Spelling
this week!
Doubling Final
Consonants
-ing
-ed
dripping
dragging
star ring
knot ting
thin ning
quit ting
snap ping
scar ring
knit ted
plug ged
tug ged
mopped
rip ped
chopped
hiss ed
shopping
sobbing
clapping
petting
begged
The Latin root form means
“shape”.
platform
-a usually raised horizontal flat
surface; especially : a raised flooring
The Latin root form means
“shape”.
uniform
Etymology: Middle French uniforme,
from Latin uniformis, from uni- + -formis -form
-presenting an unvaried appearance of
surface, pattern, or color <uniform red
brick houses> - same form as others.
The Latin root form means
“shape”.
transform
Etymology: Middle English,
from Latin transformare, from trans- + formare to form
-to change the outward form or
appearance
The Latin root form means
“shape”.
reform
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French reformer,
from Latin reformare, from re- + formare to form
-to make or change for the better
The Latin root form means
“shape”.
inform
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French enformer,
from Latin informare, from in- + forma form
-to tell, to give information
The Latin root sens means
“to feel”.
sensation
Etymology: Medieval Latin sensation-, sensatio,
from Late Latin, understanding, idea, from Latin sensus
-a mental process (as seeing, hearing,
or smelling)
The Latin root sens means
“to feel”.
sense
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin;
Middle Frenchsens sensation, feeling, mechanism of perception,
meaning, from Latin sensus,
-to feel something
The Latin root sens means
“to feel”.
sensitive
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French sensitif,
from Medieval Latin sensitivus,
-easily hurt
The Latin root sens means
“to feel”.
sensible
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French,
from Latin sensibilis, from sensus,
-having or showing good sense
The Latin root sens means
“to feel”.
sensory
-of or relating to sensation or to the
senses
The Latin root vac means
“empty”.
vacant
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vacant-,
vacans, present participle of vacare to be empty, be free
-empty
The Latin root vac means
“empty”.
vacation
Etymology: Middle English vacacioun, from Middle French vacation,
from Latin vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare
-a period of rest from an activity
The Latin root vac means
“empty”.
vacuum
Etymology: Latin, from neuter of vacuus empty,
from vacare to be empty
-emptiness of space, a cleaning device
The Latin root vac means
“empty”.
evacuate
Etymology: Middle English, to draw off morbid humors,
from Latin evacuatus, past participle of evacuare to empty,
from e- + vacuus empty
-to leave, empty, or remove
The Latin root vac means
“empty”.
vacate
Etymology: Latin vacatus
-to exit
Vocabulary
this week!
tidal
Having to do with the sea
The tidal wave destroyed the village.
wreckage
What is left after something is
destroyed
When the tsunami hit, there was a massive amount of wreckage
left behind.
unconscious
Unaware of what is happening
After the surgery, the patient was still unconscious.
sorrowfully
Full of sadness
She looked very sorrowful when her friend had to move to
New York.
unfortunate
unlucky
You might consider yourself unfortunate if you lost the
wrestling match.
Background Knowledge
The Big Wave could have happened in real life, so its genre is realistic fiction.
• A small Japanese fishing village is hit by a destructive tidal wave.
•Survivors of a physical disaster is typically followed by an
emotional trauma.
•Pearl S. Buck lived at one time in a little Japanese house on a
hillside above the sea, overlooking a small fishing village on the
beach below it. One summer, a big awave came up and washed
the village away. The book, The Big Wave, grew out of her
memory of this event. And so, in a way, the story of Jiya and
Kino may be said to be a true one.
Purposes for reading
• As you preview this story’s first few
pages, what do you think it has to do
with survival?
• What does the title of the story mean?
Videos of tsunami (for background)