Oral History
Unit 5 Lesson 2
Day 1:
Word Knowledge
Line 1: ancient modern remember forget
What do you notice about these words?
Line 2: memory memorized memorable
Line 3: inform information informative
What do you notice about these words?
Line 4: retelling reprint restart retold
What do you notice about these words?
What does the prefix –re mean?
(to do again)
Line 5: write who knew known written
These are all words form your story and
review words with the spellings wr_, and
kn_
Sentence 1: The first people to keep records and write
down the history and stories of their ancestors were
probably the ancient Egyptians and Chinese.
Sentence 2: Important names, brave deeds, and
memorable events were passed on to younger members
of the group, who remembered and memorized them for
safekeeping.
Sentence 3: How did people keep family information?
Can you find the words that have an antonym?
(memorable/forgotten, ancient/modern, brave/cowardly)
Can you find the words with a suffix and underline them?
(memorable, passed, remembered, memorized, information)
Sentence 4: A novelist is someone who is
known for having written a novel.
Can you find the words that have a silent
letter and underline them?
(who, known, written)
Vocabulary
• Records- written
accounts
ancestors
• People from whom
one is descended
recited
• Repeated from
memory.
inherited
• Received property or
money of a person
who has died.
folklore
• Tales of traditions
handed down from
one generation to the
next.
Other Important Vocabulary
• Oral- spoken
thrives
• To survive; to do well
griot
• A person in a tribe
whose job is to
remember the oral
history of all the
families in the tribe or
village.
recording
• To write down facts or
information about
events.
Vocabulary Match
• records
• received property or money
form a person that died.
• ancestors
• repeated from memory
• recited
• written accounts
• inherited
• tales and traditions handed
down generations.
• folklore
• people from whom one is
descended.
Vocabulary Practice
Fables and fairy tales are types of________.
I ________ my clothes from my older brother
because he outgrew them.
My uncle traced our _________ back ten
generations.
My little sister _________a poem she memorized
for the school show.
Some families keep written ________in journals to
pass down through the generations.
Build Background
• Does your family tell stories?
• Can you think of a story your family has
told at a family gathering?
• Are those stroies written down?
• Later, we will be sharing family stories.
Background Information
• Oral history is a form of storytelling that
began before written communication. It
was a way for families to record their
history and stories.
• Cultures and families across the world are
still using oral history to preserve their
heritage.
Preview and Prepare
• Let’s read the title, author, and illustrator of
the story. Browse through the first few
pages of the story to search for clues,
problems, and wonderings.
Day 2:
English Language Conventions
• Read LA Handbook pg. 273
Where do the colons go in these sentences?
Painters use many art supplies brushes, paints, rags,
canvas, and paint thinner.
(after supplies)
The movie begins at 642 on the dot.
(6:42)
Her shift at the factory is from 400 p.m. to 1200 a.m.
(4:00, 12:00)
Pilots check their equipment before takeoff flaps, gauges,
radio, and more.
(after takeoff)
• Unlike friendly letters, the colon is used in
the greeting or salutation of a formal letter.
• Here are some examples;
Dear Mrs. Tanaka:
Dear Mom,
To Whom It May Concern: Dear Julie,
Dear Director:
Dear Grandpa,
Where do the colons belong?
April 22, 2008,
Dear Mr. Clark
The clock radio I bought at your store does not work the
music doesn’t play, the alarm doesn’t buzz, and the
clock shows the wrong time. I was late for work because
it said 748 when the time was really 848. Please refund
my money, and please make sure everything you sell
works radios, TV’s, and DVD players.
Thank You,
Mrs. Cordura
Day 3:
Word Analysis
• Do Spelling/Vocab. Skills pg. 108-109
• A colon is used before a list ONLY AFTER
what could stand alone as a sentence, for
example;
• We saw many relatives on our vacation:
cousins, aunts, and uncles.
On our vacation we saw our cousins,
aunts, and uncles.
Which sentence needs a colon?
The zoo had wonderful animals lions,
tigers, and bears.
The zoo had wonderful lions, tigers, and
bears.