Title:
Lost City: The Discovery
of Machu Picchu
Author:
Ted Lewin
Genre:
Narrative Nonfiction
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curiosity
glorious
granite
ruins
terraced
thickets
torrent
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remote
rugged
ventured
adobe
highland
terraces
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Question of the Day
What surprises can
happen on an
expedition?
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Build Concepts
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Build Background
Vocabulary
Fluency: Model Phrasing
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
Ancient Civilizations
Fluency:
Model Phrasing
 Listen
as I read “The Incas.”
 As I read, notice how I chunk
related words, such as those in
prepositional phrases and clauses.
 Phrasing helps to reinforce
meaning, and makes reading sound
like talking.
 Be ready to answer questions after
I finish.
 In
what ways was farming more
difficult for the Incas than for
many farmers in other places and
other times?
 How does the Inca farmers’ diet
compare with how people in the
United States eat today?
adobe – built with bricks made
from clay baked in the sun
 highland – related to a region
that is higher and hillier than the
neighboring countryside
 terraces – flat, raised levels of
land with straight or sloping
sides
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Farming
Ancient
Civilizations
Homes
Turn to pages 538 - 539
Tasks
Traits
Archaeologists
Equipment
curiosity – an eager desire to know or
learn
 glorious – magnificent; splendid
 granite – a very hard gray or pink
rock that is formed when lava cools
slowly underground
 ruins – what is left after a building,
wall, etc., has fallen to pieces
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terraced – formed into a flat, level
land with steep sides; terraces are
often made in hilly areas to create
more space for farming
 thickets – bushes or small trees
growing close together
 torrent – a violent, rushing stream of
water
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remote – out of the way; secluded
 rugged – covered with rough edges;
rough and uneven
 ventured – dared to come or go (to a
new or unknown place)
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Grammar: Comparative and
Superlative Adjectives
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a locul farm boy guided hiram
bingham to machu picchu
A local farm boy guided Hiram
Bingham to Machu Picchu.
the cityies location had been a
secrit to most people until then
The city’s location had been a
secret to most people until
then.
 The
sun temple in Machu Picchu
was grander than the one in Cusco.
It was the grandest ruin he had
ever seen.
 Grander is a comparative adjective.
It is used to compare two things.
 Grandest is a superlative adjective.
It is used to compare three or
more things.
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comparative adjective compares
two people, places, things, or groups.
Add –er to most short adjectives to
make their comparative forms. Use
more with longer adjectives.
 This mountain is taller and more
beautiful than that one.
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superlative adjective compares
three or more people, places, things,
or groups. Add –est to most short
adjectives to make their superlative
forms. Use most with longer
adjectives.
 It was the highest and most amazing
city he had ever seen.
 An
adjective may change its spelling
in its comparative and superlative
forms.
 For adjectives that end with a
consonant and y, change the y to i
before adding –er or –est: happy,
happier, happiest.
 For
adjectives that end in a single
consonant after a single vowel,
double the final consonant before
adding –er or –est: big, bigger,
biggest.
 For adjectives that end in e, drop
the e before adding –er or –est:
tame, tamer, tamest.
 Some
adjectives, such as good and
bad, have irregular comparative and
superlative forms: good, better
best; bad, worse, worst
 This
hike is (hard) than the one we
took yesterday.
 harder
 The sun is (hot) than it was
yesterday too.
 hotter
 I’m
feeling (bad) than I did this
morning.
 worse
 This is the (tough) climb we’ve
ever done.
 toughest
 It’s
(sunny) up here than it was in
the forest.
 sunnier
 You get the (good) view of all from
this cliff.
 best
 That
is the (remarkable) ruin I
have ever seen.
 most remarkable
 These carvings are (amazing) than
those.
 more amazing
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Question of the Day
Why do you think Hiram
Bingham is willing to go on
such a difficult
expedition?
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Word Structure: Greek and Latin Roots
Compare and Contrast
Visualize
Develop Vocabulary
Fluency: Echo Reading
Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
Time for Social Studies: The Inca Empire,
Inca History and Legend
Ancient Civilizations
Turn to pages 540 - 541
Turn to pages 542 - 549
Fluency: Echo Reading
 Turn
to page 544, last paragraph.
 As I read, notice I use phrasing to
help convey meaning.
 Now we will practice together as a
class by doing three echo reading
of the paragraph.
Grammar: Comparative and
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after an long climb bingham
came across the city
After a long climb, Bingham
came across the city.
the ruins was the better he
had ever seed
The ruins were the best he
had ever seen.
A comparative adjective compares two
people, places, things, or groups.
 A superlative adjective compares three
or more people, places, things or groups.
 Add –er or use more to form
comparative adjectives.
 Add –est or use most to form superlative
adjectives.
