Mrs. Stauffer

Genre: Drama/Myth

  • a made-up story

  • explains why things are the way they are

  • has an important lesson or message

Essential question: What do myths help us understand?

Comprehension skill: Theme

  • The theme of a story is the main message the author wants to tell the reader

  • To find the theme, think about what the characters say and do.

Vocabulary strategy: Idioms

  • Idoms are words or phrases that have different meaning than the real meaning of the words.

  • Use sentence clues to find the meaning of idiom.

  • Example: "fly toward the ball"

Important

Spelling

  1. way

  1. explain

  1. away

  1. meadow

  1. root

  1. balloon

  1. play

  1. display

  1. reach

  1. enjoy

Vocabulary

appeared-something that comes into sight

crops-large number of plants that are grown for food

develop-growing and changing over time

edge-the line or border where something ends

golden-bright and yellow like gold

rustled-something that makes a soft crackling sound

shining giving out light

stages-periods or parts of life or something else that are different from one another

Mrs. Stuaffer's RTI Group