Vocabulary Week 10 Day 1 In this lesson

Vocabulary Week 10 - Day 1 In this lesson, the students: • Learn and use the words ceremony, desire, and pelt • Review synonyms • Review words with multiple meanings • Develop the skill of agreeing and disagreeing in a caring way

Stewart, Winston, and the narrator are neighbors and good friends. They are such good friends that they want to pretend to be brothers and sister, so they hold a ceremony, or special event, in their backyard that makes them brothers and sister. A ceremony is an “event that celebrates a special occasion o honors someone. ”

“Think, Pair, Share” When have you been to a ceremony? What was the purpose of the ceremony? What happened at the ceremony?

desire means “want, wish for, or long for something. ” want, wish for, and long for are synonyms of desire. What do the children desire?

desire means “want, wish for, or long for something. ” “Think, Pair, Share” -What is something you or long for? desire, or want, wish for,

The children decide to go to Mr. Kodinski’s shop to ask if they might sweep or do something else to earn money to buy a hat for Miss Eula. The older boys threw eggs at Mr. Kodinski’s door. pelt means “strike or hit something again and again. ”

Play “How Might It Have Happened? ” You leave your dog tied under a tree. When you return, you find that your dog has been pelted with acorns. “Think, Pair, Share” How might your dog have been pelted with acorns?

Play “How Might It Have Happened? ” You are at a picnic and are suddenly pelted by big drops of water.

Discuss Another Meaning of Pelt pelt means “strike or hit something again and again. ” pelt is “skin and fur of an animal” An otter pelt has nearly one million hairs per square inch and is very soft and dense. In the sentence, does pelt mean “strike or hit something again and again” or the “skin and fur of an animal”? Why? Turn to your partner. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND When Shawn and Melody peeked over the wall of their snow fort, they were pelted by snowballs. In the sentence, does pelt mean “strike or hit something again and again” or the “skin and fur of an animal”? Why? Turn to your partner.