Big Question How can we combine our resources
Big Question: How can we combine our resources to make change? Author: Kathleen Krull Genre: Biography
Review Games Story Sort Vocabulary Words: Words Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words
Spelling Words from Many Cultures
• ivory • cocoa • lilac • gorilla • pretzel • safari • kayak • crocodile • fiesta • dandelion • monsoon • slalom • amateur • boutique • suede • poncho • hammock • bungalow • sequin • burrito • ukulele • origami • haiku • artichoke • wildebeest
Vocabulary Words access authority lush obstacle toll torment wilt More Words to Know cafeteria canyon ranch fiesta adobe
Monday Question of the Day How can we combine our resources to make change?
Today we will learn about: Build Concepts Fact and Opinion Prior Knowledge Build Background Vocabulary Fluency: Punctuation Clues Grammar: Adjectives and Articles Spelling: Words from Many Cultures Civil Rights
Fluency Punctuation Clues
Fluency: Punctuation Clues Listen as I read “The Hammer of Justice. ” As I read, notice how I pause a short moment at commas and a longer moment at end of sentence punctuation marks. Be ready to answer questions after I finish.
Fluency: Punctuation Clues Identify one statement of fact and one statement of opinion expressed in the article. What is the author urging her readers to do?
Concept Vocabulary justice – the quality or condition of being fair and right oppressed – controlled or ruled by cruel and unjust means protest – a strong statement that objects to something one thinks is bad or unfair
Concept Vocabulary (To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes. )
Build Concept Vocabulary justice, oppressed, protest People Civil Rights Goals Actions
Fact and Opinion, Prior Knowledge Turn to Page 562 - 563.
Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary Words Quiz for Pre-AP and Regular Reading. Classes - Thursday, March 5 th access – right to approach, enter, or use; admittance; freedom to use authority – power to enforce obedience; right to command or act lush – covered with growing things; fertile obstacle – something that prevents or stops progress; hurdle toll – tax or fee paid for some right or privilege
Vocabulary Words torment – cause very great pain wilt – to become limp and bend down; wither adobe - mud brick fiesta – party ranch – a large farm on which herds of cattle, sheep, and horses are raised canyon – deep, narrow valley cafeteria – a restaurant where customers buy food and carry it to a table themselves
Tuesday Question of the Day What do you think motivated Cesar Chavez to seek justice?
More Words to Know compassionate – wishing to help those who suffer; sympathetic; pitying humility – humbleness of mind; lack of pride; meekness
More Words to Know nonviolence – belief in the use of peaceful methods to achieve any goal; opposition to any form of violence (next slide)
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Grammar Adjectives and Articles
Adjectives and Articles Their ranch was an island in the hot Sonoran desert. Hot is an adjective It describes the noun desert. An and the are a special kind of adjective called articles They are used before nouns or other adjectives. Sonoran is a proper adjective, adjective formed from a proper noun. It describes the noun desert.
Adjectives and Articles An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. The sun shone on the white sand. The wind was warm. (what kind) kind Several workers rested. One man read a newspapers. (how many) many Cesar lives in that house. Those houses belong to us. (which one) one
Adjectives and Articles The words a, and the are special adjectives called articles They appear before nouns and other adjectives. Use a before words that begin with a consonant sound. Use an before a word that begins with a vowel sound. Use the before words beginning with any letter.
Adjectives and Articles He spent a long day pulling beets out of the ground. It was an awful day. A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun. Proper adjectives are always capitalized. Cesar Chavez is an American hero.
Adjectives and Articles Underline the adjectives once, the articles twice. That meeting was held at an abandoned theater in Fresno. Green vineyards fill the valleys in California.
Adjectives and Articles Underline the adjectives once, the articles twice. Plump grapes drooped on many vines. Cesar Chavez was good at solving a problem.
Adjectives and Articles Underline the adjectives once, the articles twice. Imagination is required to find a nonviolent solution. Chavez touched the new Italian suit.
