Wednesday June 24th, 2015

June 24th, 2015

Review

• Discussed thoughts and ideas from Monday's reading "The Great Race".
• Discussed similarities between "The Great Race" and reading for today.

Vocabulary

1. sacred
2. trickster
3. sneeze
4. forest
5. banana
6. trotted
7. delicious
8. licking
9. ridiculous
10. attention

Reading

"The Sacred Banana Leaf" by Nathan Kumar Scott

Writing

• Write a 6 sentence essay with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
• Use 3 of the daily vocabulary words in your essay; please underline your vocabulary words.
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers(in complete sentences)in your essay:
• What was Kanchil doing in the forest?
• What happened to Kanchil in the forest?
• What made the banana leaf sacred?
• What did Kanchil tell the other forest animals? 
• How did Kanchil trick the forest friends?