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“The Hot and Cold Summer”
By Johanna Hurwitz

Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Powerpoint Lesson 1 pact – A pact is an agreement between two people or countries in which they promise to do certain things. queasy – If you feel queasy, you have a sick feeling in your stomach. foisted – If something is foisted on you, it is given to you whether you want it or not. venture – A new venture is a project that is exciting and even risky. annoyed – To be annoyed means to be somewhat angry about something. depriving – If someone is depriving you of something, the person is keeping you from having it.

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Reading Skills:
Character’s Traits and Motivations Traits: Qualities that describe a character. Motivation: Why he does what he does. Actions: What the character does in the story that show the traits.

Story Structure: Characters: Important "people" in the story Setting: Where and when the story takes place Plot Events: What happened in the story including problem and solution.

Genre:
Realistic Fiction Although realistic fiction isn't true it could happen. All the characters and plot events could happen in real life. Everything is the story is believable.

Grammar Skill:
Declarative and Interrogative Sentences Declarative sentences are statements. Interrogative sentences are questions. Many stories are told with declarative sentences. Using different types of sentences makes your writing more interesting.

Writing Skill:
Form: Character Description Trait: Voice Everyone's writing needs to be different from everyone else’s. And the only way that happens is if writers make different choices when they write, choices about the topics they pick, the words they use, the details they include, different beginning and ending strategies, and so on. The set of all the different choices a writer's makes determines, and the collective effect they have on the reader, is what is often called the “voice” in a piece of writing. Voice, sometimes referred to as “tone” or “mood" or even “style,” tells the reader about the writer’s personality in the piece. Because each of us has a unique personality, each of us has a unique voice in writing, and that is what makes our writing unique. The trick is in letting that voice come through. And the only way that happens is if we make different choices in our writing than other writers make in theirs, choices that reflect who we are inside — our original thoughts and personal feelings, our particular way of seeing things and interpreting them — and writing it all down.

Word Study Skills:
Extra Word Study Practice [|Spelling City Practice] (Remember, you only selected 10 of the words below.) Words with Short Vowels and Vowel Digraphs Word Study List: pact, brand, brick, crop, broad, tread, film, else, gram, gum, dread, spend, past, plot, check, split, sting, strap, task, twin Challenge Words: gingerly, ditch, pleasure, penguin, lecture media type="youtube" key="avx4HyL8m4k" height="349" width="560"