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The Stranger By: Chris Van Allsburg Journeys Theme 3, Selection 1, Day 1 Taught By: Mr. Williams

Noting Details Information Details are important to getting the big picture of the story. Look for modifying words that describe what and how things look or are happening Explanation Details can help to explain why information is important to a story. Look for clarifying words and sentences that help explain why events are occurring. Emotion/Motivation Details often show how characters are feeling or their motivation for various actions. Look for words that describe feelings, reasons, or characters internal thoughts. Description Details can help the reader see, hear, and feel events as they happen in the story. Look for sensory words that appeal to each of the five senses while reading.

Nanabozho Brings the Seasons Comprehension Skill: Noting Details What details help you see what happens where Nanabozho runs? What do the details of the story tell you about Peepaukawis? How does Peepaukawis bring about foul weather?

Structural Analysis: Compound Words What are Compound Words? No space buttonholes overnight Hyphen good-by well-mannered space high school Weather vane

autumn

draft

etched

frost

mercury

peculiar

thermometer

timid

Key Fall Vocabulary autumn mercury peculiar draft thermometer etched The season after summer Silvery, toxic, white metal used in thermometers peculiar draft Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre A flow of air thermometer etched An instrument that measures temperature Made a design by cutting lines timid frost Easily frightened, shy Very thin covering of ice

Key Fall Vocabulary Detail Map After reading each page, use a blank sheet of paper to add to a Detail Map describing informative, explanative, emotional and discriptive details from the selection. At the end of the story analyze the details that you found and categorize them into two categories (Stranger Details and Weather Details). Make sure that you are including modifying words that describe how and why events in the story happened and how things appeared. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

The Stranger By: Chris Van Allsburg Journeys Theme 3, Selection 1, Day 2 Taught By: Mr. Williams

autumn

draft

etched

frost

mercury

peculiar

thermometer

timid

Key Fall Vocabulary autumn mercury peculiar draft thermometer etched The season after summer Silvery, toxic, white metal used in thermometers peculiar draft Unusual, strange, odd, or bizarre A flow of air thermometer etched An instrument that measures temperature Made a design by cutting lines timid frost Easily frightened, shy Very thin covering of ice