Genre- Realistic Fiction Good-bye Curtis Summary – Curtis is a letter carrier who has had the same route for forty-two years, and today is his last day on the job. Everyone along his route throws him a party.
Vocabulary
1. addresses – the street names, street numbers, cities and states where businesses or homes can be found.
2. clerk – salesperson in a store
3. grown- to increase in size or age
4. honor – show of respect and love
5. pour – to move somewhere quickly and in large numbers
route- a series of places or customers visited regularly by a person who delivers or sells something.
Focus Skill – Compare and contrast
-When you tell how things are alike, you compare them
-When you tell how things are different, you contrast those things
