A presentation to introduce the vocabulary, strategy and skill for the 5th grade Macmillon/McGraw-Hill story "Miss Alaineus" by Debra Frasier.

1. Miss Alaineus Vocabulary

2. Slumped A person isslumped in his chair if he slides down.

3. soggy Soggy is how something feels when it is full of water.

4. Strands strands are threads or similar items that can be twisted together.

5. Capable Capable means you have the skill or power to do something well.

6. categories categories are groups or classes of things.

7. Gigantic Something gigantic is larger than other things.

8. Credit Credit is something given by teachers for extra work.

9. Luminous Something luminous is very bright and shiny.

10. Miss Alaineus Strategy and Skill

11. Focus Strategy Analyze Story Structure

12. Story Structure looks at howthe author has organized the events of the plot using story elements such as…

13. Character The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.

14. And…

15. Setting The context and environment in which something is set.

16. …As Well as Literary elements such as…

17. Flashback A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

18. and…

19. Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many different authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story.

20. Understanding how the events of a story are organized can help readers better understand and remember what thet are reading.

21. Focus skill Character and Plot

22. The Plotis the series of events that give a story a … beginning---Middle---End

23. Parts of a plot Beginning (exposition) Middle Rising action Conflict climax End Falling action Resolution

24. Plot Climax Falling Action conflict Resolution Rising action beginning

25. A CHARACTERIS WHO THE STORY IS ABOUT.

26. CHARACTER AMajor characteris the character the story is about. The Minor characters are the other characters in a story. Sage Mrs. Page Forrest

27. Good readers Identify the problem the character faces and how he or she tries to solve it.

28. Good readers Look for examples of Foreshadowing or hints about what will happen next.

29. Good readers Look for examples of Flashbacks or a return to events that took place before the story events.