Unit 26
Lesson One
Sortegories
W.A.L.T.
► Sounds
for vowel digraphs
► Read and spell high frequency words
► Complete word study for the target word,
“movement”
► Identify functions or present and past participles in
sentences, recognize participle phrases, and
review coordinating conjunctions
► Identify phrase units for fluency and
comprehension
► Rewrite text combining sentences
Why is this important?
► Learning
to use conjunctions properly will
help you to write with more variety in your
sentences.
Discover It: Sounds for “oo”
► Book
► Cook
► Look
► Foot
► Took
/oo/
► Too
► Boot
► Noon
► Soon
► Spoon
/oo/
The letters oo have two sounds. /oo/ and
/oo/.
R4
Spelling Pretest – Page 62
choose
loose
move
soup
juice
lose
movie
fruit
stood
prove
movement
rescue
four
argue
wool
Essential Words
►Underline
the words four,
lose, move, movement,
movie, and prove.
 These are your Unit 26 Essential Words.
Review: Antonyms – Page 43, HC
► Antonyms
are words that have opposite meanings.
► Find antonyms for the following words:
Loose
 Tight
 Midnight Noon
Smooth
 Rough
True
 False
Cool
 Warm
Multiple meanings:
group; progress, advance,
change
Movement – Noun
2 Syllables; move
ment
Transfer; travel, passage
Nonphonetic + noun
suffix
Synonyms of base word
move; advance, proceed
Stress on first syllable
Antonyms; remain, stop
Movement
Movement – “the act of
moving”
Movement- The movement of
waves is driven by the wind
Movement- A series of events
toward a common goal
The suffrage movement led to
women’s right to vote
IDIOM
FOCUS
►English
learners are often confused
by idioms because their meanings
differ from the literal meanings of
the words. Because idioms such as
add fuel to the fire. Students need to
know the meanings of common idioms.
► Grab an idiom focus
►
Be on the move
Review: Participles
►The
present participle is formed by
adding -ing to a form of the verb
Examples:
choose + -ing = choosing
look + -ing = looking
Review: Participles
► The
past participle of regular verbs is
formed by adding –ed to a form of the verb.
► Examples:
Obtain + -ed = obtained
Croon + -ed = crooned
Some past participles are irregular and their
forms must be memorized.
Examples:
began = (have) begun
went = (have) gone
gave = (have) given
In a verb phrase, the present participle is
completed with a form of the helping verb be
(am, is, are), and the past participle is
completed with a form of the helping verb
have (have, has, had).
Examples: is arguing, was gluing (form
of be + present participle)
When used as adjectives, present and
past participles usually come before a
noun.
Examples: a moving car, a mistaken
identity
Identify It: Functions of Participles – Pg 63-64
Introduction: Participle Phrases
►A
phrase is a group of words that
does the same job as a single
word.
 Examples: An enormous tsunami,
with a loud crash
Participle Phrases
►A
phrase consisting of a participle
followed by a word of group of words
that modifies it or receives its action is
called a participle phrase.
►A
participle phrase acts as an adjective
to modify a noun or pronoun. It can
come before or after the noun it
modifies.
S
The tsunami, crashing on the
V
shore, caused devastation.
Showing its tremendous power,
S
V
the wave surged across the land.
Identify It: Participle Phrases – pg 64
Struck, shaken, recognized, frightened, taken, lost
S
S
V
S V
S
S
V
V
V
V
Review: Conjunctions and, or, and
but
►The
conjunction and joins words or
sentence parts that are similar
►The conjunction or signals an
alternative, or choice.
►The conjunction but signals a
contrasting idea.
The tsunami was enormous and
devastating. (similar)
The people could stay or run.
(choice)
Most people ran for higher
ground, but some stayed on the
shore. (contrasting idea)
Rewrite It: Coordinating Conjunctions – Pg 65
The seagull doesn’t move forward, but it moves up
and down.
Tsunamis can be caused by undersea landslides or
volcanic eruptions.
Special devices sense undersea earthquakes, and
scientists use this information to send out tsunami
warnings.
There is a tsunami warning system on some Pacific
Ocean beaches, but there has not been a warning
system along the shores of the Indian Ocean until
recently.
The tsunami hit the coastline of South Asia, and it also
struck the east coast of Africa.
Independent Text: “Tsunamis”
►Hardcover,
54-55
►What do you know about tsunamis?
►The
word “tsunami” comes from
Japanese language. Like compound
words in English, tsunami is composed
of two parts; tsu, meaning “harbor,”
and nami, meaning “wave.”
On December 26th, 2004, a
massive tsunami hit the coastal
areas of South Asia, India, and
Africa. This tsunami killed around
230,000 people and caused
billions of dollars of damage.
An massive underwater earthquake in
the middle of the Indian Ocean (pictured
below) triggered the tsunami, affecting
the coasts of several countries.
* Site of
Earthquake
Phrase It – Page 66
Answers
Will Vary
Use the Clues – Page 67
The large pieces of Earth’s crust
The continents and the seafloor
Rewrite It – Page 68
Imagine a seagull sitting on a wave.
The earth’s crust is divided into pieces called plates.
Along the coast there were massive waves caused by displaced
water.
Fishermen did not notice the tsunami speeding through the open
sea.
A girl walking on the beach saw signs of the tsunami and warned others