Unit 2 Lesson 6

1. Unit 2Lesson 6 Secret Place Day 2

2. What We Will Review • Compound words are made up of two words that help you understand the meaning of the word • The suffix –ed changes the meaning of words to past tense from the present tense. It means the action has already happened. If the word ends in y you change the y to i and add the ending. If the word ends in a short vowel and a consonant you double the final consonant before adding the ending.

3. What We Will Review • Antonyms are words that are opposites in meaning. • Vivid verbs make reading and writing more interesting. Some verbs can also be used as nouns. • Review spelling patterns that we learned in Unit 2.

4. Word Knowledge • Identify the compound words and the two words that make up the compound words. • Identify the vivid verb. • Identify the word that has an antonym. • Close by is a freeway where cars and trucks boom, and a railroad track with freight trains that shunt and grunt. • freeway free way railroad rail road • boom shunt grunt • close – far

5. Word Knowledge • Identify the compound words and the two words that make up the compound words. • Identify the word that has an antonym. • Smokestacks blow clouds to dim the sun. • Smokestacks Smoke stacks • dim – brighten

6. Word Knowledge • Identify the compound words and the two words that make up the compound words. • Identify the word with the suffix –ed. • Identify the word that has an antonym. • He works a forklift in one of the brick warehouses, and I showed him the secret place the day I found it. • forklift fork lift warehouses ware house • showed secret – public day – night

7. Word Knowledge • Identify the vivid verb. • Identify the word with the suffix –ed. • Which words review the sound/spelling patterns from Unit 2? • To celebrate the new year, the crowd jangled keys to make noise. • jangled • jangle – remove the “e” and add “ed” • jangled noise year

8. What We Reviewed • Compound words are made up of two words that help you understand the meaning of the word • The suffix –ed changes the meaning of words to past tense from the present tense. It means the action has already happened. If the word ends in y you change the y to i and add the ending. If the word ends in a short vowel and a consonant you double the final consonant before adding the ending.

9. What We Reviewed • Antonyms are words that are opposites in meaning. • Vivid verbs make reading and writing more interesting. Some verbs can also be used as nouns. • Review spelling patterns that we learned in Unit 2.

10. Reading Strategies • Visualizing – If we picture the events and characters in our head we will be able to remember them better.

11. Reading Skill • Author’s Purpose • As we read, we want to ask ourselves: • Why did the author include this information? • What is she trying to say? • Is she trying to entertain? Inform? Persuade?

12. Vocabulary • shallow – not deep • part of speech: noun • antonym – deep • synonym – not deep • Children under five have to swim in the shallowpool.

13. Vocabulary • concrete – a hard building material • part of speech: noun • antonym: abstract • synonym: real, solid • The concrete sidewalk was cracked and uneven from the tree roots growing underneath.

14. Vocabulary • slopes – upward or downward slant • part of speech – noun • antonym – flat • synonym – slant • It was difficult to walk up the steep slope.

15. Vocabulary • plumes – feathers or feather like • part of speech: noun • synonym: plumage The peacock’s plumes were beautifully colored.

16. Vocabulary • shadowed – covered in shadow; partially hidden • part of speech: adj • antonym: open, lit up • synonym: shaded • The woman’s face was shadowed.

17. Vocabulary • wilderness – area undisturbed by human activity • part of speech: noun • synonym: wild • The leopard’s natural habitat is the wilderness.

18. Visualizing and Author’s Purpose • Today you will not use your anthology as I read. • You will listen carefully and record what you visualize. • Sometimes it helps to close your eyes so that you can visualize better. • We will also discuss the author’s purpose while we read.

19. Page 188 • While I read picture the setting and action in your mind. • Draw a picture of what your visualize. • I think the author’s purpose here is to help the reader get a clear picture of the place. What did you hear that helped you visualize? • Let me know if you need me to reread the page. • Let’s share some of your pictures.

20. Page 188 • Can you hear the author telling us about the city and then the secret spot. I think she is trying to contrast the two places for us. • What did she say about the city? • What did she say about the secret spot? • Let’s complete a venn diagram as we listen again to what the author says.

21. Pages 189 and 190 • Again, draw a picture of what you are visualizing while I read these pages. • Let’s share some of your pictures. • On Page 190 the author has one person, Janet, explaining that people need quiet just like wild animals do. I think she has Janet tell us this so that we can understand her character better. This is called characterization.

22. Pages 191 – 193 • Summarizing – now that we have finished the story, let’s summarize it so that we can remember the important events. • First the boy in this story found a hidden place were wild animals live in and around the river. • Then the other people who knew about the place taught him about the different birds and showed him the place at night.

23. Summarizing • The boy was so happy about the place he wanted to tell everyone, but Peer told him that might make people want to change the place. • So the boy decided to tell just his father and no one else.

24. Author’s Purpose • Take out your anthologies and find a part of the story to explain the author’s purpose. • We will read the part and then discuss why the author wrote that part. • We have found that she not only wrote the story to teach us about wildlife in the city, but she also wanted to entertain us.