Treasures Grade 4 The Raft.

Another story from the Treasures Anthology lesson plan page 113 - 136

 

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Vocabulary 

syrup- like a sauce 

aside- to pull to one side 

beneath - underneath 

spark plugs - part of a car

  pole  a pole is a big stick

disgusted- something that you don't like

 hitchhikers - take an extra person in the car, they don't pay you.

preened its feathers

snorkel and mask  

doe - a female dear

wildness - not tame

Pronunciation 

syrup sur up 

aside a side 

beneath bee neth 

carving car ving

cane - magic e word

awakened a wa  kened

rope - magic e word

tossing toss ing

down - hear the w

landed - hear the ed 

dock  dawk

read - past tense  say it red

pouch hard ch

tacked magie e word

been bin

otter o ter

chasing chas ing
lawn - hear the n at the end of the word

pearl - perl

kept ;hear the t

tubes - magic e word

Questions 

Where is Nicky going and how does he feel?

What doesn't Nicky like about his grandmother?
Why can't he go with his father to the plant?
What did Nicky feel about the food?
What does he do?
Is he surprised that his grandmother knows what he did?
After reading page 116, what do you feel about the grandmother now?
How will Nicky feel about spending the summer with her now?
How do the pictures help the story?
What happens on page 115?  page 117?
On page 118, why is the boy disgusted?
What is the boy feeling on page 118?
How has the boy's feelings changed by the time we get to page 123?
What type of animal is a huge buck?
Where do you use a snorkel and a mask?
Read up to page 126, how does Nickey spend his time?
What is the boy doing on page 127?
How does this show a change his feeling about how he is spending his summer?
What type of animal do we see on page 128?
Where does it live? What does it eat?
What other animals do otters remind you of?
What would you do if you were living with Nicky's Grandmother?
What happened to the fawn?
How did Nickey save the fawn?
What will happen after the story now?

Read about the author: What insights do you understand about the story?