1. Lesson 12 “The Long Bike Ride”

2. Possessive Nouns  To form the possessive of most singular nouns, add an apostrophe and s:  Examples:  Jack’s bicycle.  The girls concern for the dolphin was genuine. (girl’s concern)  To form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in an s, add only an apostrophe: the sea lions’ pups  Examples:  The sea lions cries could be heard down the whole beach. (lions’)  Two girls bikes were found down by the cove. (girls’ bikes)  In plural nouns that do not end in s, the possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe and an s.  Examples: men’s, women’s children’s, deer’s, geese’s, trout’s, mice’s

3. An apostrophe is used to form a possessive noun. An apostrophe is not used to form a plural noun.  Examples:  The Normans like to help their father fish. (plural, no apostrophe)  Ann Normans father fishes at the seashore. (Ann Norman’s)  Families love to gather at the seashore.  Three families gear was left by the rocky landing.

4. Adjusting Reading Rate

5. Poetic Devices Review

6. Figurative Language Review  A simile compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”  The team worked like a well-oiled machine.  Literal Meaning: The people on the team worked well together.  A metaphor compares two unlike things and does not use the word like or as  He was a cannon ready to explode.  Literal Meaning: He had a bad temper.  Personification is a comparison in which something nonhuman is given person like qualities.  The boulder wouldn’t budge.  Literal Meaning: The boulder was too heavy to move.

7. Storytown Vocabulary  Ideal: When something is perfectly suited for a particular purpose, it is ideal.

8. Perched  If you are perched on an object, you are sitting on its edge.

9. Wedged  Something that is wedged into a space is packed in there tightly.

10. Pelting  When you say something is pelting down, you mean that it is falling hard and hitting with force

11. Slunk  Someone who has slunk away has left quietly and secretively.

12. Blurted  When you have blurted out something, you have said it suddenly or impulsively.

13. Stranded  Something that has been stranded has been left some place, and it cannot get back.

14. Summary Writing--How To!  Begin with a CLEAR topic sentence that tells what your summary is about.  Include important details that support your main idea  Organize your ideas in logical order. Use transition words to improve flow.  Conclude by restating your main idea.