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Question of the Day
What are some of the
difficulties and
satisfactions in the life
of an archeologist?
Visualize
 Sequence
 Develop Vocabulary
 Fluency: Model Phrasing
 Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
 Time for Social Studies: Legendary
Vilcapampa
 Ancient Civilizations
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Turn to pages 550 - 555
Fluency:
Model Phrasing
 Turn
to page 546, paragraphs 1-3.
 As I read, notice how I break up
long sentences by grouping related
words into meaningful phrases.
 Now we will practice together as a
class by doing three echo reading
of these paragraphs.
Grammar: Comparative and
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what an amazing place this were
for a city
What an amazing place this was
for a city!
how do people centuries ago build
anything so high in the mountains
How did people centuries ago build
anything so high in the mountains?
A comparative adjective compares two
people, places, things, or groups.
 A superlative adjective compares three
or more people, places, things or groups.
 Add –er or use more to form
comparative adjectives.
 Add –est or use most to form superlative
adjectives.
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 Writers
use different forms of
adjectives to help readers
understand what they are describing
or explaining.
 Not Precise: That mountain is tall.
 More Precise: That is the tallest
mountain in Peru.
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Question of the Day
Have you ever taken a
scenic journey by train?
How was it different than
traveling by automobile?
Personal Essay/Text Features
 Reading Across Texts
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency: Partner Reading
 Grammar: Comparative and
Superlative Adjectives
 Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and
VC/V
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Turn to pages 556 - 559
Fluency: Partner Reading
 Turn
to page 546, paragraphs 1-3.
 You will practice reading aloud
these paragraphs three times with
a partner.
 Be sure you group words into
meaningful phrases and offer each
other feedback.
Grammar: Comparative and
Superlative Adjectives
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machu picchu is famouser than this
inca city
Machu Picchu is more famous than
this Inca city.
thousands of tourists visits every
year,they bring money to the local
economy
Thousands of tourists visit every
year. They bring money to the
local economy.
A comparative adjective compares two
people, places, things, or groups.
 A superlative adjective compares three
or more people, places, things or groups.
 Add –er or use more to form
comparative adjectives.
 Add –est or use most to form superlative
adjectives.
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Test Tip:
 Remember that the word good is
one exception to the rules for
forming comparative and
superlative adjectives.
 The comparative form is better,
the superlative form is best.
 Example:
This is a good story.
 It is better than the last one we
read.
 I think it is the best one we have
read all year.
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Question of the Day
What surprises can
happen on an
expedition?
Concept Vocabulary
 Compare and Contrast
 Word Structure: Greek and Latin Roots
 Grammar: Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives
 Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
 Research/Study Skills: Teach Outline
 Ancient Civilizations
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 To
compare and contrast means to
tell how two or more things are
alike and different.
 Authors may use clue words such as
like, as, and same to show
similarities. They may use clue
words such as but, unlike, and
different to show differences.
 To
paraphrase something is to
put it in your own words. A
paraphrase should keep the
same main ideas as the original,
but it should be simpler to read.
 Paraphrase
to check your
understanding of a piece of
writing.
 Paraphrase when taking notes
from reference sources to be
sure you don’t copy the words
exactly.
 You
can use Greek and Latin
roots to figure out meanings
of unfamiliar words.
 Look at the meaning of the
word ventured.
 The Latin roots ven and vent
mean “to come.”
Word
eventual
prevention
invention
convention
intervene
Meaning and Root Connections
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lesson vocabulary words
thickets, terraced, and granite
all tell about landforms.
 With a partner, review “Lost
City” to find other earth science
words related to the shape and
structure of land.
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bamboo thickets
terraced fields
granite cliffs
snowcapped peaks
mountains
valley
canyon
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sandy beaches
undergrowth
jungle
tangled vines
countryside
cloud forest
high pastures
Grammar: Comparative and
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i think your most interested in
machu picchu than in stonehenge
I think you’re more interested in
Machu Picchu than in Stonehenge.
maria and him would like to go to
peru with you and i
Maria and he would like to go to
Peru with you and me.
A comparative adjective compares two
people, places, things, or groups.
 A superlative adjective compares three
or more people, places, things or groups.
 Add –er or use more to form
comparative adjectives.
 Add –est or use most to form superlative
adjectives.
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Outline
 An
outline shows how a text is
organized. When is it helpful to
make an outline?
 Outlining helps readers understand
text structure and remember
information.
 Outlines can also be used to
synthesize information for a report
or an essay.
The title is listed at the top of the
outline.
 Topics are the most important ideas.
They are identified with Roman
numerals.
 Subtopics are listed under a topic and
tell more about it. They are identified
with capital letters.
 Details are listed under a subtopic and
tell more about it. They are identified by
numbers.
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