How Night Came from the Sea
Retold by Mary-Joan Gerson
Illustrated by Carla Golembe

Study Skills
Genre: Pourquoi Tale
Comprehension Skill: Generalize
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize
Comprehension Review Skill: Cause and Effect
Vocabulary: Context Clues
Summary

Genre: Pourquoi tales
Pourquoi tales are stories that explain how things in nature came to be. It is a myth that explains how something in nature came to be. Pourpuoi is French for “why”.

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Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 337b
A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples.
Clue words: all, most, always, usually, generally
Comprehension Skill Review Generalize TE 337b
Some generalizations are valid, which means that they are supported by facts or details. Some are faulty. Which means that they are not supported.
Comprehension Strategy Visualize TE 292
Good readers organize visualize as they read.
Form mental pictures to help understand ideas and information.
Visualizing can help you understand generalizations.
Comprehension Skill Review: Cause and Effect TE 323
Practice Generalization PB116
1. What is a generalization?
They went during the summer because the weather was usually good.
2. What is another generalization?
He and Jim usually hike an hour or two.
3. What is a clue word for number 2?
Usually
4. What is another generalization?
Campfire often burned late into the night.
What is a clue word for number 4?
Often
Sensory and Imagery Words
Imagery, or sensory language, is the use of words that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel. Writers use imagery to help give readers a strong mental image.
Imagery helps readers understand the setting, mood, characters, and action in a story.
Note the words that help you see, smell, hear, taste, or feel what is happening in a story.
Research/Study Skills Textbook/Trade Book TE 337l
A textbook is a book used in the study of a subject, like science or math.
A trade book is any book that is not a textbook or reference book. Note: A non-fiction book may have many of the same features as a textbook.
These books are usually organized into units or chapters.
The text may be organized under headings and subheadings.
Often, they include graphics such as charts, graphs, time lines, photographs, and maps that present information visually.
Some books also include other features such as chapter previews and summaries, glossaries, prefaces, appendices, and indexes.
Fun Stuff and Practice
Cause and Effect PowerPoint
Figurative Language
More Figurative Language
Verbs and more Verbs
and Linking Verbs on Line
Weekly Fluency Check Rhythmic Patterns of Language TE 337a
Just like in a conversation, good readers need to pay attention to the word groupings of the text and have a rise and fall in your voice as your read aloud.
Read p. 292m to model for students.
Question of the WeekTE 314m
How have people explained the pattern of day and night?
Day 2 - Question of the Day
How would you describe nighttime to someone who has never experienced it?
Day 3 – Question of the Day
How might How Night Came from the Sea be different if it took place in the cold Artic?
Day 4 – Question of the Day
Review Questions



Review Questions



Review Questions
What supports that nighttime occurs quickly in Brazil?
What is a generalization you can make, based on the story, about leaving home?
Vocabulary - Say It
brilliant
gleamed
shimmering
chorus
coward
More Words to Know
dwells
reigns
creatures
darkness
prowl

brilliant
shining brightly; sparkling
chorus
anything spoken or sung all at the same time
coward
person who lack courage or is easily made afraid; person who runs from danger, trouble, etc.
gleamed
flashed or beamed with
light
shimmering


dwells
makes your home; lives
reigns
rules, as over a kingdom
creatures
any living things
darkness
night; state of being without
light or with very little light
prowl
go about slowly and secretly like an animal hunting for something to eat or a thief looking for something to steal
Writing Assignment  Comparisons TE 337h
Think about something that interests you in nature.
Write a comparison explaining how two things you like are alike.
Include several ways the things are similar.
Remember to use specific nouns and strong verbs while writing your comparison.
Spelling Words Vowel sound in shout
however
mountain
mound
scout
shout

Spelling Words Vowel sound in shout
flowerpot
scowl
browse
announce
hound
CHALLENGE
califlower
foundation
surround
allowance
counselor
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