““The Tree The Tree House”House”

AuthorAuthor: Lois Lowry: Lois Lowry

GenreGenre: Realistic Fiction: Realistic Fiction

Line 1:outside inside shiny dull beautiful ugly

• Pairs of words that are antonyms or opposites.

• Name some antonyms you know.

outside / inside

shiny / dull

beautiful / ugly

Line 2: open close down up wide narrow top bottom

• Pairs of words that are antonyms or opposites.

• Name some antonyms you know.

open / close

down / up

wide / narrow

top / bottom

Line 3: board bored for four no know hole whole

• Homophones: words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.

• Name other homophones.• (to/too/two, there/their/they’re, here/hear)

board / bored

for / four

no / know

hole / whole

Line 4: hung rehung take retake make remake

• Verbs with the prefix re-.

• What does the prefix re- mean?• (again)

• How does the meaning of each word change by adding the prefix?

hung / rehung

take / retake

make / remake

Line 5: trunk tree branches wood

• These words are related.

• How are they related?• (all related to trees)

• Can you add your own words to the list?• (leaves, buds, birds, squirrels, forest)

trunk

tree

wood

branches

Line 6: into with lift visit window

• These words are found in the story, and review the /i/ sound.

into

with

window

visit

lift

Sentence 1: The boards were crooked, and the roof had holes where the pieces of wood didn’t quite meet.

• Which word has a homophone?• (hole)

• What would the homophone be?• (whole)

• Give me a definition for each word.

Sentence 2:

Chrissy wondered what Leah had inside her tree house.

• Can you find a word line that has words that are related to “tree house”?• (Line 5)

Sentence 3:

There was a little porch where you could sit with your legs dangling.

• Can you identify a word that has an antonym?• (little)

• Can you give its antonym?• (big)

Sentence 4:You can get fresh air if you lift open a window.

• Which words contain the /i/ sound spelled i ?• (if, lift, window)

Oral LanguageOral Language

L 1: outside inside shiny dull beautiful ugly

L 4: hung rehung take retake make remake

L 3: board bored for four no know hole whole

L 2: open close down up wide narrow top bottom

• Choose a word and only call out the line and the position of the word. (example, “Line 1, Word 3”= shiny)• on dark happy asleep big soft say an antonym for each of these words.

L 5: trunk tree branches wood

L 6: into with lift visit window