Text, author, and reading goal

Today you will continue reading The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick. As you read you will learn how the author develops his characters by focusing on what they do, think, feel, and say.

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Rate and Review with your partner. Today is Thing One Day. Thing One will begin everything first today. Things to think about when you are rating your words:

Pronouncing the word: blend, chunk, base word plus prefix or suffix

Defining the word: background knowledge

Using the word in a sentence: background knowledge

Vocabularyespecially congratulated immediately crumbledvanished steady

vanishedThe elephant vanished before my eyes when the magician said the

magic words.

disappeared quickly

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immediatelyYou need to pay attention immediately if there is an

earthquake so you can get out of the building quickly.

instantly

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congratulatedThe class congratulated the

student for getting an A+ on the math test.

praised

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crumbledThe cookie crumbled in my hand

and fell into pieces because it was so dry.

Fell apart

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especiallyI really love eating pie but I especially like eating cake because it is my favorite.

Particularly; mainly; above all

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steadyThe snow came down at a steady pace and covered the front lawn

like a blanket.

Constant; sturdy; fixed

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Reading Objective: Characterization

Charaterization is the way to make a character come alive for your readers. Show how the character acts, thinks, feels, and speaks, Show how other characters respond to him or her

Showing what characters are like is better than simply telling what they are like. You will make the characters seem like real people

Class Discussion• Review story test-Read pages 406-

409• Review vocabulary test• Review challenge questions• Take story test