The Houdini Box. Compiled by: Terry Sams PES. by Brian Selznick. Study Skills. Genre: Historical Fiction Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast Comprehension Strategy: Predict Comprehension Review Skill: Plot and Character
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The Houdini Box Compiled by: Terry Sams PES by Brian Selznick
Study Skills • Genre: Historical Fiction • Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast • Comprehension Strategy: Predict • Comprehension Review Skill: Plot and Character • Vocabulary: Synonyms/Antonyms
Summary Young Victor wants to be a magician like his hero, famed escape artist Harry Houdini, but his attempts at escape end up as disasters. One Halloween night, he receives a wooden box at Houdini’s house. Victor opens it many years later and discovers Houdini’s secrets.
Genre: Historical Fiction • Historical fiction has characters and events based on real people and events in history. As you read, look for historical details. (Different PowerPoint on Genre)
Comprehension Skill Tested: Compare andContrast – TE392 • A Comparison tells how two or more things are alike. • A Contrast tells how they are different • Clue words such as like or as show comparisons • Clue words such as but or unlike show contrasts.
Compare and Contrast PB 153 3. how they work to fool the eye: computer vs. hands 1. Both fool the eye 4. new practice vs. old 2. Both have hard work 5. One is harder to figure out.
Vocabulary Skill:Synonyms and AntonymsTE 394 • When you read, you may come across a word you don’t know. • Sometimes the author will use a synonym or an antonym as a clue to the meaning of the word. • Synonyms are words that mean almost the same thing. • Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. Click on the title to practice this skill.
Comprehension Skill review – Plot and Character TE 401 • We learn about characters by noticing what they say and do. • The main character’s problem often drives the plot. The plot begins when a character has a problem or conflict. • Main events usually focus on the character’s efforts to solve the problem. • Plot (problem) builds up during rising action, is met directly at the climax, and comes to an end, as the action winds down, during the resolution.
Comprehension StrategyPredictTE 407 • Good readers think about what will happen next. • Patterns in the information in a graph or chart can help you predict.
Research/Study Skills – Instruction Manuals TE 415L • Procedures and instructions are directions for using something. • Instructions are given in order and often included numbered steps. • Read through the instructions before you begin. • Then do what is directed, one step at a time.
Research/Study Skills – Instruction Manuals TE 415L • A manual usually takes the form of a booklet or handbook. • It contains a written set of instructions that help the reader understand, use, or build something. Take note of illustrations, diagrams, headings, labels, and sections (including index and table of contents).
Weekly Fluency Check -Emotion TE 415a • You need to read with emotion to help listeners understand characters and events better and to make the story more enjoyable. • Read Pg. 402, paragraphs 2-3, expressing Victor’s excitement and impatience. Practice 2 echo readings.
Other Things • Character Bookmarks • Vocabulary Game • A Review: Houdini in Children’s Literature • Harry Houdini • Time Line • Teacher Guide
Review Questions • How can you tell Houdini and Victor were both kind people? • Why did Mrs. Houdini cry when she read Victor’s letter? • what did Victor try to do after he learned about Houdini’s tricks? • Describe Victor’s character.
Review Questions • Why didn’t Victor tell his wife and son about the box? • Why did Houdini promise to write Victor a letter? • What was important about reading Houdini’s monument? • What was in Houdini’s box? • When did Victor find Houdini’s box?
Vocabulary - Say It • vanished • magician • escape • bustling • appeared • crumbled • monument
