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Today's Lesson

Task

Questioning

Vocabulary

obedient, servant, charismatic, engaging

Grammar

Inversions

Book ReportTheme

Reading

Level 7 Unit 6 Lesson 1

Lovely Literature

Get Thinking!

If you had a fairy godmother, what would you ask for?

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Idioms

by the bookstrictly follow the rulesThe boss is coming in today, so we need to do everything by the book.

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Reading

Prereading

Is it important to always obey the rules?

Reading

obedient

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is a fantasy novel for young adults which retells the famous fairytale of Cinderella. The book takes place in a magical realm, filled with fairies, trolls, and a handsome prince. The main character is a young girl named Ella, who was given a "gift" when she was born. A fairy gave her the gift of always being obedient. This makes her have to do everything anyone tells her to do.

Reading

servant

However, it doesn’t turn out to be such a great gift, this obedience. Ella’s family falls on hard times and her father marries an evil, rich woman so that he doesn’t lose everything. When she goes to live with her stepfamily, Ella's stepsister discovers that Ella will always do whatever she tells her to do. Ella becomes a servant in the grand house and has to cook and clean for her step-family. It seems like no one can help her.

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charismatic

Throughout the book, Ella also develops a relationship with a funny, charismatic prince. Ella loves his fun spirit and charming nature. He loves Ella's sense of humor and goofing around with her. Unfortunately, due to the gift Ella has, it is doomed, their relationship. Ella is afraid that if she marries the prince, someone will use her to control the kingdom or even possibly kill her own husband and gain power over the land.

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engaging

Ella Enchanted is a delight for readers. It is engaging, the plot. It is full of interesting and entertaining events. Although it seems like a love story, the book actually focuses on being clever, self-reliance, and problem solving. It is a great book to read if you enjoy learning how characters overcome obstacles with the help of a little magic.

Why does the prince like Ella?

Comprehension

What problems does Ella's gift cause?

What gift did the fairy godmother give Ella?

What creatures live in the magical realm with Ella?

An obedient person always follows the rules.

False

False

False

False

True

True

True

True

A servant gets to tell everyone what to do.

A charismatic person is boring and dull.

An engaging story is entertaining.

True or False

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charismatic

engaging

servant

obedient

1. I really need a because I hate washing the dishes myself.
2. She is so that everyone always wants to be around her all the time.
3. The last book I read was not at all. I fell asleep as soon as I picked it up.
4. I think her daughter is never . She never does anything we tell her to do.

Fill in the Blanks

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Book Report

evaluation

summary

title and author

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Theme

"Although it seems like a love story, the book actually focuses on being clever, self-reliance, and problem solving."

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Grammar

impersonal verbto be adjective, nounIt is big, this car.

Inversions

"It is engaging, the plot."

"It is doomed, their relationship."

"It doesn’t turn out to be such a great gift, this obedience."

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It is the spice of life, variety is.

Variety is the spice of life.

We are smarter than she is.

That girl over there is really smart.

She is called Nora, that girl over there.

It is smarter than you, that cat.

The cat is really smart.

It is doomed, their relationship.

Yes!

Identify Inversions

No

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Practice

or

or

Questioning

I wonder

Maybe . . .

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Listening

What does speaker A want?

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Extension

Write a book report about your favorite book.

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What questions did you ask today?

Why do we need to ask questions about things we read?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!