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Reading Strategies and

Skills
Unit 5 Week 2
Comprehension Strategy:
Make Prediction
-It may be difficult to make predictions
about characters living in the past. As you
read historical fiction, combine clues in the
text with information about the time period.
- You can confirm or revise prediction as
necessary.
- Knowing details about the time period of a
story helps thinking about what future events
would make sense.
- For extra practice, refer to Practice
Workbook page 3213-214. Also refer to The

Genre: Historical Fiction

The following are key characteristics of
historical fiction:
-It is set in an actual time and place in
the past. -The characters in the story
face problems and react to events
that real people might have faced at
that time in history.
-It often includes: dialect, a style of
speech or narration that shows the
way the people spoke. It is an
informal way of speaking.
- There are also often times letters
and messages used to develop the
plot as well as reveal information
about the characters.

Vocabulary Strategy:
Adages and Proverbs
-Adages and Proverbs are statements
about life that reflect a generally accepted
truth or a common fact.
-They both often use figurative language,
words and phrases use for descriptive effect.
- They also may offer advice or indirectly
suggest an understanding that has gained
acceptance over time.
-You should think about the setting, events,
and characters' words to figure out the
meaning of the adage or proverb and to
appreciate why the author used it in the
story.
-For extra practice, refer to Practice

Comprehension Skill: Cause and

Effect
-In works of fiction, plot events or situations have an

effect on the characters in the story. Cause - andeffect sequences occur when characters react to
events or situations, setting further events into
motion.
-Characters react to events by what they say and do.
At other times, characters' expressions or thoughts
show the effect of an event, a situation, or the action
of another character.
-You should pay close attention to what character do,
say, and think and what happens as a result.
-For extra practice, refer to Practice Workbook pages

Vocabulary Menu Homework

disposed
eavesdropping
fortitude
infinite retaliation
rigors
stoop
undaunted
To get an A, complete 3 of the following,
To get a B, complete 2 of the following;
To get a C, complete 1 of the following;
To get a F, complete 0 of the following
1. Write a sentence using each of the
vocabulary words.
2. Make a word search puzzle using all of
the vocabulary words (list the words at
the bottom).
3. Define all the words.
4. Make a crossword puzzle using all of
the vocabulary words (with clues for
each word).
5. Create some type of review game with
the vocabulary words.
6. Create a vocabulary quiz (and answer
key) with the vocabulary words.
7. Create vocabulary flashcards.
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