Scott Foresman Reading Street

For Web sites that explore what it's like to live in Korea, use the keywords Korea daily life.

Build Background Use ELL Poster 23 to build background and vocabulary for the lesson concept of moving from one culture to another.

ELL Poster 23

WORDS TO KNOW

airport an area used regularly

by aircraft to land and take off

curious strange; odd; unusual

delicious very pleasing or

satisfying; delightful, especially to the taste or smell

described told in words how

someone looks, feels, or acts; to record the most important things about a place, a thing, or an event

farewell parting; last

homesick very sad because

you are far away from home

memories persons, things,

or events that you can remember

raindrops the water that

falls in drops from the clouds

MORE WORDS TO KNOW

enthusiastic feeling excited and positive about something

glum sad

possessions things that you own, that belong to you

= Tested Word

Practice Book 3.2 p. 74

with | without Answers

Build Background

ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

BEGIN A WEB about moving to a new place.

Give students two to three minutes to brainstorm ideas of how it feels to move to a new place.
Have them use a web (Graphic Organizer 14) to record their ideas.
Explain that students should read for more ideas to add to their web.

Graphic Organizer 14

BACKGROUND BUILDING AUDIO This week's audio explores Korean weather, food and schools. After students listen, discuss what they learned and what surprised them most about these topics.

Background Building Audio

Introduce Vocabulary

WORD RATING CHART

Create story sequence charts to help students track the events, characters and setting
in a story. Use the story sequence chart (Graphic Organizer 8).

Graphic Organizer 4

Read each word to students and have them mark one of the three columns: Know (know
and can use); Have Seen (have seen or heard the word; don't know meaning); Don't Know
(don't know the word).

Activate Prior Knowledge

Have students share where they may have seen some of these words. Point out that
some of this week's words are compound words (homesick, raindrops, airport). (For
additional practice with compound words, see p. 219c.)

Word Structure • Compound Words

Check charts with students at the end of the week and have them make changes to
their usage and definitions of vocabulary words.

Discuss the meaning of some vocabulary words. Ask the following questions to clarify
word meanings.

Would you get homesick if you were away at camp all summer?
What are some of your best memories from when you were very young?
Don't you think this is the most delicious pie you've ever tasted?

Use the Multisyllabic Word Routine on p. DI•1 to help students read multisyllabic words.