Unit 20, Lesson 6
March 3, 2011
1. Content Mastery: Vowel Digraphs
(page 7)
• 1. ______
ey
• 6. ______
ow
ea
• 2. ______
ie
• 7. ______
ay
• 3. ______
ow
• 8. ______
ow
• 4. ______
ay
• 9. ______
ie
• 5. ______
ea
• 10. ______
relieve
decrease
course
chimney
hollow
guarantee
guard
feast
guess
shallow
guest
delay
great
meanwhile
friend
Content Mastery Page
8
2. Spelling Pretest 2
• Please turn to workbook page 76
• Please write down the words that your
teacher says
• After looking at them, please write down the
correct spelling of the word if it is spelled
wrong
exporter
subtracted
payment
supported
informal
contract
squeaky
tractor
unblocked
uninformed
tricky
formula
pretest
extracted
decay
Workbook
Page 76
Workbook Page R19
2. Word Fluency 3
• Please record your best trials on page R42
• Unit 20
• Lesson 6
• March 3, 2011
– 3/3/11
3. Review: Homophones
• Homophones are word pairs or triplets that are
pronounced alike but have different spellings and
different meanings.
• It is helpful to understand the meanings of
homophones in order to spell these words correctly.
Break
Brake
Great
Grate
Meat
Meet
Read
Reed
Weak
Week
3. Review: Homophones
• What is the syllable type in break? Vowel Digraph
• What is a synonym for break? Crack, crush, damage
• What is the syllable type in brake? Final Silent e
• What does brake mean? Something that stops or
slows action.
3. Word Line: Degrees of Meaning
• Perform, pause, frolic, study, rest, vacation,
labor, interrupt, party, work, relax, play
Work
Relax
Play
Perform
Labor
Study
Interrupt
Rest
Pause
Vacation
Party
Frolic
Directions:
1) Create a word line for work, relax, play
2) Place the rest of the words under the correct category
- Work and play are opposite kinds of activities. Relax is neither.
3. Word Line: Degrees of Meaning
• Examples:
– Students study when they are working at school.
– We vacation when we want to take time to play.
– People pause and take a break when they stop
playing or working.
3. Word Line: Degrees of Meaning
Directions:
1) Choose the word from the previous exercise to fill in the blanks
- Perform, labor, study, interrupt, rest, pause, vacation, party,
frolic
2) Answers will vary.
• Carpenters __________
in the morning and afternoon, but
labor
rest
at noon, they __________.
• I hate to _____________
your game, but it is time to
interrupt
____________
if you want to do well on the test.
study
frolic
• Little children ___________
on weekends, and their older
brothers and sisters ___________.
party
3. Word Line: Degrees of Meaning
• Please turn to workbook page 77 (it continues on to
page 78 too)
• Think about the relationships among the words on
the word line
• Clarify and meaning of the words
• Place each word along the word line to show its
relationship with give, loan, and keep
• Read each sentence below the word line
• Fill in the blank with a word from the word line that
makes the best sense according to the context of
the sentence
Workbook Page 77
contribute
share
maintain
deliver
lend
hold
donate
retain
provide
grasp
Workbook Page 78
Answers will vary.
Grasp
retain
contribute
provide
lend
donate
deliver
maintain
share
hold
3. Expression of the Day
• Off the beaten track
• Meaning: not in an area that large numbers of
people go to; unusual; different
• Example:
– Because the gallery is off the beaten track, it
doesn’t get many casual visitors.
4. Review: Predicate Nominative
• When the verb be is used as the main verb of
a sentence, it is called a linking verb. It links
what follows the verb to the subject.
• When a noun follows the linking verb, it
renames the subject. It is called a predicate
nominative.
• Example to follow
4. Review: Predicate Nominative
• Example
– Kokopelli is a flute player.
• Is: is the main verb of the sentence and is a form of the verb be,
and is the linking verb
• Player: comes after the linking verb and it is a noun that
renames the subject. Kokopelli and player are the same person.
• Therefore, player is the predicate nominative of the sentence
Workbook Page 79
PN
X
X
PN
X
X
X
PN
X
X
PN
PN
X
X
X
4. Code It: Predicate Nominative
• Please turn to workbook page 79
• Read each sentence
• Decide if the verb be is the main verb or is a
helping verb, and check the correct box
• Find and label the predicate nominative (PN) if
there is one
• Draw an arrow from the predicate nominative to
the subject it is renaming
4. Introduction: Predicate Adjective
• When the verb be is used as the main verb, it
is a linking verb. It links what comes after the
verb to the subject.
• When an adjective follows the linking verb
and describes the subject, it is called a
predicate adjective.
• Example to follow
4. Introduction: Predicate Adjective
• Example
– Kokopelli’s music is beautiful.
• Is: is the main verb of the sentence, is a form of the verb
be, and is the linking verb
• Beautiful: comes after the linking verb and it is an adjective
that describes the subject music.
• Therefore, beautiful is the predicate adjective of the
sentence
4. Code It: Predicate Adjective
• Please turn to workbook page 80
• Read each sentence
• Decide if the verb be is the main verb or is a
helping verb, and check the correct box
• Find and label the predicate adjective (PA) if there
is one
• Draw an arrow from the predicate adjective to
the subject it is describing
Workbook Page 80
PA
X
PA
PA
PA
PA
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
4. Review: Commas in a Series, Date,
or Address
• Hardcover page 50 reviews the placement of commas
• In a series, commas separate words or groups of
words.
• In a date, a comma separates the month and day from
the year
• In an address, commas separate the street number and
name from the town or city, and the town or city from
the state
• When an address or date appears in a sentence, a
comma follows the state (in an address) or year (in a
date)
4. Punctuate It: Commas in a Series,
Date, or Address
• Please turn to workbook page 81
• We will do the first three items together
• Read each sentence
• Determine whether the sentence has a series,
date, or an address
• Place commas where needed
Workbook Page 81
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
, ,
,
,
, ,
,
, ,
,
,
, ,
,
,
5. Teacher’s Edition: “The Flute Players”
• Fiction is a literary genre that includes stories that are not
true
• Fiction is sometimes based on real people, events, or places
• Novels, short stories, and dramas are examples of fiction
• Plot is a literary term referring to the patterns of events in a
narrative or drama. The plot guides the author in composing
the work and helps the reader follow the story.
• A plot usually consists a series of events which establish a
problem, the cause of the action in a story, and which then
leads to a solution, the resolution of the problem
5. Teacher’s Edition: “The Flute
Players”
• I am going to read a story to you. Pay
attention to the categories on the handout.
• Please fill it in as I read
• We will go over it once I am done reading.
6. Map It: Plot
• This handout is a great way to keep track of a
book or story you read in other classes
• What to write?
– Main settings
– Main characters
– The overall, big problem
– The solution to that big problem
One time, long ago
Hopi Nation
Black Mesa
Kokopelli
Tawa (boy)
Lenmana (girl)
The people were hungry but had few seeds and no
rain to grow food.
Lenmana and Kokopelli played their flutes and
brought rain.