The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman
Written by: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by: Joe Cepeda
Genre: fantasy
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate – think about what you read, and form an opinion about it
Essential Question: What happens if you tell story events out of order?
Big Idea: There are many reasons to take a journey
Grammar
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns – Many people have trouble distinguishing between possessive nouns and plural nouns. Possessive nouns and pronouns demonstrate ownership or some similar relationship over something else. Plural nouns indicate more than one person, place or thing.
Illustrated by: Joe Cepeda
Genre: fantasy
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate – think about what you read, and form an opinion about it
Essential Question: What happens if you tell story events out of order?
Big Idea: There are many reasons to take a journey
Grammar
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns – Many people have trouble distinguishing between possessive nouns and plural nouns. Possessive nouns and pronouns demonstrate ownership or some similar relationship over something else. Plural nouns indicate more than one person, place or thing.
Target Vocabulary:
sincere, conversations, managed, inspired, loaded, reunion,
loveliest, currently, terror, pleasure
Quizlet:
Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes -er, -est
Phonics Skills: Suffixes -ful, -y, -ous, -ly, -er
Comprehension Skills: Sequence of Events — Tell the time order in which events happen
Comprehension Strategy: Analyze/evaluate — think about what you read and then form an opinion about it
Written Language:
Abbreviations:
An abbreviation is a short way to write a word. Most abbreviations begin with capital letters and end with periods.
ex. Monday; August
Mon. ; Aug.
Places whose names can be abbreviated include roads, streets, lanes, avenues, and boulevards.
ex. Harrison Rd., Maple St., Elmira Ln., Plainville Ave., and Broad Blvd.
Grammar
The verb – be –Action Verbs
