By: Mildred Pitts Walter Visit the Author A Visit With Grandpa Compiled by Terry Sams, PES Genre: Realistic Fiction Author’s Purpose: Entertain, Inform Skill: Setting By: Mildred Pitts Walter Visit the Author

Summary    Growing up in a house full of women, Justin feels frustrated by his mother and sisters, who are always after him to help with the household chores.  He thinks doing dishes and making beds is "women's work."  When Justin complains to his grandfather, Grandpa invites Justin home with him.  With no women to cook and clean and make the beds, Justin discovers that it doesn't matter who does the work - and that it's not so hard after all.

Genre: Realistic Fiction In Realistic Fiction the characters speak and act like real people. The story describes real-life problems and events. The outcome, or problem resolution, seems to be reasonable. Click on Genre to learn more about different genres and Realistic Fiction.

Comprehension Skill: Setting Setting is the time and place in which a story occurs. Sometimes the setting is important to the plot of a story. At other times, the setting is only background. Sometimes pictures show the setting, and sometimes you have to imagine it. Details the author has written can help you see, hear, feel, and smell what it is like to be there.

Detail About Where/When How Setting Affects Story Practice Setting TE 43a Detail About Where/When Grandpa’s kitchen/morning breakfast table/morning dishes on the table How Setting Affects Story Grandpa learns Justin doesn’t like to do dishes. Grandpa shows him that doing dishes can be easy. Justin learns men can do dishes well.

Comprehension Skill Review – Sequence TE 43b Sequence is the order of the events that occur in a story. You can determine the order of events by clue words such as first and next. Other clue words to indicate sequence might be in the beginning, then, following, after, and finally.

Vocabulary Skill – Context Clues: Unfamiliar Words When you see unfamiliar words, use context clues, or words around the unfamiliar word, to figure out its meaning. The context may give a definition or an explanation. Sometimes a synonym is used as a context clue. Example: Jake didn’t mind that his clothes were so creased and wrinkled.

Research Skill – Textbook/Trade Books TE 43j Textbooks usually teach abut one subject, such as social studies or math. These books are organized to help you find information quickly. Each chapter title tells you about main section of the book, and the headings and subheadings show what information you can find in a particular section. Vocabulary words are often printed in bold and included in the margin.

Research Skill – Textbook/Trade Books TE 43j A Trade book is any book that is not a textbook, a periodical, or a reference book. The skills you use for understanding trade books are a lot like those you use when you read textbooks. When you use a trade book, think about your purpose for reading, the same as you would for choosing a reference book.

Skills – Jargon TE 43i Jargon is the special vocabulary that people use in a particular job or field of activity. Jargon helps build the setting in the story. Jargon tells more about the characters. Jargon is part of the writer’s craft.

Practice Jargon riding fence rounding up cattle broncobusters Example of Jargon riding fence rounding up cattle broncobusters bulldogging What does it Mean? inspecting the fence bringing cattle together cowboys who tame horses to throw a calf to the ground

Weekly Fluency Check - Read with Expression TE 43d Students should read with expression. For example, they should read dialogue as if they are the characters speaking and changing voices to differentiate speakers. Grandpa should sound much older than Justin. Go to pages 34-35, beginning with “Grandpa, I didn’t . . .”

Review Pages 23-31 Where and when does this story take place? Why does Justin not want to help with the dishes? What does riding fence mean? Instead of ordering Justin to unpack his clothes, Grandpa explains why he might want to do it. Why does he use this approach?

Review Pages 32 - 40 How does lunch change Justin’s opinion of cooking? List the steps they use to prepare lunch? What is Grandpa’s opinion about housework? What important lessons does Justin learn?

Choose one of the following and write a paragraph: Writing Assignment Choose one of the following and write a paragraph: Suppose that after the story ends, Grandpa invites Justin to come back to the ranch. Write an e-mail message that Justin sends back. Create a page from a catalog showing the clothing and equipment a cowboy might use to do their chores. Include illustrations and a brief description of each item.

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Vocabulary Say It! biscuits dough prairie raisins rumpled teasing wrinkled

More Words to Know cinches saddlebags shortening skillet

round forms of baked bread dough made without yeast biscuits round forms of baked bread dough made without yeast

dough soft, thick mixture of flour, milk, fat, and other ingredients for baking

a large open area with few or no trees prairie a large open area with few or no trees

raisins dried grapes

crumpled, crushed, wrinkled

pestering or annoying someone with unkind jokes or tricks teasing pestering or annoying someone with unkind jokes or tricks

having creases or folds wrinkled having creases or folds

strong straps for fastening a saddle or pack on a horse cinches strong straps for fastening a saddle or pack on a horse

bags laid over an animal’s back saddlebags bags laid over an animal’s back

butter, lard, or other fat used to make pastry or cake shortening butter, lard, or other fat used to make pastry or cake

skillet a heavy frying pan

Grandpa put the skillet on the fire with some red-hot chips scattered over the lid.

Grandpa put the skillet on the fire with some red-hot chips scattered over the lid.

Justin loves riding around the prairie on the horses.

Justin loves riding around the prairie on the horses.

Grandpa used his fingers to mix the flour, water, and shortening into a mound of dough.

Grandpa used his fingers to mix the flour, water, and shortening into a mound of dough.

Grandpa put raisins in the dough mixture.

Grandpa put raisins in the dough mixture.

Justin tightened the cinches on the horse.

Justin tightened the cinches on the horse.

After taking a nap, my clothes were rumpled.

After taking a nap, my clothes were rumpled.

They put all their supplies into the saddlebags before they left for the prairie.

They put all their supplies into the saddlebags before they left for the prairie.

I brought enough raisins for everyone.

I brought enough raisins for everyone.

The aroma of the biscuits cooking filled the air.

The aroma of the biscuits cooking filled the air.

The girl yelled, “Stop teasing me!”

The girl yelled, “Stop teasing me!” . The girl yelled, “Stop teasing me!”

The shirts were wrinkled after being in the suitcase.

The shirts were wrinkled after being in the suitcase.

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