Ghost Towns of the American West

Ghost Towns of the American West Day 1

Concept Talk What adventures helped drive westward expansion?

Partner share • Think about what you know about westward expansion. • What selections or books have you read about westward expansion?

Let’s get our books • 1-5 • 6-10 • 11-15 • 16-20 • 21-27

Anchored Talk • Turn to page 284-285 • What are the man and girl doing with the pans? • How did the people get around? • The open country could only be traveled by horse. Possessions were packed in covered wagons. • What did the towns of the Old West look like?

Listen: • “By the Great Horn Spoon!” is about two men who went out west looking for gold. As I read, listen for the following words: • Claim • Exuberance • Miners • Sluice box

Amazing Words • Claim- a piece of land allotted to or taken by someone • The miners made of claim of the mountain in hopes of finding gold. • Exuberance- very happy • The teacher danced to show her exuberance over the test scores.

Amazing Words • Miners-someone who works in a mine • After several years of digging, the miners struck gold. • Sluice box- a long trough from which water, gravel, and sand run • The miners found several ounces of gold in the sluice box.

Generalizing • Generalize- means to make a broad statement that applies to several examples. How do we decide which examples to make a generalization about? • Authors sometimes make generalizations by using clue words. Why would an author want to make generalization?

Generalizing • As we read “The Gold Rush,” let’s look for generalizations. Please read the paragraph one. • What generalization did Abraham Lincoln make about the West? • What examples support his generalization? • Would you consider his generalization valid? Why or why not?

Questioning • When I read “The Gold Rush” I ask myself evaluative questions to help me understand the passage better. • Was it smart for eighty thousand people to move to the area where Sutter and Marshall were? • When I look back at the paragraph, I see that people who found gold and silver got rich, so I can judge this to be a smart decision.

Spelling • Greek Parts: • Tele • Photo • Graph • Meter • Your words this week will include these Greek parts

Vocabulary • Economic- relating to income, goods, and services • The men argued over the economic conditions of the nation. • Independence- freedom from control • Our fore fathers fought for independence from Britain. • Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary • Overrun- spread over • Her milk had overrun all over the countertop. • Scrawled- wrote carelessly • He scrawled on the wall with the crayon. • Teach your partner these words.

Vocabulary • Vacant- unoccupied • The apartment was vacant so they decided to rent it. • Teach your partner this word.

Adverbs • Adverbs answer how, when and where something happens. What are the adverbs in these sentences? • I ran slowly. • Maria wrote the word carefully. • The package arrived yesterday. • He always tries his best.

Morphemes • The smallest unit of language that carries meaning. • Morphemes can include base words, roots, prefixes, and suffixes • You can combine two or three morphemes to build words

MorphemesCombine the parts to make words

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Ghost Towns of the American West