Red Kayak

Red Kayak was the story of the week. The story is an example of realistic fiction. We discussed literary elements and story structure including setting, character, plot, and theme. We learned that the plot is the pattern of events in a story and typically includes conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution. We discussed the author's intent and the use of dialogue and narration.

Question of the week:  What kinds of challenges do people face and how do they meet them?

Red Kayak narrative retelling assessment:  3 self-assessment / 2 parent assessment

• Connections:  made connections to other events/stories (4)
• Author's Purpose:  made some connections to author's purpose (2)
• Characters:  little info provided about characters (2)
• Setting:  provided some details of time and location (3)
• Plot:  told plot with some detail (3)

Other topics discussed this week:

• suffix -ly
• homographs
• cause and effect
• declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences and interjections

Amazing Words of the Week:

terrified*

treacherous*

rescue*

expedition*

anticipate

bravery*

heroine

trepidation

ferocity

audacity

* Mia was familiar with these words and able to define them at the start of the week.

Mia was not able to define the words in red at the end of the week.