• Essential Question

     

    Why are stories from different cultures important?

     

    Fluency

    Reading Rate

    When good readers read aloud, they change their reading rate to match what they are reading.  They speed up when they are reading about fast action, panic, or excitement.  They read more slowly when events or characters show things such as caution, sadness, suspense, or calm.
    The events in the story help you to know when to speed up or slow down.
     
     
    Comprehension 

    Target Skill: Compare and Contrast

    When readers compare characters, they look for similarities, and when readers contrast characters, they look for differences.
    Comparing and contrasting characters helps readers understand more about the characters' traits and motivations.
     
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    Target Skill: Story Message
     
    Legends are retold through generations because they contain important messages about life, including a culture's values.  
    The story message, or lesson, of this legend is not directly stated.  Instead, the author uses key details about the characters and plot events to convey the message.
    To determine the story's message, the reader should think about the key details the author uses to describe why and how the story events unfold as they do.
     
     
     
    Target Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate
     
     
    As you read, you need to analyze, or carefully study, what the characters say and do.  You should also evaluate, or form an opinion about, how the characters solve problems.
    Analyzing and evaluating help readers understand what they read and decide what they thing of a selection.
     
    Target Vocabulary 

    examined  - looked at closely

     

    peak - the top of a mountain or hill

     

    fondly - in a loving or caring way

     

    steep - having a sharp slope

     

    rugged - rough or uneven

     

    mist - a fine spray or light fog

     

    pausing -stopping briefly 

     

    pleaded - begged or requested urgently 

     

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    Contractions

                                          I'd                what's

                                          he's               she's

                                          haven't           aren't

                                          doesn't           hasn't

                                          let's                couldn't

                                          there's           he'd

                                          wouldn't          they're

                                          can't                isn't

                                          we're               weren't