Unit 1 Lesson 1
A Fine, Fine School
Written by Sharon Creech
Illustrated by Harry Bliss
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Target Skill: Story Structure – name the setting, characters, and plot in a story
Target Strategy: Summarze – tell the important parts of the story in your own words
Comprehension
Target Skill: Story Structure
Characters: the people and animals in the story
Setting: when and where the story takes place
Plot: the order of story events
Problem: usually introduced at the beginning
Events tell how characters try to solve
the problem.
Solution: the way a story’s problem is solved
usually at the end of the story
Essential Question
How is learning at school different from learning at home?
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Grammar
Subject and Predicates: Every sentence has two parts; a subject and a predicate.
The Subject of a Sentence:
-A Sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought. The subject is the part of a sentence taht tells whom or what the sentence is about.
-The subject usually comes at the beginning of the sentence. The subject can be one word or more, than one word.
-The complete subject includes all the words in the subject.
ex. Our teacher loves school.
All our desks are neat.
The Predicate of a Sentence:
-The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.
-The predicate can be one word or more than one word. The complete predicate includes all the words in the predicate.
ex. The students walk to school.
Billy is a happy student.