When Charlie McButton Lost Power

Question of the Week:  What can we learn from trying new things?
Genre of the Week:  
Narrative Poem
Narrative poetry is a form of poetry which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse. The poems that make up this genre may be short or long, and the story it relates to may be complex. It is usually dramatic.
Listen to reading.
A Narrative Poem about a boy who loses power and his tech empire comes crumbling down. What will Charlie do without his computer games and batteries?
What is a narrative poem?
This Week's Focus Comprehension Skill:  
  1. Plot- beginning, middle, end
  2. Character- who is the story about
  3. Setting- when and where does the story take place
  4. Theme- what is the message in the story, what do we learn from the story​
This Week's Focus Comprehension Strategy: 

Background Knowledge 
Vocabulary
​This week we are working on context clues and homonyms.

Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.




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This Week's Story Vocabulary:

bat - a small animal
battery - connected electric cells that produce a direct current
blew - formed something by expelling air
fuel - something burned for heat
plug - a connection on the end of a corded electrical devise that is put into the wall to carry electricity
vision - the ability to come up with new ideas
term - a length of time

Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. They may or may not be pronounced the same. 
Homonyms are words that are spelled the same and are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.
​Amazing Words:
appetizing - stimulates one's appetite; mouthwatering
cringed - bend one's head and body in fear
grit - small, loose particles of stone or sand
plentiful -  great quantities; abundant
physical - relating to the body 
reject - dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one's taste
reaction - an action performed or a feeling experienced in response to a situation or event
suitable - right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation
Vocabulary Game
Conventions 

Sentences: 
A simple sentence expresses one complete thought. It has one subject and one predicate, begins with a capital letter, and ends with an end mark. An incomplete sentence is called a fragment. 
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