Unit 1: Mysteries in BC History
The Shooting of Ginger Goodwin
Reading Strategy
In the last chapter, you learned a pre-reading strategy called Connect. You connected what you already knew about a topic to what you were reading.
In this chapter, you will use a pre-reading strategy called Predict. Predict means guess.
Try this
1. In your reader, look at the title of the next reading.
2. Look at the pictures that go with the reading.
3. Look at these words from the story:
| coal | train | steamboat | mining | strike |
| war | government | police officer | mountain | speak out |
4. Ask your instructor for the Predict sheet, or open and print one from the link. Under I predict…, answer each question below.
a. When do you think the story takes place?
b. What job did Ginger Goodwin do?
c. How did Ginger Goodwin die?
d. Who might want Ginger Goodwin dead? Why?
You will look back at your guesses after you read The Shooting of Ginger Goodwin.
Word Attack Strategy
One way to learn to read harder words is to study word families. A word family is a group of words with the same ending. In this chapter, you will look at words that end with –ight, –ound, and –ain.
Word Patterns
The three letters –igh make one sound. The letters –igh make a long /i/ sound. These letters are usually followed by t.
The word ending –ain has two vowels that make one sound. The vowels –ai can make the long /a/ sound.
The last word family in this chapter is the –ound family. The two vowels –ou can make the same sound you make when you stub your toe: ow!
Practice reading these words
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long /i/ = -igh |
long /a/ = -ain |
ow = -ound |
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fight light might night right sight tight |
gain main pain rain brain drain grain train again plain explain |
bound found ground hound mound pound round sound
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Watch out! Here are some –ai words that make a different sound. The a is silent in these words:
| mountain | fountain | captain |
Use Your Strategies
Read The Shooting of Ginger Goodwin in your reader. When you have finished, return to the tasks below.
Try this
Finish filling in your Predict sheet. Under The text says…, write the real answers from the text. Were your guesses right?
Check Your Understanding
Match the sentence beginnings with the correct endings
Rewrite the complete sentences in your notebook.
Sentence beginnings:
1. Albert Goodwin was called Ginger because…
2. Coal was important because…
3. Coal mining was dangerous because…
4. The coal miners went on strike because…
5. Ginger fled to Alone Mountain because…
6. The police came after Ginger because…
7. All the workers in British Columbia went on strike because…
Sentence endings:
…it was illegal for fit men aged 20 to 35 not to go to war.
…they wanted to be safe at work.
…gas and coal dust made workers sick.
…they were mad that Ginger was killed.
…it was used to fuel trains and steamboats.
…he had red hair.
…he did not believe in war.
Grammar
Grammar Rule
A sentence needs a subject and a verb. If a sentence is missing a subject or a v