©Harcourt•Grade6•AL5NameTheKingofMirthTeacherGuideTheKingofMirthVocabularyUsewhatyouknowabouttheVocabularyWordstoanswerthequestions.1.IfSuefeelscrestfallen,doesshefeelexcitedorsad?2.Ifwinningamusicplayermakesyouecstatic,doyoufeeloverjoyedandexcitedorslightlyhappyandamused?3.Iffoodisperishable,doesitneedtoberefrigerated?Why?4.Howlikelyisitforsomeonewhoisincapacitatedtorunarace?5.Ifyoulaughhysterically,doyoulaughloudlywithoutcontrolorquietlyforashorttime?6.Howcouldyoumakeaballricochet?WriteasentencethatuseseachpairofVocabularyWords.7.lament,mirth8.ecstatic,crestfallenDiscusswithyourchildtimesthatfillyouwithmirthormakeyouecstatic.Thendiscusstimesthatmakeyoucrestfallen.©Harcourt•Grade6•AL�����������������������6NameTheKingofMirthPlotandSettingTheKingofMirthTeacherGuidePlotChartGraphicorganizerscanhelpyoubetterunderstandtheplotofastory.UsethisactivitytobetterunderstandtheplotofTheKingofMirth.•paper•pencilorpen•TheKingofMirthReviewthestoryTheKingofMirth.Lookbackattheeventsinthestory,thencompletethecharttoshowtheorderinwhichsixeventshappened.©Harcourt•Grade6•AL7NameOralReadingFluencyTheKingofMirthTheKingofMirthTeacherGuideFLUENCYSCORETotalWordsReadperMinuteNumberofErrorsWordsCorrectperMinute(WCPM)Seepage8fordirectionsforassessingoralreadingfluency.Youmaywishtomaketwocopiesofthispage—oneforyouandoneforthestudent.“Doyouknowwhatthedinosaursaidtothechicken?”Tonyasked.Teyoungchildrenwhoweregatheredaroundhimlookedbashful.Teyremainedsilentasstones.“Oh,comeon,takeaguess!”hepleaded.“Whatdidthedinosaursay?”onelittlegirlfinallysaid.“Youlooklikedinnertome!”Tonysaidandthenlaughedloudly.TethreechildrensimplystaredatTonyandthenbeganfilteringbacktootherpartsoftheplayground.“DidIsaysomethingwrong?”TonyaskedAlicia,hissister,whohadseenthewholeincident.“IknowthatI’mayearyoungerthanyou,”Aliciasaid,“butIthinkIcanansweryourquestion.”Aliciastaredatherolderbrother’scostume.Tony’shairwascoveredwithablackwig,andheworeacurlymustache,anoversizedb...
