64 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 2B | King Midas and the Golden Touch
Extensions 15 minutes
Multiple Meaning Word Activity
Associated Phrase: Spoiled
Note: You may choose to have students hold up one or two fingers to
indicate which image shows the meaning being described, or have a
student walk up to the poster and point to the image being described.
- [Show Poster 2M (Spoiled).] In the read-aloud you heard, “All the
beautiful sweet-smelling roses have been spoiled!” Here, spoiled
means ruined. Which picture shows this? What things are spoiled in
this picture?- one
- Spoiled can also be used to describe people who are used to getting
their way all the time and who will get mad if they do not get their way.
Which picture shows this?- two
- [Point to the spoiled food and rose.] With your partner, talk about what
you think of when you see this kind of spoiled. - [Point to the spoiled boy.] With your partner, talk about what you think
of when you see this kind of spoiled.
Syntactic Awareness Activity
What’s the Better Word? Gaze, Peek, Glare, Stare
Show image 3A-1: King Midas and Marygold looking at the sunset
Note: Although the focus of this activity is on word meanings,
students will gain practice in syntax as they respond in complete
sentences.
- In the read-aloud you heard, “When [King Midas] gazed at the gold-
colored clouds, he would wish the clouds were real gold. - When you gaze at something, you look at it for a long time.
Sometimes you are thinking about something, and sometimes you are
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