from The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck illustrated by Yoriko Ito Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary Here are the elements of a realistic fiction: characters behave as people or animals do in real life setting of the story is a real place or could be a real place events in the story could happen in real life

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary What do you know about earthquakes? Volcanoes?Tidal waves? The father in the story smokes a pipe. During this time period, people were unaware of the dangers of smoking. We have learned much since then. A tidal wave is a very high ocean wave that can be caused by high winds or an earthquake. Surviving a physical disaster is followed by an emotional trauma, which is also difficult to survive. Pearl S. Buck lived at one time in a little Japanese house on a hillside above the sea, overlooking a small fishing village on the beach below. One summer a big wave came up and washed the village away. The book The Big Wave grew out of her memory of this event…she pointed out that the story of Jiya and Kino “may be said to be a true one.”

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary These words are pairs of synonyms. giant bigweepcry Name another synonym that fits with each pair.

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary These words contain the suffix –ful. What does this suffix mean? joyfulplayfuldelightfulwonderful What is the base word of each word? What does each word mean with the suffix? joy playdelightwonder full of

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary dangervillage ginger These words have the /j/ sound. gentle How is the /j/ spelled in each word?

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary sobbingclappingpetting These words contain final consonants that have been doubled before the addition of the endings –ing and –ed. shopping How would each of the following words change by adding –ing or –ed? traphuglob p p g g b b ing ed ing ed

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary The big wave came, but it went away. What is the present-tense form of each verb? What are the two verbs in this sentence? These words are irregular past-tense verbs. come go

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary We must feel again how wonderful life is. What is the subject of this sentence? What part of speech is it? pronoun

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary Heat a little rice soup and put some ginger in it. What kind of sentence is this? imperative interrogativeexclamatorydeclarative What is the subject of this sentence? The sentence gives a command. “you”

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary My friend was sobbing after he hurt his leg. Which word contains a final consonant that has been doubled? What is the base word before adding the –ing?

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary tidtidal wreckagewreckage uncon unconscious sorrow sorrowfully unfortuunfortunate al scious fully nate

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary When a distant volcano erupts, it causes a tidal wave. The tidal wave caused massive destruction to the village. tidal (adjective)—have to do with the rise and fall of the sea

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary Upon the beach where the village stood not a house remained, no wreckage of wood or fallen stone wall. The sailors could find no wreckage of the ship that was lost at sea. wreckage (noun)—the remains of something that has been destroyed

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary Kino felt him slip to the ground. He was unconscious. Although the patient was unconscious, his family still talked to him. unconscious (adjective)—not being physically or mentally aware of what is happening

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary “I don’t think Jiya can ever be happy again,” Kino said sorrowfully. Sonia sorrowfully waved good-bye to her friend for the last time. sorrowfully (adverb)—in a way that shows grief or sadness

Open Court, Fourth Grade Unit 4: Survival Vuthny Prak, Palmetto Elementary unfortunate (adjective)—unlucky “Father, are we not very unfortunate people to live in Japan?” It was unfortunate that they missed the start of the game.