A Fine, Fine School

 

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Unit 1 Lesson 1

A Fine, Fine School

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? 

 The Oldest Schoolhouse in America

 

 One Room Schools
   

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.


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