1. Pushing Up the Sky Genre: Play Vocabulary Strategy: Glossary Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose Comprehension Strategy: Summarize PowerPoint created by Michelle Harding – Fairhope Elementary by Joseph Buchac

2. Words to Know antlers poked narrator bumped imagined languages overhead randomly

3. antlers bony, branching growths on the head of a male deer, elk, or moose a mule deer buck in Yosemite National Park, California a bull (male) elk a bull (male) moose in Denali National Park, Alaska

4. imagined made a picture or idea of something in your mind made a picture or idea of something in your mind

5. languages human speech, spoken or written human speech, spoken or written Country Total Number of Speakers (primary & secondary) Countries in which Language is Spoken English 480 million115 French 265 million35 Spanish 320 million20 Russian 285 million16 Arabic 221 million24 Mandarin Chinese 1.12 billion5

6. narrator the person who tells a story

7. overhead over the head; on high; above over the head; on high; above Interstate 10 eastbound in Mobile, AL

8. poked pushed with force against someone or something

9. bumped hit yourself against something hard

10. randomly in no particular order

11. Is the -er in antler a suffix? gardener: someone who gardens dancer: someone who dances writer: someone who writes antler: someone who antles ? ? ? It’s just the way the word is spelled! NO !

12. Someone who tells a story … The story could be called a _______. A student will ______ the story. He does the _______ for many plays. My sister has ______ our family skits before. I am _______ the next one, though! narrator narrative narration narrate narrated narrating

13. words and grammar people use to communicate: a system of hand movements used to communicate: languages sign language able to speak and understand two languages: able to speak and understand two languages : bilingual consisting of or related to language: lingual

14. In no particular order… random Winners will be drawn at random by computer. The computer randomly picks the winners.

15. formed a picture in your mind about something: A little girl formed an image of a new imaginary friend by using her imagination. imagined

16. You Rock!