Big Question How can different generations be resources
Big Question: How can different generations be resources? Author: E. L. Konigsburg Genre: Humorous Fiction
Review Games Story Sort Vocabulary Words: Words Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words
Spelling Words Suffixes –ate, -ive, -ship
• activate • negative • friendship • objective • representative • attractive • creative • membership • partnership • compassionate • fortunate • considerate • secretive • scholarship • restrictive • affectionate • cooperative • originate • township • relationship • alienate • affirmative • dictatorship • championship • rehabilitate
Concept Vocabulary background – heritage judge – to form an opinion about someone or something native – belonging by birth to a specific nation or culture (Next Slide)
Build Concept Vocabulary background, judge, native History Family Relationships Interactions
Plot, Predict
Prior Knowledge What happens to people in our culture when they get old? K (What do you know? ) W (What would you like to learn? ) L (What did you learn? )
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words Test – Thursday, Feb. 26 th q accustomed – usual, customary q decline – process of losing power, strength, beauty, health, etc; downward movement q former – earlier; past q presence – attendance q unaccompanied – alone
More Words to Know q decode – translate q defrost – remove the accumulated ice from q derailed – went off the tracks q deformed – crooked and misshapen q deface – damage q devalue – discredit q demerit – a mark received for a fault of offense
More Words to Know superstitious – having belief or practice based on ignorant fear or mistaken reverence
corsages
rabbi
Grammar Contractions and Negatives
Contractions and Negatives “Mrs. Potter bought a new dress and flew down for the wedding, but we didn’t fly down together. Didn’t is a contraction. It is formed from the words did and not. The apostrophe shows where the letter o in not has been left out.
Contractions and Negatives A contraction is a shortened form of two words. An apostrophe is used to show where one or more letters have been left out. Some contractions are made by combining pronouns and verbs: we + have = we’ve.
Contractions and Negatives Other contractions are formed by joining a verb and not: should + not = shouldn’t; could + have= could’ve. Won’t and can’t are formed in special ways (can + not = can’t; will + not = won’t)
Contractions and Negatives are words that mean “no” or “not”: no, not, never, none, nothing. Contractions with n’t are negatives too. To make a negative statement, use only one negative word.
Contractions and Negatives No: Don’t never use the wrong zip code. Yes: Don’t ever use the wrong zip code. Use positive words instead of negative ones in a sentence with not.
Contractions and Negatives Negative nobody no one nothing nowhere never Positive anybody, somebody anyone, someone any, all, some anything, something anywhere, somewhere ever, always
Contractions and Negatives What is the contraction for each pair of words? does not has not doesn’t hasn’t I have they are I’ve they’re they are I have they’re I’ve
Contractions and Negatives What is the contraction for each pair of words? has not we will hasn’t we’ll does not can not doesn’t can’t should have should’ve
Contractions and Negatives Choose the word in ( ) that correctly completes each sentence. The invitation didn’t have (no, any) mistakes. any Nothing should (ever, never) go wrong at a wedding. ever
The View from Saturday
Spelling Words Suffixes –ate, -ive, -ship
• activate • negative • friendship • objective • representative • attractive • creative • membership • partnership • compassionate • fortunate • considerate • secretive • scholarship • restrictive • affectionate • cooperative • originate • township • relationship • alienate • affirmative • dictatorship • championship • rehabilitate
Plot A plot includes (1) a problem or goal, (2) rising action, as a character tries to solve the problem or meet the goal, (3) a climax, when the character meets the problem or goal head on, and (4) a resolution, or outcome
Plot Sometimes a writer hints at an event that will happen later in the story. Such a hint is called foreshadowing. Sometimes a writer goes back in time to tell about an earlier event. The earlier event is called a flashback.
Flashback In a story, a flashback occurs when the narrator begins describing something that happened in his or her past. A flashback can begin at any point in a story. Flashbacks are often complete stories within a larger frame story. A flashback can have its own plot, characters, settings, and themes.
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. If you encounter a difficult word while reading, you should look for an antonym near the word for clues to the word’s meaning.
Antonyms In the following sentences, name the antonym that helps determine the meaning of each unknown word in italics. My mother thinks that the highway exit sign was undetectable, but I noticed it right away.
Antonyms My grandfather always says that it takes a great deal of fortitude to overcome an obstacle, but that weakness will get you nowhere.
Schedule A schedule is a kind of table made of rows and columns, also called cells, that contain information. A schedule can show times, dates, and locations for traveling or transportation, or things you have to do. It can show the times and dates of events, usually in chronological order.
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