Author Pleasant de Spain Pleasant De Spain

Author: Pleasant de. Spain • Pleasant De. Spain has written over 100 stories! • He wrote his first story when he was eight years old. • He loves to tell stories, too. • He use to visits schools and act out his stories. • That is why he wrote this story as a play. • He likes to encourage kids to write their own stories.

Illustrator: Victoria Raymond • Victoria Raymond uses clay to make her illustrations. • She twists, pulls, rolls, and pounds the clay to give it the shape she wants. • She uses the bark or leaves from trees to make impressions, or marks, in the clay.

The author is Pleasant de. Spain. The illustrator is Victoria Raymond. author The ______ writes the stories. The ______ draws the pictures. illustrator This play tells the legend of John Chapman, an American pioneer who planted many apple trees across the early frontier so that frontier families would have apples to eat.

- Play A play is a story that can be acted out. Look for: Scenes with different settings. Words that tell the character’ actions.

Vocabulary for “Johnny Appleseed” 1. orchards 2. nearby 3. survive 4. frontier 5. tame 6. wild

1. Put your reading book on your desk. 2. Open your book to the glossary. 3. When you see the word, find it in your glossary.

frontier - the part of the country at the edge of a settled area The pioneers traveled over steep mountains to settle in the new frontier.

nearby -not far away Ben likes to have his cat nearby when he sleeps.

orchards - areas of land where fruit trees are grown The apple trees in this orchard are in full bloom.

survive - stay alive It’s hard to believe people can survive in the smog of a large city.

- to bring under control tame or make more gentle Max tried to tame the Wildthings.

wild - in a natural state; not controlled by humans Do not pet wild animals, even if they are cute.

1. frontier - the part of the country at the edge of a settled area 2. nearby - not far away 3. orchards - areas of land where fruit trees are grown 4. survive - stay alive 5. tame - to bring under control or make more gentle 6. wild - in a natural state; not controlled by humans

1. Say the words. 2. Read the sentence. 3. Fill in the blank.

nearby survive wild frontier orchards tame Bat Fish Since we know so little about the ocean it is called a ______.

orchards wild frontier survive nearby tame The _______ horses were a beautiful sight!

frontier nearby survive orchards tame wild It’s very hard to _______ in a desert.

frontier orchards wild nearby survive tame Believe it or not, this is a ______ squirrel.

John Chapman planted many apple ____. frontier tame orchards wild nearby survive

• orchards • survive • frontier wild nearby tame Hailey’s crayons are______.

B 1. frontier __ 2. nearby __ D F 3. orchards __ A 4. survive __ C 5. tame __ E 6. wild __ A. - stay alive B. - the part of the country at the edge of a settled area C. - to bring under control or make more gentle D. - not far away E. - in a natural state; not controlled by humans F. - areas of land where fruit trees are grown

Tweak by Anne Miller

Johnny Appleseed • Building Background • Test Tutor • Internet Search on Johnny Appleseed • Johnny Appleseed-Matching exercise 1 • Johnny Appleseed Matching exercise 2 • Johnny Appleseed - Matching exercise 3 • Finding ear, eer and er words • Who is Johnny Appleseed? -Quiz

Enchanted. Learning. com - Johnny Appleseed Sample Web Page of Student Pictures and Paragraphs http: //www. hipark. austin. isd. tenet. edu/projects/second/ja/ja. html Online Crossword Puzzle http: //www. marshall-es. marshall. k 12. tn. us/jobe/Appleseed. html Find the Hidden Picture http: //www. niehs. nih. gov/kids/apples. htm Paper Bag Puppet http: //home. att. net/~elteach/images/appleseed/JApuppet. gif The Little Red House (the star in an apple) http: //home. att. net/~elteach/redhouse. htm From Seed to Apple Flapbook flapbook: http: //home. att. net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flapbook. jpg flaps: http: //home. att. net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flaps. gif Apple Activities http: //familycrafts. about. com/od/applecrafts/

From Seed to Apple Flapbook flapbook: http: //home. att. net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flapbook. jpg flaps: http: //home. att. net/~elteach/images/appleseed/flaps. gif Apple Activities http: //familycrafts. about. com/od/applecrafts/ Games http: //www. applejuice. org/fungames. html Johnny Appleseed Quiz http: //www. sdmf. k 12. wi. us/bf/Gebauer/apples/question 1. htm Real John Chapman Quiz: http: //www. quia. com/quiz/113292. html? AP_rand=451729950 Apple Webquest http: //its. guilford. k 12. nc. us/webquests/Apples/apples. htm Johnny Appleseed Scavenger Hunt http: //www. owen. k 12. ky. us/trt/scavengers/johnnyappleseed. doc