©Harcourt•Grade6•OL5NameZack’sPromiseTeacherGuideZack’sPromiseVocabularyReadtheparagraph.LookattheVocabularyWordsindarktype.Thencreatetwolists,onewithwordsusedcorrectly,theotherwithwordsusedincorrectly.Teotherday,IbecameincapacitatedwhenIlostmyvoice.MyfriendsthinkitisreallyhilariousthatIcan’ttalkatall.Infact,somethinkitishysterical.Notme;Iamfullofmirthaboutit.Whenmybrotheraskedmehowithappened,Iwasupsetandthrewmybaseballgloveintoaricochet.Wearebothunhappyaboutthesituation,butIhavebeenmorecrestfallenlately.WheneverItrytoevenwhisper,myvoicesoundsperishable.IknowitsoundslikeIamlamentingmybadluck,butIwillnotbeecstaticwhenIcanspeakagain.Next,foreachofthewordsthatwereusedincorrectly,makeanewsentencethatusesthewordcorrectly.UsedCorrectlyUsedIncorrectlyWithyourchild,discusstheVocabularyWordsandtheirmeanings.Haveyourchildchooseonewordandgiveexamplesthatshowwhatthewordmeans.©Harcourt•Grade6•OL6NameZack’sPromisePlotandSettingZack’sPromiseTeacherGuideReadthepassage.Thencompletetheflowchart.BythetimeZack’smomreachedthebedroom,Zackwashysterical.“They’veruinedmyonlychancethisyeartobenominatedfortheartfair,”Zacklamented.Ifhisdrawingwasn’tsubmittedtothedistrictartfairtoday,thenhe’dmissthestateartfair.TodayZackwassubduedonthewaytoschool.Hisfriendssharedtheirdrawings,buttothem,theartfairwassimplyalark.Therewasreallynochancethatanyoftheirdrawingswouldbeselected,andtheyknewit.However,forZack,theartfairwasliketheWorldSeries.Itshowedwhothebestwas,andZackfirmlybelievedhewasthebest—inhisschoolatleast.WhiletheotherstudentsinZack’sclasswerehangingtheirdrawingsintheartroom,ZacktrudgeduptoMrs.Ramos’sdesk.Heunrolledhislandscapeandshowedherthedamagethetwinshadcaused.Mrs.RamosappearedascrestfallenasZack.SheknewhowtalentedZackwasandhowupsethemustbebythisdisaster.PlotSettingHaveyourchildretelltheeventsofZack’sPromisetoyou.©Harcourt•Grade6•OL7NameOralReadingFluencyZach’sPromiseZach’sPromiseTeacherGuideFLUENCYSCORETotalWordsReadperMinuteNumberofErrorsWordsCorrectperMinute(W...
