Marven of the Great North Woods By: Kathryn Lasky Kathryn LaskyKathryn Lasky Click to meet the author Genre: Biography Author’s Purpose: Information and Entertainment Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions Compiled by Terry Sams, PiedmontTerry Sams

Summary Marven was only ten years old when his great-aunt died of influenza. To protect him from the disease, his family sent him far away from the city, up to the Great North Woods. There he kept the books at a logging camp. Marven was scared of the big, grouchy lumberjacks, especially Jean Louis, a “jack” whose feet were as big as skillets. But he was even more scared when he skied into the woods-and thought he saw a grizzly bear.

Genre: Biography Biography A biography is a story of a real person’s life, written by another person. It is written in the third-person. The author writes, “He was free! He found a job with a printer.” A biography can cover a person’s whole life or part of it. An autobiography is also a story of a real person’s life, but it is written by someone else. Make a Biography

Comprehension Skill – Drawing Conclusions Drawing Conclusions Drawing Conclusions Author’s don’t always tell you everything. Instead, they may give you a few details about what happens or about characters. conclusionA conclusion is a decision you reach that makes sense after you think about the details or facts that you have read. draw conclusionsYou can you details and what you know to draw conclusions, or to figure out things about characters and evens in what you read.

Practice Drawing Conclusions Reread the fourth and fifth paragraphs on page 270. Draw conclusions about how Marven feels at the moment. What I know Details from the Story Conclusion Marven is a young boy Marven is alone Grizzly bears are dangerous

Vocabulary Skill: Multiple-Meaning Words Multiple-Meaning Words Multiple-Meaning Words Many words have more than one meaning. To decide which meaning of a word is being used, look for clues in the surrounding sentences or paragraph. Many words have more than one meaning. To decide which meaning of a word is being used, look for clues in the surrounding sentences or paragraph. Use context clues, experience, and word order to decide on the correct meaning of a multiple-meaning word. Use context clues, experience, and word order to decide on the correct meaning of a multiple-meaning word. Click on the title to practice this skill.

Context Clues Context Clues Comprehension Review – Context CluesContext Clues Context Context means words around an unfamiliar word that help readers figure out what the unfamiliar word means. Context clues Context clues can include definitions, synonyms, antonyms, explanations, or, in the case of foreign words, interpretations. Context clues Context clues Sometimes readers have to figure out the meaning of a word by looking at how it is used in the sentences. Click on the words “Context Clues” to practice the skill.

Practice Context Clues TE 279b Phrase (pg. 266) Meaning Type of Clue Leve-toil Bonjour Quel est ton nom?

Figurative Language – Simile and Metaphor Simile and MetaphorSimile and Metaphor Figurative language is a language that goes beyond the ordinary meanings of words. Similes and metaphors help make the images in the story richer and clearer. Figurative language is a language that goes beyond the ordinary meanings of words. Similes and metaphors help make the images in the story richer and clearer. A simile uses words like or as to compare two things that are not alike. A simile uses words like or as to compare two things that are not alike. “... one eye... glittered like a blue star...” “... one eye... glittered like a blue star...” A metaphor also compares two things that are not alike but it does not use any words of comparison. A metaphor also compares two things that are not alike but it does not use any words of comparison.metaphor “The shadows were the lumberjacks.” “The shadows were the lumberjacks.”

Practice Simile and Metaphor TE 279i PhraseSimileMetaphor “the men jumping…like a pack of frantic, grizzly bears” “Beads of ice glistened on bare branches like jewels.” “the eggshell sky” “his feet…as big as skillets”

Research Skills – Locate/Collect Information TE 279j When you need to locate information on a topic, where can you look? When you need to locate information on a topic, where can you look? To find information about a subject, you can use resources such as books, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videotapes, audiotapes, CD-ROMs, Internet websites, photographs, drawings, and diagrams. To find information about a subject, you can use resources such as books, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, videotapes, audiotapes, CD-ROMs, Internet websites, photographs, drawings, and diagrams.

Writing Assignment Write a letter from Marven to his family. Describe the frightening day when you thought you saw a Write a letter from Marven to his family. Describe the frightening day when you thought you saw a grizzly bear. Invite your grizzly bear. Invite your family to visit you at the family to visit you at the logging camp. logging camp.

Weekly Fluency Check - Read with Expression  Another way to read with expression is by changing voices to different characters. In Marven, Jean Louis is a French Canadian man, while Marven is a 10-year old American boy.  Decide beforehand what type of voice you think each character might have, and then use your regular voice for the narration.  Go to pages , beginning with “At the third bell...”

Vocabulary Support French Words and Phrases en retard (än rә tär) les en retard (laz än rә tär) Leve-toi! (lev twä) Qui es tu? (kē a tu) Quel est ton nom? (kel a to nom) mon petit (mon pe tē) merci beaucoup (mer sē bo ku ) Hebrew Word and Names broche (bru kә) (Aunt) Ghisa (gē sә) (Uncle) Moishe (moi sh ә)

Review #1a Pages Do you think Marven liked the lumber camp? Explain 2. What two jobs did Marven have at the logging camp? 3. How did he feel about waking up the lumberjacks?

Review #1b Pages Why did Marven develop a system and organize the payroll? 2. Why did Marven mistake Jean Louis for a grizzly bear?

Review #2 Pages How did Jean Louis show Marven that he was a special friend? 2. How did this make Marven feel? 3. How did this experience away from home change Marven?

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Say It! cord cord depot depot snowshoes snowshoes grizzly grizzly flapjacks flapjacks

More Words to Know bookkeeperchitlogginglumberjacks

flapjacks pancakes pancakes

cord a unit of measurement for cut wood a unit of measurement for cut wood

lumberjacks people who cut down trees people who cut down trees

depot a railroad or bus station a railroad or bus station

snowshoes wooden-framed shoes for wooden-framed shoes for walking in deep snow deep snow

grizzly a large a large fierce bear of North America

chit an official receipt or voucher an official receipt or voucher

logging cutting down trees cutting down trees

bookkeeper a person who keeps a record of business a person who keeps a record of business accounts accounts

Marven was taught to be the bookkeeper because he was smart and organized.

bookkeeper Marven was taught to be the bookkeeper because he was smart and organized.

She arrived at the train depot at 3:00 p.m.

depot She arrived at the train depot at 3:00 p.m.

Each logger gave Marven a chit with the number of trees he cut each day.

lumberjacks are really large and strong men. The lumberjacks are really large and strong men.

lumberjacks The lumberjacks are really large and strong men.

logging The logging was a really hard work for the men.

Marven had to stack a cord of wood before supper.

cord Marven had to stack a cord of wood before supper.

Marven put on his snowshoes before going outside.

snowshoes Marven put on his snowshoes before going outside.

The lumberjacks ate a lot of flapjacks

flapjacks The lumberjacks ate a lot of flapjacks.

We saw a grizzly bear in the woods.

Spelling Words Adding –s and -es monkeys holidays delays flowers friends tigers supplies enemies hobbies memories

Spelling Words Adding –s and -es Adding –s and -es Adding –s and -es mysteries eyelashes ashes beaches bunches circuses glasses classes taxes suffixes

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Let’s review our words. Watch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. We will clap as we spell the word. Practice spelling the root word of each noun also.

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