The author _____________

CHINATOWNWritten and illustrated by William Low

The illustrator _________

Summary:In Chinatown, a young boy goes for a walk with his grandmother and describes the sights and the people on the busy streets.

writes the stories.

draws the pictues.

Genre –Realistic Fiction

Realistic fiction is a story withy characters and events that are like people and events in real life.

Look for:•A setting that is a real place.•Story events that could really happen

• Chinatown is the first book William Low has both written and illustrated.

• As a child, he loved a painting he saw on the cover of a phone book. It showed some shops on a city street.

• Today, William Low paints his own scenes of city life. He also paints people, landscapes, and objects.

• He works in a dark basement studio, but his pictures are filled with light.

Meet the Author:

1.Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary.3.When you see the word, get

ready to find the word in your glossary.

celebrations

• Celebrations - joyous gatherings, usually to mark important events

New Year’s is one of the many celebrations enjoyed by the people in Chinatown.

develop - to make something better; improve

They want to develop the land across from our school into a new neighborhood.

develop

• furious - very angry

These bears are furious with each other!

furious

• graceful -lovely way of moving

This ballet dancer is very graceful as she leaps through the air.

graceful

•grocery store - a shop that sells food and household goods

WE enjoy shopping for fresh fruit in the grocery store.

grocery store

• students - people who go to school

These students are making get well cards for a sick classmate.

students

Grade 2, Theme 2

Chinatown Vocabulary Review

1. Celebrations- joyous gatherings, usually to mark important events

2. develop - to make something better, improve

3. furious - very angry4. graceful - lovely way of moving 5. grocery store - a shop that sells

food and household goods 6. students - people who go to school

These apple blossoms will ________ into apples.

develop

celebrations

graceful

furious

students

grocery store

Many think swans are the most ___________ bird.

develop

furious

grocery

store

students

celebration

s

graceful

We _____________ Independence Day with fireworks displays.

gracefulgrocery storefuriouscelebrationsdevelopstudents

Kroger is the newest ____________ in our town.

furious

celebrations

students

grocery

store

graceful

develop

The ___________ are enjoying their new computer lab.

grocery store

celebrations

furious

students

develop

graceful

develop

furious

grocery

store

students

graceful

celebration

s

Mom was _______ when I said I was not going to do homework before I went out to play.

Match the meaning to the word.

graceful ___

furious ___

develop ___

students ____

grocery store ___

celebrations ____

A. joyous gatherings, usually

to mark important events

B. to make something better,

improve

C. very angry

D. lovely way of moving

E. a shop that sells food and

household goods

F. people who go to school

E

D

A

C

B

F

Anne Miller

Next two slides are vocabulary words that students will need for more understanding of the story.

Other Vocabulary: 1.tai chi- an ancient kind of exercise 2.graceful- smooth or beautiful in

motion 3.cobbler- a person whose work is

repairing or making shoes 4.arrive- to come to a place 5.favorite- one that is liked best 6.medicinal- used to cure pain or

illness 7.musty- damp or moldy 8.herbs- plants valued for their use

in medicine or cooking

9. seafood- fish or shellfish from the sea used for food

10.sizzles- makes hissing sounds 11.crackle- make cracking or snapping

sounds 12.woks- metal pans with rounded

bottoms used for frying and steaming 13.clang- make a metallic ringing

sound 14.barely- only just 15.furious- very angry 16.kung fu- a Chinese system of self-

defense, similar to karate 17.develop- to help in the growth of,

make stronger

Links for the story

Great site for things about Chinatown in San Francisco.

• http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Chinatown/title.html

Home for this site: http://www.theschoolbell.com/contents.html

Information on the story for Teachers• http://www.smbsd.org/uploaded/reading/files/Grade_2_The

me_3_Sel_1_Chinatown_headings.pdf

Skills for this story.• What is a Context Clue?• How to Use Context Clues • Lesson: Using Story Meaning • Practice Using Story Meaning • Magic Keys Picture Clues • Anticipation Guide (Kyrene) • Chinatown Vocabulary 1• Chinatown Vocabulary 2• Chinatown Vocabulary 3Building prefixes • Prefix Catch • Constructing Prefixes• BBC - Schools - KS2 Bitesize Revision - English • (Prefixes and Suffixes)

• 1. Details

2. Details • Details

PracticeChinatown morning message

• Language Based Activities •   • Verbs that tell about now

Present-Tense Verbs; Combining Sentences with Verbs

• Past-Tense VerbsPast-Tense Verbs Has, Have, HadForms of Have Am, Is, Are, Was, WereForms of Be Contractions Contraction Matching Test Tutor - Contractions