DOL level 4 week 18

• Analogy

1. thimble : finger - _______: head

2. water : pipe - ________: artery

1. i and my mom are going to st louis for a vacation in august

2. did you know that hes planning to move to salt lake city before valentines day

helmet

blood

Pledge

Fluency

6 min. reading solution

Objectives day 1

Students willRecognize superlativesReview Greek rootsReview antonymsSkills Practice 1, pp. 163-164

Word Structure day 1

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Gloomiest heaviest worst fanciest

fastest least swiftest earliest

biography autograph geography photograph

disagreeable delightful perilous safe

Word Structure day 1

• The words on this line are superlative adjectives. • Which three words end the same way?• Gloomiest, heaviest, fanciest• Regular superlative adjectives are formed by adding –est to the

original adjective or by changing a y to and I and adding –est.• Which of these words is an irregular form of a superlative adjective?• Worst• What is the original adjective on which this superlative form is based?• bad

gloomiest heaviest worst fanciestLine 1

Objectives day 1

Students willLearn vocabulary wordsApply the comprehension strategies Clarifying,

Visualizing, Predicting, and Summarizing.apply the comprehension skills Author’s Point of View

and Fact and Opinionpractice reading with fluency.

Skills Practice 1 pp. 16-168

Building Background

Activate Prior KnowledgeWhat do you already know about the topic of

this selection?What did pioneers experience as they traveled

westward in a wagon train?Have you ever kept a diary? did you keep it for a

long time? Do you still keep it?

Building Background

• Usually a diary is not written to be shared with anyone.

• Sallie Hester kept a diary that gives us valuable information about a trip west that thousands of other pioneers also took.

• Between 1840 – 1866, more than 350,000 people moved to the West in search of farmland and gold.

• The Hesters’ wagon train traveled 2,000 miles along Oregon-California Trail.

• Sallie Hester was fourteen years old when her long journey began.

Vocabulary lesson 4

vast associations

Large, widespreadOrganization of similar interests

tremendous

Very large

provisions

Plural provision; food or necessary items

He viewed a vast landscape. He was a member of three associations.

The wrestler had tremendous arms. He prepared a lot of provisions to take to camp.

Vocabulary lesson 4

engaged detained

Busy withForm of detain, to keep back

permanent

Lasting, not temporary.

He was so engaged in talking, he missed his bus. The police detained the prisoner.

The injury will leave a permanent scar.

K W LI know a diary is a personal record of events.

What is a steamboat?

Handing Off

• Discuss:• Why Sallie’s family leaves their home in

Indiana in 1849• The types of hardships endured by Sallie and

her family as they travel westward.• How long it takes Sallie’s family to reach

fremont, California.

Purpose

BigIdea

How has America changed over time?What have you learned about a changing America in your reading of “A Covered Wagon Girl: The Diary of Sallie Hester, 1849-1850.”

Inquiry Process Day 1

• As you collect facts and ides– by reading, interviewing, listening, or viewing -– you should take notes– Use your own words when you are taking notes from

other sources to avoid plagiarism – “If you want to use direct quotation, you must put

quotes around it and provide the page number that the quote appears on, along with complete reference information.”

– Next organize the notes in a logical sequence.

Writing: a letter to the Editor Day 1

Elements of PersuasionA letter to the editor is a type of persuasive

writing.The purpose of persuasive writing is to change

the way readers think or feel about a topic. The writer tries to make his or her readers see a particular point of view or motivate them to take action. To do this, the writer has to grab and keep the attention of the readers.

Guided PracticeTransparency 21

• Get article from magazine or newspaper

• ApplyComposing – PlanningChoose an article or topic to write about in a

letter to an editor. Write your ideas on your computer.

Objectives day 1

Students willlearn how to use comparative adjectiveslearn how to use parentheseslearn how to use chronological order in

expository writing.learn how to ask and answer questions.

Grammar, Usage, and MechanicsComparative Adjectives – Day 1 Skills Practice Book 1 page 173 - 174

Today is colder than yesterday.Colder is a comparative adjective that compares

two things. Comparative adjectives add –er to most one

syllable adjectives. Use the word more in front of most adjectives

with two or more syllables, but do not add –er to the end of the adjective.

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Spellinghottest neatest fullest oldest bravest sweetest

brightest fondest clumsiest dearest sharpest gentlest

smoothest gloomiest gladdest narrowest fittest heaviest

noblest fanciest friendliest scarcest

hottest neatest fullest oldest bravest sweetest

brightest fondest clumsiest dearest sharpest gentlest

smoothest gloomiest gladdest narrowest fittest heaviest

noblest fanciest friendliest scarcest

1. hottest2. neatest3. fullest4. oldest5. bravest6. sweetest7. brightest8. fondest9. clumsiest10. dearest11. sharpest12. gentlest13. smoothest14. gloomiest15. gladdest16. narrowest17. fittest18. heaviest19. noblest20. fanciest21. friendliest22. scarcest

1. hottest2. neatest3. fullest4. oldest5. bravest6. sweetest7. brightest8. fondest9. clumsiest10. dearest11. sharpest12. gentlest13. smoothest14. gloomiest15. gladdest16. narrowest17. fittest18. heaviest19. noblest20. fanciest21. friendliest22. scarcest

1. hottest2. neatest3. fullest4. oldest5. bravest6. sweetest7. brightest8. fondest9. clumsiest10. dearest11. sharpest12. gentlest13. smoothest14. gloomiest15. gladdest16. narrowest17. fittest18. heaviest19. noblest20. fanciest21. friendliest22. scarcest

1. hottest2. neatest3. fullest4. oldest5. bravest6. sweetest7. brightest8. fondest9. clumsiest10. dearest11. sharpest12. gentlest13. smoothest14. gloomiest15. gladdest16. narrowest17. fittest18. heaviest19. noblest20. fanciest21. friendliest22. scarcest

1. hottest2. neatest3. fullest4. oldest5. bravest6. sweetest7. brightest8. fondest9. clumsiest10. dearest11. sharpest12. gentlest13. smoothest14. gloomiest15. gladdest16. narrowest17. fittest18. heaviest19. noblest20. fanciest21. friendliest22. scarcest

Vast

Large, widespread

associationsOrganization of similar interests

tremendous

Very large

ProvisionsFood or necessary

items

EngagedBusy with

DetainedTo keep back

PermanentLasting, not temporary.

vast associations tremendous provisions

engaged detained permanent

Large, widespread

Organization of similar interests Very large

Food or necessary items

Busy with To keep back Lasting, not temporary.