Marven of the Great North Woods

Compiled by Terry Sams PES

& Latonia Wolfe DES

Author: Kathryn Lasky Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes

Study Skills
Genre: Biography Comprehension Skill: Fact and Opinion Comprehension Strategy: Monitor and Fi up Comprehension !evie" Skill: Main #dea $oca%ulary: &ictionary'Glossary

Genre: Biography

( %iography is a story of a real person)s life* "ritten %y another person+ #t is "ritten in the third,person+ -he author "rites* ./e "as free0 /e found a 1o% "ith a printer+2 ( %iography can cover a person)s "hole life or part of it+ (n auto%iography is also a story of a real person)s life* %ut it is "ritten %y the person+

Summary
Marven was only ten years old when his great-aunt died of influen a! "o prote#t hi$ fro$ the disease% his fa$ily sent hi$ far away fro$ the #ity% up to the Great &orth 'oods! "here he kept the books at a logging #a$p! Marven was s#ared of the big% grou#hy lu$ber(a#ks% espe#ially )ean Louis% a *(a#k+ whose feet were as big as skillets! But he was even $ore

Comprehension Skill Main #dea

Main

idea is an i$portant point about the story,s topi# -upporting details give $ore infor$ation about a $ain idea!

Comprehension !evie" Skill Fact and Opinion

A statement of a fact can be proved true or false by looking in a reference book, asking an expert, or using your own knowledge and experience. A statement of opinion cannot be proved true or false. It is a belief or judgment. An opinion often contains words such as best, should, or beautiful. It may begin with words In my opinion or I believe.

!esearch'Study Skill 3 Graphs

( graph sho"s data* or information* in visual form+ -he title and la%els tell "hat information the graph sho"s and compares+ ( %ar graph uses vertical or hori4ontal %ars to compare data+ ( circle graph is a circle that sho"s ho" a "hole is divided

!esearch'Study Skill 3 Graphs

( line graph contains lines that connect a series of points+ 5ine graphs often sho" changes over time+ ( picture graph* or pictograph* uses pictures to represent amounts+ 5et)s use practice %ook pages 67'78 to %etter understand graphs+

Question of the Week

hat is the value of a job well done!

$oca%ulary Skill .
1 "ome words have more than one meaning. 1 "ometimes readers need to check a dictionary or glossary to find the meaning that makes sense for the sentence.
/i#tionary0Glossary

5et)s 9ractice &ictionary'Glossary Skills

#lease describe the steps you use to find the meaning of a word in a dictionary . $emember that some words have multiple meanings, and you must choose the meaning that makes sense for the context in which the word appears. %se a dictionary to determine the meaning for drifting as it is used on page &'(.
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Day 2 - Question of the Day

hat were working conditions like for )arven at the logging camp!

Comprehension Strategy 9ractice Monitor and Fi up

If you don,t understand or re$e$ber what you have read% you $ay need to reread part of the sele#tion $ore #arefully or s#an it to lo#ate spe#ifi# infor$ation! 2ou $ay need to look for (udg$ent words to help better identify fa#ts and opinion! Let,s pra#ti#e by rereading p! 334 paragraph 5 and distinguish between

6o#abulary - -ay It

cord immense dismay payroll grizzly (bear)

More Words to =no" lu$ber(a#k silhouettes

Day 3 - Question of the Day

*ow

do )arven and the lumberjacks make sure their jobs are well done!

Day 4 - Question of the Day

*ow

can you use e+mail to get information for school projects!

, ?ou "ill need to match your

Weekly Fluency Check , $olume of $oice -> :;7a

voice volume to the si4e of the room or group you are reading to+ , Go to page :;< and let)s read paragraphs <,;+ Be sure to raise and lo"er your voice "hen you see clue "ords such as "hispered and

7eview 8ages 359 -33:

'. hich job do you think would be more difficult for a ten+year old- keeping a payroll or waking the lumberjacks! .xplain hat causes /ean 0ouis to open one eye! hat facts have you learned about lumberjacks and )arven1s work in the lumber camp!

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7eview 8ages 339-3;;

'. 2escribe the steps )arven took to organi3e the chits! hat are chits! &. If )arven gave you his word that he would do something, would you trust him! hy or hy not! (. *ow is this selection like other biographies you have read! *ow is it different!

More 7eview 8ages 339-3;;

4. )arvin has a problem about what to eat at breakfast. 5p. &&46 hat would you do to understand why he has this problem! 7. 8he author describes the lumberjacks as biggest and wildest 5p. &'96. hat else does she tell you about them to prove her point.

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More on Marven of the Great &orth 'oods 'eb =uest -pelling Hang$an -pelling 'ords in AB> ?rder ?n Line 7eading "est ?n Line -pelling

:ord
A unit of measurement for measuring wood.

payroll
5ist of persons to %e paid and the amount that each one is to receive+

dismay
Sudden helpless fear of "hat is a%out to happen or "hat has happened+

gri44ly @%earA
( large gray or %ro"nish %ear of "estern North (merica+

immense
$ery largeB hugeB vast

5um%er1ac k

9erson "hose "ork is cutting do"n trees and sending the logs to the

silhouette s
&ark imagesB outlines against a lighter %ackground+

-he lum%er1ack cut a cord of "ood+

-he lum%er1ack cut a cord of "ood+

( good %oss "ill never forget the payroll for his'her employees+

( good %oss "ill never forget the payroll for his'her employees+

When # sa" the car accident # "as in great dismay +

When # sa" the car accident # "as in great dismay+

-he teacher "as in immense pain "hen he hit his foot+

-he teacher "as in immense pain "hen he hit his foot+

-he gri44ly %ear scared the campers in the "oods+

-he gri44ly %ear scared the campers in the "oods+

-he lum%er1ack "anted to cut do"n the trees+

-he lum%er1ack "anted to cut do"n the trees+

The silhouettes of the girls profiles looked beautiful against the dark background.

-he silhouettes of the girls) profiles looked %eautiful against the dark %ackground+

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&escri%e a Co%

Let,s look at an e@a$ple of a (ob des#ription! 'hat writing traits do you seeA 'hat i$portant details do you seeA 'hat do you noti#e about ea#h separate taskA 'hat ti$e order words do you

Writing (ssignment
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After

looking at the (ob des#ription for *"aking >are of <ifi+ transparen#y% lets write our own (ob des#ription! 7e$e$ber the writer of a (ob des#ription $ust $ake sure to tell fa#ts and not to e@press opinions!

This Weeks Word Wall Words

:lick and type your own words for this week-

Spelling Words &igraphs ng, nk, ph, wh among "heel think nephe" %lank %elong graph "hiskers young "hisper -hanksgiving

&igraphs ng, nk, ph, wh

strong elephant %link "hite chunk shrink skunk "harf trunk

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strengthen bankrupt phanto$ whi$si#al whatever

0et1s review our "pelling words. atch carefully because they will flash on the screen for just a moment. e can clap as we spell the word, or we might just practice reading the words.

Thanksgiving

among

think

blank

graph

young

wheel

nephew

belong

whiskers

whisper

elephant

white

shrink

wharf

trunk

strong

blink

chunk

skunk

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