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Author: Pleasant deSpain

• Pleasant DeSpain has written over 100 stories!

• He wrote his first story when he was eight years old.

• He loves to tell stories, too.• He use to visits schools and

act out his stories. • That is why he wrote this

story as a play. • He likes to encourage kids

to write their own stories.

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Illustrator: Victoria Raymond

• Victoria Raymond uses clay to make her illustrations.

• She twists, pulls, rolls, and pounds the clay to give it the shape she wants.

• She uses the bark or leaves from trees to make impressions, or marks, in the clay.

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The ____________ writes the stories.

The author is Pleasant deSpain.

The ___________ draws the pictures.

The illustrator is Victoria Raymond.

This play tells the legend of John Chapman, an American pioneer who planted many apple trees across the early frontier so that frontier families would have apples to eat.

author

illustrator

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- PlayA play is a story that can be acted out.

Look for: Scenes with different settings.

Words that tell the character’ actions.

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Vocabulary for

“Johnny Appleseed”

1. orchards

2. nearby

3. survive

4. frontier

5. tame

6. wild

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1.Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary.

3.When you see the word, find it in your glossary.

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frontier

The pioneers traveled over steep mountains to settle in the new frontier.

- the part of the country at the edge of a settled area

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nearby-not far away

Ben likes to have his cat nearby when he sleeps.

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orchards - areas of land where fruit trees are grown

The apple trees in this orchard are in full bloom.

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survive - stay alive

It’s hard to believe people can survive in the smog of a large city.

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tame - to bring under control or make more gentle

Max tried to tame the Wildthings.

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wild - in a natural state; not controlled by humans

Do not pet wild animals, even if they are cute.

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1. frontier - the part of the country at the edge of a settled area

2. nearby - not far away 3. orchards - areas of land where

fruit trees are grown4. survive - stay alive 5. tame - to bring under control or

make more gentle 6. wild - in a natural state; not

controlled by humans

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1.Say the words.

2.Read the sentence.

3.Fill in the blank.

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frontierorchardstame

nearbysurvivewild

Since we know so little about the ocean it is called a ______ .

Bat Fish

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The _______ horses were a beautiful sight!

frontiersurvive

orchardswild

nearbytame

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orchardstamewild

frontiernearbysurvive

It’s very hard to _______ in a desert.

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Believe it or not, this is a ______ squirrel.

frontierorchardswild

nearbysurvivetame

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John Chapman planted many apple ________.

frontiertameorchardswildnearbysurvive

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Hailey’s crayons are______.

•orchards•survive• frontier

wildnearbytame

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1. frontier __

2. nearby __

3. orchards __

4. survive __

5. tame __

6. wild __

A.- stay aliveB.- the part of the country at

the edge of a settled area

C.- to bring under control or make more gentle

D.- not far away

E.- in a natural state; not controlled by humans

F.- areas of land where fruit trees are grown

A

B

C

D

E

F

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Johnny Appleseed

• Building Background• Test Tutor• Internet Search on Johnny Appleseed• Johnny Appleseed-Matching exercise 1• Johnny Appleseed Matching exercise 2• Johnny Appleseed - Matching exercise 3

• Finding ear, eer and er words • Who is Johnny Appleseed? -Quiz

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EnchantedLearning.com - Johnny AppleseedSample Web Page of Student Pictures and Paragraphs

http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/second/ja/ja.html Online Crossword Puzzle

http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Appleseed.html 

Find the Hidden Picturehttp://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/apples.htm 

Paper Bag Puppethttp://home.att.net/~elteach/images/appleseed/JApuppet.gif 

The Little Red House (the star in an apple)http://home.att.net/~elteach/redhouse.htm 

From Seed to Apple Flapbookflapbook:  http://home.att.net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flapbook.jpg 

flaps:  http://home.att.net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flaps.gif 

Apple Activitieshttp://familycrafts.about.com/od/applecrafts/ 

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From Seed to Apple Flapbook flapbook: http://home.att.net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flapbook.jpg 

flaps:  http://home.att.net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flaps.gif 

Apple Activitieshttp://familycrafts.about.com/od/applecrafts/ 

Gameshttp://www.applejuice.org/fungames.html 

Johnny Appleseed Quizhttp://www.sdmf.k12.wi.us/bf/Gebauer/apples/question1.htm 

Real John Chapman Quiz: http://www.quia.com/quiz/113292.html?AP_rand=451729950

Apple Webquesthttp://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/Apples/apples.htm 

Johnny Appleseed Scavenger Hunt

http://www.owen.k12.ky.us/trt/scavengers/johnnyappleseed.doc  

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