Practice Name Text Feature: Interview An interview is an account of the questions asked by one person and the answers given by another. Read the following interview and then answer the questions. As a reporter for the local newspaper, I recently met with Harry Buck. This ten-year-old is performing in a play put on by our local community theater. Here’s part of the interview. Q: What’s the name of the play you are performing in? A: It’s called Columbus Sails for the New World. Q: What part are you playing? A: I’m playing Christopher Columbus. Q: Did you have to audition for the role? If so, how many people tried out for it? A: Yes, I had to audition. I think 4 or 5 of us tried out for the role. Q: Can anyone try out for a play at the community theater? A: Yes. We’ve put on plays with kids as young as 5 and adults as old as 70. Q: How often do you rehearse? A: For this play, we practice three nights a week and on the weekends. 1. Who is being interviewed? © Macmillan /McGraw-Hill 2. What role is Harry playing? 3. What does the Q stand for? 4. What does the A stand for? At Home: Discuss who the student would like to interview Ranita, the Frog Princess 160 Grade 4/Unit 5 if the person could be anyone in the world today. What questions would he or she ask?
Practice Name Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms Words that have opposite meanings are called antonyms. A word can have more than one antonym. Word Antonyms glad sad, unhappy angry calm, pleased Draw lines to match each word in Column 1 with an antonym from Column 2. Column 1 Column 2 1. selfish a. full 2. hungry b. calm 3. noisy c. slow 4. speedy d. unselfish 5. excited e. quiet In the blank, write an antonym for each underlined word. 6. My dad was happy when he saw my report card. 7. The fabric of the cushion felt very smooth . 8. The light in the room was dim . 9. Thalia made a fruit salad with cherries that were so sweet © Macmillan /McGraw-Hill . 10. I looked out the window and saw sunny weather. At Home: Together, name an antonym for the word friendly, Ranita, the Frog Princess peace, or happiness. Grade 4/Unit 5 161
Practice Phonics: Name V/CV and VC/V Patterns An open syllable ends with a long vowel sound. Open first syllables have the V/CV pattern. A closed syllable ends with a consonant. The vowel sound is short. Closed first syllables may have the VC/V pattern. Read the words below. Listen for the vowel sound in the first syllable and draw a slash to show where to divide each word. If you have doubts, look up the word in a dictionary. Then, on the line, write whether the first syllable is open or closed. 1. h a b i t 2. n e v e r 3. w i p e r 4. t a l e n t 5. r o b i n 6. m e t e r 7. c i d e r 8. l e v e l 9. p r o m i s e 10. f a m o u s © Macmillan /McGraw-Hill 11. l i m i t 12. f i n i s h At Home: Ask the student to explain why the first syllable of Ranita, the Frog Princess 162 Grade 4/Unit 5 each word above is open or closed.