SHARED READ REALISTIC FICTION

Unit 4 Realistic Fiction

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Happy New Year!

1 Main Question Glossary

Where did the girl celebrate the New twice (dos veces) two

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Year? times
holiday (día de
fiesta) special day
I celebrated the New Year twice in one with celebrations

year. Do you wonder how? First, I

celebrated the holiday in the United
States. Then I celebrated it in China.

Susan Swan

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COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

China
1 What holiday did the girl celebrate? New Year
United States
The girl celebrated the

2 Where did the girl celebrate first?

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First, the girl celebrated in the

3 Then where did the girl celebrate?

Then she celebrated the holiday in

Main Question 1 Revisited

Where did the girl celebrate the New Year?

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2 Main Question Glossary

The girl celebrated the New Year in her welcomed (recibió)
city. What did she do? celebrated the
coming of
carve (tallar) create
Our city welcomed the New Year on
December 31. The celebration began with
a parade. A band played music. I got my
face painted like a lion. Then I watched a
man carve animals in ice.

COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

band
1 What happened on December 31? lion
music
The city had a on parade
carve
December 31.

2 What did the girl see?

She saw a play

. She watched a man

animals in ice.

3 The girl got her face painted. What

animal did her face look like?

The girl’s face looked like a .

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Academic Year 2022– 2023 District

Vocabulary Worksheet (1)

Subject Grade Date Trimester Period (s)

English 2 2nd
Question No. Score Total Marked by Notes
1- 20 Mr. Mahmoud Atef

Full Name: ___________________________________________________________________

Use the word chart to study this week’s vocabulary words.

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Academic Year 2022– 2023 District

Read each clue below. Circle the vocabulary word

that matches the clue.

1. take and then return something

a) borrow

b) villages

2. feeling alone

a) solution

b) lonely

3. a thought or plan

a) idea

b) countryside

4. on the other side

a) idea

b) across

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 Spelling • Long a: ai, ay, ea, eigh, ey

Name

nail train main hay stay

break steak weigh sleigh prey

A. Look at the spelling words in the box. Fill in the blanks

with spelling words that match each vowel digraph.
Write the words with the long a sound spelled ai.
1. 2. 3.

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Write the words with the long a sound spelled ay.
4. 5.

Write the words with the long a sound spelled ea.

6. 7.

Write the words with the long a sound spelled eigh.

8. 9.

Write the word with the long a sound spelled ey.

10.

B. Write the missing letter in the box. Then write the

spelling word correctly on the line.
11. ma n 12. ha

13. pre 14. st ak

15. we gh

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 Spelling • Long i: i, y, igh, ie

Name

light sight mind cry tie

high wild dry try lie

A. Follow the directions to sort the spelling words.

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled i.
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1. 2.

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled y.
3. 4. 5.

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled igh.
6. 7. 8.

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled ie.
9. 10.

B. In each spelling word, draw a line through the letter that does
not belong. Write the correct spelling word on the line.

11. highe 12. miend

13. crye 14. tyie

15. sieght

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 Phonics • long o: o, oa, ow, oe

Name

Some words have a long o sound. Listen to the vowel sound in

the words cold, snow, goat, and toe. The letters o, ow, oa, or
oe can stand for this sound.
cold snow goat toe
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Choose a word to complete each sentence. Write the word

on the line.

1. I have five .
toes toast top

2. Our class will pumpkin plants.

go grow got

3. I don’t know if this boat will .

fat float foam

4. I like to on trips to see snow.

go gold no

5. My pet is big and .

so slow doe

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 Grammar • Action Verbs

Name

Circle the action verb in each sentence. Then write the word on
the line.
1. My sister goes to school now.

2. I gave her a pen.

3. My brother grows flowers.

4. He also mows the lawn.

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5. Ken opens the door.

6. My friends play at the table.

7. I ate an apple.

8. My dad went to the store.

9. The cats scratch at the door.

10. My brother splashes in the pool.

Writing/Spelling Look back through your writer’s notebook for

Connection
action verbs you have used. Check that you used
them correctly. Fix any mistakes you find.

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 Grammar • Present-Tense Verbs

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Write the correct form of the present-tense verb so that it

agrees with the subject.

1. Rose and Jill the night sky. (watch)

2. They for shooting stars. (hunt)

3. Rose’s mother a telescope. (bring)

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4. A telescope them look at the stars. (help)

5. The girls the Moon. (see)

6. It big and white. (look)

7. A star across the sky. (shoot)

8. It in the darkness. (flash)

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 Grammar • Past- and Future-Tense Verbs

Name

A. Rewrite each sentence to tell about the past. Change the verb
in ( ) to the past tense.

1. Our class as a team last Saturday. (work)

2. We with Mrs. Johnson. (talk)

3. She us to plant flowers. (want)

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B. Rewrite each sentence to tell about the future. Change the

underlined verb to the future tense.

4. We get some seeds.

5. We plant the seeds.

6. The flowers make the park a beautiful place.

Writing/Spelling
Connection
Look back through your writer’s notebook for a past-
tense verb you used. Check that you used it correctly.
Now look for a future-tense verb. Check that you used
a future-tense verb correctly.

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