Spelling List1. enrich

2. unpleasant

3. endanger

4. enable

5. uninspired

6. unlikely

7. encompass

8. unmarked

9. enlarge

10.ungrateful

BONUS WORDS: 1. endorsement 2. undistinguished

11.encode

12.enlighten

13.unlimited

14.unsatisfied

15.unsweetened

16.enjoy

17.encourage

18.uneaten

19.enrage

20.unnamed

Word Structure

Prefix

un-not or the opposite of.

ex: unsweetened

en- to put into, to cause to be, to provide with, or thoroughly.

ex: enrich

Multiple Meanings

Words that have more than one meaning.

ex: watch

Synonym

Words with same, or nearly the same meaning.

ex: let/allowed

Word Structure

move watch letters share

blistering/ sweltering

grateful/ appreciative

let/

allowed

unfair unpleasant ungrateful unbalance

enrich encourage endear endanger

The Dancing Bird of

Paradise

By Renee S. Sanford

Illustrated by Cheryl Kirk Noll

by Renee S. Sanford

Genre: BiographyIt is a story written about a real person’s life by someone else.

Comprehension

Strategy:

Making Inferences

Focus Questions:

•Why does Haruno travel to Japan?

•How does Haruno help to preserve the heritage of her people while they are living in the internment camps?

K W Lwhat you KNOW WANT to know what you LEARNED

Does anybody

know

anything

about

Japanese

dance?

How were

Asians

treated in

the United

States during

World War II?

What is Sahomi

Tachibana?

•In 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, thus involving the United States in World War II.

•Sahomi Tachibana was born in 1924 as a United States citizen. Despite this status, she and her family were moved to an internment camp during World War II as a rash of fear spread across the nation following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

•On Ellis Island, some of the actual apartments from the Japanese internment camps are on display.

Sahomi TachibanaSahomi Tachibana

Dance

Kimono

n.

A loose robe that is tied with a sash

Phonograph

n.

An instrument that reproduces sound from records.

Startled

adj.

Excited by sudden surprise or alarm.

Internment

adj.

Confined or impounded, especially during a time of war.

Barrack

Adj.

Providing temporary housing; very plain and uniform.

Sweltered

v. Past tense of swelter

Suffer, sweat, or become faint from heat.

Ascend

v.

To climb.

Donned

v.

Past tense of don

To put on

Soloed

Adj.

Past tense of solo

To dance or perform alone

Enrich

v.

To make better by adding something.

How can I infer when reading a How can I infer when reading a text?text?

How does making How does making inferences inferences with with justificationsjustifications help you to help you to

understand the story?understand the story?

QuestionsQuestions

• In the text, on page 72, it says that Sahomi In the text, on page 72, it says that Sahomi was talented, but “…her talent was no was talented, but “…her talent was no secret.” Who came to see her? and why is secret.” Who came to see her? and why is that important?that important?

• Who is her agent? Who is her agent? Sahomi’s agent is …

• How many states did she perform in? How many states did she perform in? • Sahomi performed in …

• How will Sahomi’s gift of dance continue How will Sahomi’s gift of dance continue after she can no longer dance or teach?after she can no longer dance or teach?

*Complete 3 different activities (1 must be Comprehension and 1 must be Vocabulary)

Inquire

Research Sahomi Tachibana. Be sure to record what you

learn. Minimum of 2 paragraphs.

Comprehension

Create a story review to include 15 comprehension questions with answers.

Vocabulary

Create a crossword puzzle using all of the selection

vocabulary words. It must be turned in completed.

Vocabulary

“Sketch a Story!”

Draw a story in pictures using 5 vocabulary words. You

may draw one large picture or several scenes (like a

comic strip). An explanation of how your drawing represents your

vocabulary words must be included.

Comprehension

Read the story and choose a scene to illustrate that is

not already illustrated. Be sure to include dialogue to explain what is happening in the scene. Illustration

must be in color.

Fluency

Start from first page of selection and read for one minute. Have a partner time you. Reread 2 more times and see if your time improves. Now time your partner.

1st Read: ____; 2nd Read: ____

3rd Read: _____

Comprehension

Create 10 true/false statements. At least 4

must be false and explain why it is false.

Social Studies Inquiry

Read pages 76-77 and answer the “Think Link” questions using complete sentences.

SummarizeWrite a summary of the story.

Be sure to include the essential elements of the

story. (3 paragraph minimum & 5 paragraph

maximum)

Comprehension Questions1. Why does Haruno return to Japan?

2. What did Haruno’s grandfather fear?

3. Why do Sahomi and her family have to go to internment camps?

4. Why did Sahomi do when she arrived in Pennsylvania?

5. Why did Sahomi go to Japan?

6. What happened to her and the family when she returned to the United States?

7. How has the selection connected with your knowledge of the unit theme (Heritage)?

1. Explain the feelings of the families being sent to the Internment Camps.

2. Describe the Internment Camps using descriptive words.

3. What was dad’s idea to help the moral of the camp? Explain how this would help.

Barracks HomeThis is our barracks, squatting on the ground,Tar papered shacks, partitioned into roomsBy sheetrock walls, transmitting every soundOf neighbor's gossip or the sweep of broomsThe open door welcomes the refugees,And now at least there is no need to roamAfar: here space enlarges memoriesBeyond the bounds of camp and this new home.The floor is carpeted with dust, wind-borneDry alkalai, patterned with insect feet,What peace can such a place as this impart?We can but sense, bewildered and forlorn,That time, disrupted by the war from neatRoutines, must now adjust within the heart.

Tojo Suyemoto Kawakami

File your test when complete.1. answer sheet2. test3. essay

Must Do: Reading Response Journal Topic: What is your opinion? Do you think the Japanese were treated fairly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Why or why not? Explain with detail.

******PLACE JOURNAL ON BACK COUNTER before you leave!

May Do: Read your AR Book Read: From Miss Ida’s Porch (reading book)