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Sailing Home

Sailing Home. Unit 5 Week 1. Genre – Historical Fiction. Historical fiction is based on real events in history, but it is a story to which the author has added details from his or her imagination. Vocabulary Strategy – Homonyms/Homographs.

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Sailing Home

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  1. Sailing Home Unit 5 Week 1

  2. Genre – Historical Fiction • Historical fiction is based on real events in history, but it is a story to which the author has added details from his or her imagination.

  3. Vocabulary Strategy – Homonyms/Homographs • Homonyms are spelled and pronounced the same, but they are words with different meanings and histories. • Homographs are spelled the same but are pronounced differently and have different meanings.

  4. Comprehension Skill – Author’s Purpose • An author might have more than one reason for writing a story. Four common reasons are to persuade, to inform, to entertain, and to express ideas and feelings.

  5. Comprehension Strategy –Predict • Good readers think about the author’s purpose of a story. Before you read an article or a story, look it over to predict the author’s purpose so you will have an idea of how to read the piece. • While you read, use the author’s purpose to predict what he or she might write next.

  6. Vocabulary Bow Cargo Celestial Conducted Dignified Navigation Quivered Stern

  7. Bow • Front or forward part of a ship, boat, or aircraft

  8. Cargo • Loads of goods carried by a ship, plane, or truck; freight

  9. Celestial • Of the sky or outer space; heavenly

  10. Conducted • Directed; managed

  11. Dignified • Being noble or stately

  12. Navigation • Skill or process of finding a ship’s or aircraft’s position and course

  13. Quivered • Shook; shivered; trembled

  14. Stern • The rear or back part of a ship or boat

  15. When the ship carried coal, the children lived ashore because the coal - • Was a very dangerous cargo • Filled every room of the ship • Took a long time to transport

  16. Which of these events happened last in our story? • The family had picnics in Japan • The youngest child Ena was born • Albert began skipping school

  17. The children probably got their animals - • As gifts from family members • From countries they visited • As payment for doing their chores

  18. How were Albert and Miss Shipman alike? • They were strong-minded • They were hard-working • They were kind-hearted

  19. Which of these events happened first in the story? • The storm in the China Sea damaged the ship • Miss Shipman and the children sat on the floor • The children helped tie the furniture to the railing

  20. The mother in this story can best be described as -- • Practical • Foolish • Lonely

  21. Which of these happened after Captain Masden became a steamship captain? • The governess came aboard to be the teacher • The children lived on land all the time • The mother gave birth to baby Ena

  22. What happened when the John Ena “quivered a strange quiver and slowly righted herself?” • The boat shook and then straightened up • The boat sped through the water and then stopped • The boat rocked to one side and then the other

  23. In what way was the crew like a family to the children in the story? • They watched over the children to make sure they did not get hurt

  24. What is the most likely reason the Madsen family chose Hawaii for their home? • It was surrounded by the ocean.

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