Wings Author: Christopher Meyers Genre: Fantasy Skill: Cause and Effect Author’s Purpose: Entertain

R 76 Sight Words listenwind rockspace coveredfast severalhold himself toward

Lesson Vocabulary Attention Complained Drifting Giggle Glaring Looping Struggled Swooping

More Words to Know Gawk Snickered

Attention Careful thinking, looking, or listening

Complained Said that you are unhappy or annoyed or upset about something

Drifting Being carried along by its currents of air or water

Giggle To laugh in a silly or uncontrolled way

Glaring Staring angrily

Looping Forming a line, path, or motion shaped so that it crosses itself

Struggled Tried hard, worked hard against difficulties

Swooping Coming down fast on something

Gawk To stare in a rude way

Snickered Laughed in a sly, silly way

swooping

giggle

attention

drifting

Complained

glaring

struggled

snickered

gawk

looping

Cause and Effect Signal Words Cause Why something happened reason cause because

Effect What happened so consequently therefore thus

R 35 Cause and Effect (TA WB. p. 38, 52) (TC 31,34,43,46,103) Effects: The room was hot. The dog barked loudly. Many people were coughing. The trees were uprooted. Causes: Perfume was sprayed. A thunderstorm hit the town. The air conditioner was broken. A cat walked across the yard.

Review Questions 1.Why were the people pointing their fingers and shaking their heads? 2.What problems did Ikarus’s wings cause in the classroom? 3.What did the children do when Ikarus flew through the air on the playground? 4.How did the narrator know how Ikarus felt?

5. Where did Ikarus land? 6. What did the policeman say to Ikarus? 7. How did the narrator defend Ikarus after the policeman blew his whistle? 8. When did Ikarus smile? 9. Who is the narrator’s new friend?