Name:__________________
Section:____
Essential question:
How does technology lead to
creative ideas?
Weekly Concept: Inventions
Unit 1 Week 4
Class Packet
Reading skill: text structure:
sequence
Genre: biography
Reading strategy: ask and answer
Readings:
 “Fantasy Becomes Fact”
 “The Boy Who Invented TV”
 “Time to Invent”
questions
Vocabulary strategy: Greek roots
Writing trait: organization
Grammar: complex sentences
Spelling: words with /u/, /u/, /u/
Spelling Words
1. heart
13. marsh
Vocabulary
2. swear
14. force
3. aboard
15. harsh
4. squares
16. scarce
5. swore
17. coarse
6. chart
18. flare
7. scorn
19. course
8. starch
20. sword
9. source
21. soothe
10. fare
22. prove
11 barge
23. hoof
12. thorn
24. uproar
1. Breakthrough – an important device
2. Captivated – when you are influenced by
charm, art, or skill
3. Claimed –to declare something as your
own
4. Devices – things that are made or
invented for a particular purpose
5. Enthusiastically – to act in a way that
shows great interest or excitement
6. Envisioned – to imagine things that
would happen in the future
7. Passionate – to have or show a strong
feeling about something
8. Patents – papers that give a person or
company the right to make, use, or sell
new inventions for a certain amount of
1
years
25. gorge
DAY ONE
Grammar: Complex Sentences
Edit
Joe Millie and I went to the park. We went there. Because it
was time for the party.
Notes:

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
Example: We built a fort.
A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and begins with
a subordiating conjuction. A subordinating conjunction tell where,
when, why, or how. Some common subordinationg conjuctions are
after, although, before, because, if, since, until, when, where, and while.

Example: where we could see the river
A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses.

Example: We built our fort where we could see the river.
Use a comma after the dependent clause when it comes at the
beginning of the sentence.

Example: Because the rain lasted so long, we worried about
flooding.
Spelling: Word with r-controlled vowels
YOUR TURN book
 Pg. 38
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DAY ONE
Vocabulary: Connect to Words
Practice this week’s vocabulary by thinking about the answers to the following
questions:
1. Describe a technology breakthrough.
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2. What is the last film that captivated you? Why?
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3. Have you ever claimed a prize? What was it?
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4. Are there and devices you can’t live without? Why?
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5. What activities do you take part in enthusiastically?
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6. What have you envisioned about your future?
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7. Describe something you are passionate about.
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8. Do you think patents are fair? Why or why not?
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YOUR TURN book Pg. 31
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DAY TWO
Grammar: Complex Sentences
Edit
Jack likes computers, because he plays games on them. i like
computers, to
Spelling: Review and Challenge Words
Tell a story using each of the review and challenge words
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Vocabulary: Expand Your Vocabulary
Directions: Using the vocabulary word below, write the word in a sentence. You may
change the form of the word (ie.- add ed, s, etc…)
Vocabulary
Resource book
claim
Make your own sentence
 pg.____
captivated
envisioned
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DAY THREE
Grammar: Complex Sentences
Edit
My leg hurt. And I sat down on the bench. Before practice was
over I went home.
Notes:
Use comma before a conjuntion to separate two independent clauses
in compound sentences.
 A depedent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction.
 In complex sentences that begin with dependent clauses, add a
comma after the last word of the dependent clause.
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Spelling: Word Meanings
Directions: Identify the spelling word that is related to the sets of words.
1. rough, stiff, _____________________
2. price, charge, _____________________
3. swamp, bog, _____________________
Try to identify your own related words from this week’s spelling words.
4. __________________, _____________________, __________________
5. __________________, _____________________, __________________
6. __________________, _____________________, __________________
Vocabulary: Greek Roots
YOUR TURN book
 Pg. 37
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Edit
1. You havent met Liam but he’s very nice. When you meet him
youll see!
2. After I woke up. I remembered my dream. I was in a rocket
and it was going into space.
3. Before he went to bed Joe brushed his teeth.
4. Alayna worked hard on her project. And it showed in her grade.
5. Miriam started playing the guitar, after her parents gave her
one as a gift.
6. Although she was very busy. She still found time to help me.
DAY FOUR
Grammar: Proofread
Spelling: Proofread and Write FIX ME!!!!!!!!!!
Circle and correct each misspelled word.
1. We caught very feu toona on our fishing trip.
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2. It was my lawyer’s dooty to proove my innocence.
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3. She tried to southe his broose with some lotion.
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4. I had a clear vu of the phone buthe.
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DAY FOUR
Vocabulary: Reinforce the Words
Review this week’s vocabulary words by completing each sentence below.
1. The toddler was captivated by _____________________________
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2. Wyatt claimed the _________________________ in the lost and
found box.
3. Some of the devices we use in school are ______________________
_______________________________________________________.
4. Cheryl yelled enthusiastically when __________________________
_______________________________________________________.
5. ________________________ is passionate about ______________
_______________________________________________________.
6. Inventors file for patents because __________________________
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Create your own sentences for the following words: breakthrough and
envisioned
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Writing Section
Trait: ___________________________________________
Definition:
YOUR TURN book pg. 40
Prompt:
Describe an important event in the life of someone you
know.
Step #1 (Pre-Write)
Read the prompt above and create a web or outline of ideas of what you
could write about in your writer’s section. Once you have chosen your
idea, use a sequence chart to organize details from the event and explain
what happen in each event.
Step #2 (Rough Draft)
Write 1-2 paragraphs to answer the prompt. Make sure that you
describe what happened in an order that makes sense.
Step #3 (Investigate)
Turn to page 72 and 73 in Reading and Writing Workshop book
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Read the expert model.
Is the text fiction or nonfiction? ________________________
How did the author organize the text?
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What signal words helped you to recognize the organization of the
text?
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How do the signal words help the reader?
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Read the student model.
Is the text fiction or nonfiction? ________________________
How did the author organize the text?
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What signal words helped you to recognize the organization of the
text?
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What revisions did the author make to improve her writing?
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What writing suggestions do you have for the author?
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Step #4 (Revision)
Return to your own writing prompt. Add at least three signal words
(example - when, during, before, after) that will help your reader
understand the sequence of the event.
Step #5 (Editing)
Check spelling and grammar of writing. Make sure there are no run-on
sentences or fragments.
Step #6 (Final Copy)
Please write your final draft in the writing section of your notebook. Be
ready to share with a classmate.
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