October 2 and 3, 2013 - Springboard 1.8Family Stories - Kira-Kira

Homework: Finish drawing and coloring your memory map.

Objective: Students will sequence details in a narrative and identify vivid verbs and sensory language

Warm Up (in your composition book)Date your notes, write down the objective

In your grammar book, turn to pg. 52-53. In your notes, copy down the definitions for:action verblinking verb

action verb - expresses either physical activity (you can do it) or mental activity (you can think it)

linking verb - connects, or links, the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject.

Now copy down the sentences #2-4 Exercise 3 pg. 52. Underline the subject and circle the verb. Let's do the first one together.

1. The Maricopa make unusual pottery.

2. For this pottery they use two kinds of clay.

3. One kind of clay forms the bowl or platter itself.

4. The other kind of clay colors the pottery.

Now copy down the sentences #2-4 Exercise 4 pg. 54. Underline the subject and circle the verb. Let's do the first one together.

1. Peanuts remain an important crop around the world.

2. The peanut, which is high in protein, is native to South America.

3. Peanuts grow ripe underground.

4. The seeds are the edible part of the plant.

In one sentence, detail the incident that Katie is remembering.

My sister, Lynn, taught me my first word: kira-kira. Ipronounced it ka-a-ahhh, but she knew what I meant. Kira-kirameans “glittering” in Japanese. Lynn told me that when I was ababy, she used to take me onto our empty road at night, where wewould lie on our backs and look at the stars while she said overand over, “Katie, say ‘kira-kira, kira-kira.’” I loved that word! WhenI grew older, I used kira-kira to describe everything I liked: thebeautiful blue sky, puppies, kittens, butterflies, colored Kleenex.My mother said we were misusing the word; you could not calla Kleenex kira-kira. She was dismayed over how un-Japanese wewere and vowed to send us to Japan one day. I didn’t care where shesent me, so long as Lynn came along.I was born in Iowa in 1951. I know a lot about when I was alittle girl, because my sister used to keep a diary. Today I keep herdiary in a drawer next to my bed.

I like to see how her memories were the same as mine, but alsodifferent. For instance, one of my earliest memories is of the dayLynn saved my life. I was almost five, and she was almost nine. Wewere playing on the empty road near our house. Fields of tall cornstretched into the distance wherever you looked. A dirty gray dogran out of the field near us, and then he ran back in. Lynn lovedanimals. Her long black hair disappeared into the corn as shechased the dog. The summer sky was clear and blue. I felt a brieffear as Lynn disappeared into the cornstalks. When she wasn’t inschool, she stayed with me constantly. Both our parents worked.Officially, I stayed all day with a lady from down the road, butunofficially, Lynn was the one who took care of me.

After Lynn ran into the field, I couldn’t see anything but corn.“Lynnie!” I shouted. We weren’t that far from our house, but Ifelt scared. I burst into tears.Somehow or other, Lynn got behind me and said, “Boo!” and Icried some more. She just laughed and hugged me and said, “You’rethe best little sister in the world!” I liked it when she said that, so Istopped crying.The dog ran off. We lay on our backs in the middle of the roadand stared at the blue sky. Some days nobody at all drove down ourlittle road. We could have lain on our backs all day and never gothit.Lynn said, “The blue of the sky is one of the most special colorsin the world, because the color is deep but see-through both at thesame time. What did I just say?”“The sky is special.”“The ocean is like that too, and people’s eyes.”She turned her head toward me and waited. I said, “The oceanand people’s eyes are special too.”That’s how I learned about eyes, sky, and ocean: the threespecial, deep, colored, see-through things. I turned to Lynnie. Hereyes were deep and black, like mine.

The dog burst from the field suddenly, growling and snarling.Its teeth were long and yellow. We screamed and jumped up. Thedog grabbed at my pants. As I pulled away, the dog ripped my pantsand his cold teeth touched my skin. “Aaahhhhh!” I screamed.Lynn pulled at the dog’s tail and shouted at me, “Run, Katie,run!” I ran, hearing the dog growling and Lynnie grunting. When Igot to the house, I turned around and saw the dog tearing at Lynn’spants as she huddled over into a ball. I ran inside and looked fora weapon. I couldn’t think straight. I got a milk bottle out of thefridge and ran toward Lynn and threw the bottle at the dog. Thebottle missed the dog and broke on the street. The dog rushed tolap up the milk.Lynn and I ran toward the house, but she stopped on the porch.I pulled at her. “Come on!”She looked worried. “He’s going to cut his tongue on the glass.”“Who cares?”

But she got the water hose and chased the dog away with thewater, so it wouldn’t hurt its tongue. That’s the way Lynn was. Evenif you tried to kill her and bite off her leg, she still forgave you.This is what Lynn said in her diary from that day:The corn was so pretty. When it was all around me, I felt like Iwanted to stay there forever. Then I heard Katie crying, and I ran outas fast as I could. I was so scared. I thought something had happenedto her!Later, when the dog attacked me, Katie saved my life.I didn’t really see things that way. If she hadn’t saved my lifefirst, I wouldn’t have been able to save her life. So, really, she’s theone who saved a life.

Event Number

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Event 1

A gray dog runs out of the field. Katie watches Lynn chase the dog into the cornstalks

Fear - Katie is fearful that her sister has disappeared forever

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Lynn comes out and scares Katie, then hugs her and calls her the best little sister in the world.

ReassuredAt first she's scared, but then she feels comforted by Lynn's words.

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Event 3

Lynn and Katie lay on the ground talking about the color blue.

PeacefulKatie loves talking to her sister like this.

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Event 4

The dog comes out, growling and snarling and rips Katie's pants

Shocked and TerrifiedThey were not expecting the dog to come out, and they jumped up and screamed

Event 4

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Event 5

Lynn pulls the dog's tail and tells Katie to run, but the dog attacks Lynn

Relieved and worriedKatie is happy to be free, but worried for her sister's safety.

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Event 6

Katie runs to the house, looking for a weapon and grabs a bottle of milk.

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Event 7

Katie throws the milk bottle at the dog, but missed.

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Event 8

The dog leaves Lynn, and goes to lap up the milk.

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Event 9

The girls run to the house, but Lynn worries that the dog will cut his tongue on the glass.

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Event 10

Lynn gets the hose and sprays the dog and washes away the milk.

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Homework: Completed memory

map due Thursday. Must be colorful and neatly written with all of the required elements.