Last week, lots of you were asking if you could write about words you
didn't know, and I told you we would talk about those kinds of words
soon. So, that's what we're doing this week! I hope you're all ready to
talk about words you just flat out don't know!
Today we
read the short story "Mr. Entwhistle" by Jean Little. In it, we read
about a misunderstanding between a substitute teacher and a student
named Kate. Mr. Enwhistle is the kind of sub that wants to show everyone
right off the bat that he is in charge and won't put up with any funny
business. Kate is in trouble for not answering Mr. Entwhistle when he
asks what her name is, and Kate is very confused because she didn't even
know that Mr. Entwhistle was talking to her. Mr. Entwhistle's anger
escalates to the point of him frantically shrieking at her and
threatening to send her to the office, when he suddenly realizes that he
has made a mistake in being angry with Kate.
The
paragraph where he finally realizes his error goes like this: "Then it
was as though someone said, 'Will the real Mr. Entwhistle please stand
up?' The bombast went out of him. For one more moment, he hesitated."
The word "bombast" was somewhat unfamiliar to me. I felt like I had seen
it before, and I thought maybe it meant "fight". I thought about the
way Mr. Entwhistle suddenly changed - how he went from being very angry
and flustered to being calmer and realizing he was wrong. "Fight" made
sense to me - like all the fight went out of him. Still, I wasn't sure
that was right, so I looked it up in the dictionary and found that it
meant "pretentious speech or talk", which means he was speaking in a
manner that made it seem like everything he said was very important. So,
basically, Mr. Entwhistle thought he was very important and was talking
in a way that reflected that, and then he changed his mind when he
realized how that attitude had steered him wrong.
I
was way off! I'm glad I looked up that word! This week, as you're trying
to figure out words you don't know, stop and use information from the
story to help you figure out the word. Get the best definition you can
from what you know. If you still don't feel good about it, look it up in
the dictionary. Good luck this week! Let me know if you have any
questions!
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ReplyDeleteby jennifer storm
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good job sheyenne you had alot of detail
Deletethanks i really had to ask my mom for help
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