Unit 4

What do kids like to do?

Reader's Notebook

Skateboard

Visualize the following in your mind:


A young boy is skateboarding on a city sidewalk. An adult gets angry and tells him to stop. The young boy is confused because he does not know where he is supposed to skateboard.

As you visualize this scenario, think about what might happen next. What might the adult say to the boy or the boy to the adult next?

Answer the Reader’s Notebook: Skateboard questions.



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Read Skateboard on pages 40 and 41 in Literacy in Action 4B.


Skateboard is a different kind of poem in which you can almost visualize what is going on. Examine the way the author writes the poem. How can the poem connect to the dialogue that you have just written? What prediction can you make about the poem without reading it? Write your answers in the Reader's Notebook worksheet.

Read the poem closely.


Notice that the author uses phrases directly related to skateboarding:

  • bombing the hill
  • cut jump
  • see how she corners
If you do a lot of skateboarding, you will likely know these terms. If you don't skateboard, these words may be unfamiliar. Can you think of other words that you use specifically for one sport, such as hockey: blue line and dance: tap, lift?

Write other special words used in a sport or activity in the Reader’s Notebook: Skateboard worksheet.

As you analyze the poem, answer the After Reading questions in the Reader’s Notebook: Skateboard worksheet.


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How to save a file:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Skateboard file in this format: jsmith_skateboard and save the file to your Documents folder.
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.