Akiak

By: Robert J. Blake

JourneysTheme 1, Selection 1, Day 1

Taught By: Mr. Williams

Story Structure

Characters •The Characters include the people or animals in the story.•Remember to always describe a character’s appearance and

personality.

Setting •The setting is the time and place where a story is happening. •Make sure to always use multiple sensory descriptions.

Plot •The plot is the series of story events including the problem and solution.

•Always describe what, why, and how story events happened.

Paca and BeetleComprehension Skill:

Story Structure

Who are the characters in the story? What is the

setting?

How would you describe the nature of each character? How can you tell?

What do you know about the Beetle

and the Paca after the race that you

didn’t know before?

Decoding Suffixes -er & -est

What is a Suffix?

-er

more

larger longer hotter

-est

most

bravest happiest steepest

blizzards

checkpoints

courageous

experienced

musher

rugged

Key Iditarod Vocabulary

• blizzard– A snowstorm with strong

winds

• checkpoint– A place along a route where

people sign in.

• courageous– Brave, fearless, heroic

• experienced– Familiar with a task, having

done it before.

• musher– The driver of a dogsled team

• rugged– Having a rough, uneven

surface

Akiak

Page Summary1. After reading each page, write a one sentence summary of what you

read.

2. At the end of the story put your page summaries together in order to write a complete summary of the events in the story.

3. Make sure that you are describing each of the story’s structural elements, characters, setting, and plot.

4. When finished go back and reread this week’s selection in order to improve reading fluency.

Akiak

By: Robert J. Blake

JourneysTheme 1, Selection 1, Day 2

Taught By: Mr. Williams

blizzards

checkpoints

courageous

experienced

musher

rugged

Key Iditarod Vocabulary

• blizzard– A snowstorm with strong

winds

• checkpoint– A place along a route where

people sign in.

• courageous– Brave, fearless, heroic

• experienced– Familiar with a task, having

done it before.

• musher– The driver of a dogsled team

• rugged– Having a rough, uneven

surface

AkiakWith your partner, discuss questions 1-7 on

page 52 of your text. You may look back in your text if you need to. When you're finished begin thinking about the following questions.

Where did the challenge take place?

What challenge did the main character face?

Why was the journey important to the characters?

What do you think the main character learned from his experience?

Comprehension Strategy:Summarizing

Using a Frame and Arrow Map, sequence what you think at the five most important events of the story.

Vocabulary:Homophones & Multiple Meaning Words

Homophone

words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings

pain and panepray and prey

break and brakesteak and stake

Multiple Meaning Words

Words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings

descentrefuge

pettrack

Akiak

By: Robert J. Blake

JourneysTheme 1, Selection 1, Day 3

Taught By: Mr. Williams

Key Iditarod Vocabulary

• blizzard– A snowstorm with strong

winds

• checkpoint– A place along a route where

people sign in.

• courageous– Brave, fearless, heroic

• experienced– Familiar with a task, having

done it before.

• musher– The driver of a dogsled team

• rugged– Having a rough, uneven

surface

Key Iditarod Vocabulary

Vocabulary:Homophones & Multiple Meaning Words

Homophone

words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings

pain and panepray and prey

break and brakesteak and stake

Multiple Meaning Words

Words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings

descentrefuge

pettrack

Multiple Meaning Words

Talk to your partner and generate as many meanings as you can for the words below. Try to come up with at least three.

1. fly: to move through the air, zipper on jeans, change position quickly

2. light: easy to lift, pale color, from a lamp

3. quarter: 25€ coin, part of a basketball game, ¼

4. cut: skip someone in line, slice something open, stop filming

5. run: move legs quickly, working machine, to escape

Extreme Partner ReadingFirst Step: Read the story summary quietly to yourself. If you finish before time

is up, read through it again.

Second Step: Now that you have read through the story summary, go through it again using hand gestures as you read. If you finish before time is up, read through it again with gestures.

Third Step: Turn to your partner and take turns reading the summary with lots of expression.

Fourth Step: With your partner, take turns reading with passage with lots of expression and gestures.

Last Step: Using your best expression, ask your partner three questions about what you have read. When you are asked, be sure to answer with intense expressions.

Akiak

By: Robert J. Blake

JourneysTheme 1, Selection 1, Day 4

Taught By: Mr. Williams

Decoding Suffixes -er & -est

What is a Suffix?

-er

more

larger longer hotter

-est

most

bravest happiest steepest

Key Iditarod Vocabulary

• blizzard– A snowstorm with strong

winds

• checkpoint– A place along a route where

people sign in.

• courageous– Brave, fearless, heroic

• experienced– Familiar with a task, having

done it before.

• musher– The driver of a dogsled team

• rugged– Having a rough, uneven

surface

Key Iditarod Vocabulary

With your partner, read pages 54-57 from your text using the skills mentions in the yellow column on the left of page 54. When you are finished discuss these questions with your partner and write your answers in complete sentences on a piece of lined paper..

5. Compare “Akiak” and “Go, Team Go!”

3. Why do you think the author included the sidebars “Dogs on the Run” and the words spoken by mushers to their dogs?

4. How is the Smith family’s dog sledding different from Mick’s in Alaska?

2. What kind of relationship do mushers have with their dogs?

1. The article is called “Go, Team Go!” What subtitle would you add to give readers a better sense of what it is about?

Go Team Go!

Akiak

By: Robert J. Blake

JourneysTheme 1, Selection 1, Day 5

Taught By: Mr. Williams

1. Make sure your name, date, and assignment are written clearly on the top left of the paper.

2. Turn your test paper to me and put your answer key in the reading basket.

3. Finish your Mountain Language.4. Finish any other unfinished work.

Weekly Skills Test