Adjectives and Articles Underline the adjectives once, the articles twice. Biographies are the stories of real people. Hot sun baked the ground in Arizona.
Adjectives and Articles Write a, an, or the to complete each sentence. ____ angry worker refused to pick grapes. An or The ____ unruly neighbors upset Cesar. The Farmworkers organized ____ march to Sacramento. the or a
Adjectives and Articles Write a, an, or the to complete each sentence. Chavez’s live is ____ amazing story. an He worked to improve ____ lives of migrant worker. the ____ less determined man would have given up. A
Spelling Words from Many Cultures
• ivory • cocoa • lilac • gorilla • pretzel • safari • kayak • crocodile • fiesta • dandelion • monsoon • slalom • amateur • boutique • suede • poncho • hammock • bungalow • sequin • burrito • ukulele • origami • haiku • artichoke • wildebeest
Grammar Adjectives and Articles
Adjectives and Articles An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. A, and the are adjectives called articles An adjective formed from a proper noun is a proper adjective Proper adjectives are capitalized.
Harvesting Hope
Fluency: Punctuation CLues Turn to page 576, paragraphs 4 -6. As I read, notice how I pause at commas and at the ends of sentences. Now we will practice together as a class by doing three echo readings.
Grammar Adjectives and Articles
Adjectives and Articles An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. A, and the are adjectives called articles An adjective formed from a proper noun is a proper adjective Proper adjectives are capitalized.
Adjectives and Articles Writers use vivid adjectives to create clear pictures for their readers. Vague: The child wore a hat. Vivid: The tiny, bright-eyed child wore a large, floppy hat.
Adjectives and Articles An adjective describes a noun or pronoun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. A, and the are adjectives called articles An adjective formed from a proper noun is a proper adjective Proper adjectives are capitalized.
Adjectives and Articles Test Tip: Adjectives most often appear before a noun or pronoun. However, they can appear after a linking verb. Then they are called predicate adjectives
Adjectives and Articles Before Noun: Cesar Chavez was a happy student. After Verb: Cesar Chavez was happy about going to school.
Fact and Opinion Statements of opinion are someone’s beliefs or way of thinking about something. The statement Cars are the best way to travel is a statement of opinion.
Fact and Opinion Statements of fact can be proved true or false. Statements of opinion cannot be proved but can be shown to be valid or faulty. Valid statements of opinion are supported by facts or experts. Faulty statements are not supported by facts.
Author’s Viewpoint/Bias An author’s viewpoint is the way an author thinks about the subject of his or her writing. Bias can occur when a viewpoint prevents readers from considering an event or issue without the author’s opinion.
Author’s Viewpoint/Bias An author’s viewpoint may be one of many feelings, including fear, admiration, pity, disdain, or amusement.
Author’s Viewpoint/Bias You can identify an author’s viewpoint by thinking about the words an author uses to describe a subject. An author’s bias is revealed in the opinionated words he or she uses.
Context Clues: Homonyms You can use context clues to determine the correct meaning of homonyms—words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. Use a dictionary to find definitions for the words in the chart. Use context clues to determine the correct definition for the word as it appears in the phrases from Harvesting Hope.
Homonyms Word Phrase bills “to pay its bills” change “to fight for change” flew “Cesar flew out the door” guts “nonviolence takes more guts” heart “in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley” spinning “spinning ghost stories” Definition
Newsletter Do your parents receive newsletters in the mail from various organizations, such as the library, schools, or community centers? A newsletter is a brief publication of a group, containing news of interest to that group’s member. Most newsletters have an index that is like a Table of Contents.
Newsletter The headlines in newsletters are like newspaper headlines. They tell what the articles will be about. The lead or first paragraph of a newsletter article usually answers the questions who, what, when, why, and how.
Newsletter Photographs and illustrations almost always have captions below them to explain the photograph or illustration. Most newsletters have regular features, features or articles of special interest to members.
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