routeroute to the library? to the library?

jumblejumbleHis room is a messy His room is a messy jumblejumble of toys and of toys and

books.books.

jumblejumble – a messy pile of things – a messy pile of things

What could you do with What could you do with a a jumblejumble of bottles?of bottles?

scornfullyscornfullyThe critic did not like the book and wrote The critic did not like the book and wrote

scornfullyscornfully about it. about it.

scornfullyscornfully – to show disgust or dislike – to show disgust or dislike

What is the opposite What is the opposite of saying something of saying something scornfullyscornfully??

logicallogicalWhen is rains, we areWhen is rains, we are logical logical and put up our and put up our

umbrellas.umbrellas.

logical logical – sensible; an action or result that – sensible; an action or result that you expectyou expect

What is something What is something that is NOTthat is NOT logicallogical??

ComprehensionComprehensionSTRATEGY: STRATEGY: MAKE INFERENCES AND ANALYZEMAKE INFERENCES AND ANALYZEInferences – Inferences – You use clues provided by the author and

your own knowledge to understand what the author has not directly stated stated about the character or stated about the character or plot.plot.

SKILL: SKILL: THEMETHEMETheme is the overall message or idea the author Theme is the overall message or idea the author wants the reader to understand.wants the reader to understand.

THEME CHARTTHEME CHARTsee anthology p. 409see anthology p. 409