ReadyGEN 4A3

ReadyGEN 4A3

The events on pages 36–39 took place near the Travises’ home.

Today’s reading starts in Chinatown an hour later.

This sequence word helps readers follow the events and how

things change throughout the story. In this lesson, we’ll explore

how details are used to describe the point of view, or actions,

thoughts, and feelings of the characters.

Open Ended

Why are Chin and his father unable to see if the Travises

are safe?

Why are Chin and his father unable to see if the Travises

are safe?

The telephone lines are down, pp. 43–44;

Ah Sing can’t walk that far because he hurt his ankle and he won’t let Chin go alone, p. 57.

Open Ended

How do the responses of people where the Travis family lives

compare with the responses of people in Chinatown?

The people in the town of the Travis family...

The people in the town of the Travis family

Put possessions on the street

Although there are fires to put out, some people seem quite

relaxed, such as a neighbor who sips tea from her china

Let’s look at how Henry’s

point of view changes.

I remember reading in the first lesson that Henry thought his father was boring

and adds numbers all day.

Henry wants to be like Marshal Earp. I’ll write that in the left column.

In the last lesson and this lesson, I read that Mr. Travis responded to the earthquake by jumping in to help his family and neighbors by organizing one group of people to dig through the rubble and another to form a bucket brigade. Henry’s point of view has changed. Now he wants to be like his father. I’ll write that in the right column.

Open Ended

What words do you think of or connect to the word: SCATTERS

Multiple Choice

Which word is a compound word?

• playing

• summer

• fishbowl

• dislike

Multiple Choice

Which word is a compound word?

• camping

• children

• flipper

• fireplace

Multiple Choice

Which word is a compound word?

• everything

• frighten

• glasses

• bunnies

Multiple Choice

Which word is a compound word?

• different

• footstep

• tomorrow

• jumped

Multiple Choice

Which word is a compound word?

• princess

• bathtub

• remember

• pretest

Multiple Choice

The plural of piano is______

• pianoes
• piano
• pianos

Fill in the Blank

The plural form of tooth is

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture, choose the correct form of noun.

• countrys

• countrises

• countries

Multiple Choice

The plural form of day is

• days

• daies

• dayses

Multiple Choice

Choose if the underlined word is a singular or plural noun.

Trisha is cleaning her room.

• Singular

• Plural

Multiple Choice

Choose if the underlined word is a plural or singular noun.

Lino is watering the flowers in the garden.

• Singular

• Plural