Interactive Guide Grade 4

Fourth Grade Core Subjects : : Literature & Reading Comp. (Lesson 1 from the Guidebook)

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Lesson 1 Meet the Author

ůŝǀĞ ^ƚĂƉůĞƐ >ĞǁŝƐ͕ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ͘^͘ >ĞǁŝƐ͕ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ŽŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ Ϯϵ͕ ϭϴϵϴ ŝŶ ĞůĨĂƐƚ͕ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͘ Ɛ Ă LJŽƵƚŚ͕ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŽůĚĞƌ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ tĂƌƌĞŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚŽŵ ŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƌLJ ůĂŶĚ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͞ ŽdžĞŶ͘͟ ,Ğ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂƌŵLJ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ tŽƌůĚ tĂƌ /͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶũƵƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͘ &Žƌ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ͕ ŚĞ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ KdžĨŽƌĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝĞĚ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚLJ͘

ŽŵĞ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ Ăƚ KdžĨŽƌĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ KdžĨŽƌĚ͕ ŚĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂůƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ dŚĞ /ŶŬůŝŶŐƐ͘ :͘Z͘Z͘ dŽůŬŝĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ bbit ĂŶĚ The Lord of the Rings ͕ ǁĂƐ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĨĞůůŽǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌ Ő ŵĂŶ͕ ͘^͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝŶ 'ŽĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ Ž ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ͘^͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐƐ ŽĨ Žƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ĂƚŚĞƌ ƌŽǁŶ ĚĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ ͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ :ŽLJ 'ƌĞƐŚĂŵ͕ ĂŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘ ^ĂĚůLJ͕ ĂƚĞƌ͕ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϬ͘ ͘^͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĚŝĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϯ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ

ƵƉǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ůĂŬĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ ƵŶŝĐŽƌŶƐ ƐŝŶŐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ ƚŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ƚƌĞĞͲƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌĞƐ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƌLJ ůĂŶĚ͕ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ͘ ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ǀĞƌLJ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ͘ &ĂŶƚĂƐLJ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ŐĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ Ŭ͘ Ɛ LJŽƵ ƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ĐĂŶ ŐƵĞƐƐ͕ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ Ŭ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŌĞŶ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ŵĂŐŝĐ͕ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƌLJ ůĂŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJƐ Žƌ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ Ŭ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ĞŶƟƌĞůLJ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƌLJ ůĂŶĚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŵŽǀĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ ůĂŶĚ͘ /Ŷ ƐƟůů ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ ŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ŝƐ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌLJ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ŝŶ

ŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ŬƐ ŽĨ ĂƉŽůŽŐĞƟĐƐ͘ ƉŽůŽŐĞƟĐƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ůŽŐŝĐ ĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂĚŵŝƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƐĞǀĞŶͲŬ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ

Ă ƌĞĂů ƐĞƫŶŐ͕ ĂŶ ŽůĚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŝŶ ŶŐůĂŶĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ŵŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐLJ ǁŽ dŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ůĞĂƌŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ƚŽŽ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ Ŭ͘

ƌůĚ Đ ͕ ĂŶ

Stags: ĂĚƵůƚ ŵĂůĞ ĚĞĞƌ “There might be eagles. There might be stags. There’ll be hawks.” Wireless: ;ŝŶ 'ƌĞĂƚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ ŽůĚͲĨĂƐŚŝŽŶĞĚͿ ƌĂĚŝŽ “There’s a wireless and lots of books.” Spare: ĞdžƚƌĂ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ĚŽŽƌƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƚƌŝĞĚ ůĞĚ ŽŶůLJ ŝŶƚŽ spare bedrooms... ůƵĞͲďŽƩůĞ͗ Ă ƚLJƉĞ ŽĨ ŇLJ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ůŽƵĚ ďƵnjnjŝŶŐ ŶŽŝƐĞ

Reading and Reading Preparation /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĨŽƵŶĚ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ƐƚĂLJŝŶŐ Ăƚ Ă ǀĞƌLJ ůĂƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ŶĞǁ ŚŽƵƐĞ͕ ǁŽƵ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ŝƚ͍ &ŝŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ The Lion, the Witch and the War ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ͘ ^ƚƵĚLJ ƚŚĞ ǀŽĐĂďƵůĂƌLJ ƌĞĂĚ ƉĂŐĞƐ ϯʹϭϯ ; ŚĂƉƚĞƌ ϭ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ŚĂƉƚĞƌ Ϯ͕ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ͞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ ůŽŶŐ͟Ϳ͘

ůĚ LJŽ drob ǁŽ Ƶƚ

There was nothing else in the room at all except a dead ďůƵĞͲďŽƩůĞ on the window-sill. Moth-balls: ƐŵĂůů ďĂůůƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐͲƐŵĞůůŝŶŐ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂů͕ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽƚŚƐ ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚŽƌĞĚ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ To her surprise it opened quite easily, and two moth-balls dropped out. /ŶƋƵŝƐŝƟǀĞ͗ ĐƵƌŝŽƵƐ͖ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ Žƌ ůĞĂƌŶ ŵŽƌĞ >ƵĐLJ ĨĞůƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĨƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ĨĞůƚ ǀĞƌLJ ŝŶƋƵŝƐŝƟǀĞ and excited as well. Melancholy: ƐĂĚ “Ah!” said Mr. Tumnus in a rather melancholy voice, “if only I had worked harder at ŐĞŽŐƌĂƉŚLJ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ &ĂƵŶ͘͘͘͟

Vocabulary The war: ;ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞͿ tŽƌůĚ tĂƌ //

The air-raids: ƵƌŝŶŐ tŽƌůĚ tĂƌ //͕ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ƉůĂŶĞƐ ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ďŽŵďƐ ŽŶ Ŷ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ ƐŽ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĂĨĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚ ...when they were sent away from London during the war because of We’ve fallen on our feet: tĞ͛ƌĞ ůƵĐŬLJ͘ And no mistake: ;ŝŶ 'ƌĞĂƚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶͿ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ͖ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ĚŽƵďƚ “We’ve fallen on our feet and no mistake,” said Peter. “This is going to splendid.” Row: ;ŝŶ 'ƌĞĂƚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶͿ Ă ŶŽŝƐLJ ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚ Žƌ ĮŐŚƚ “There’s sure to be a row if we’re heard talking here.”

ŐůŝƐ ŚĞ ď the a

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Visualizing What You Have Read ZĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ Ϯϯϯ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƚĞŬ͘ dŚĞŶ ĂĚĚ ĂŶ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŽĚĂLJ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉĂŐĞ Ϯϯϰ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƚĞŬ͘

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Reading Review Questions ŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŚĞ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ZĞǀŝĞǁ YƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϮϬϮ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƚĞŬ͘

Literary Devices: Onomatopoeia ZĞĂĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ >ŝƚĞƌĂƌLJ ĞǀŝĐĞƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϮϬϯ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƚĞŬ͘

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