Martha Helps the Rebel

1. Martha Helps the Rebel A Play by Carole Charles Open Court Reading Unit 6 Lesson 4 Word Knowledge and Vocabulary

2. Word KnowledgeGrade 4, Unit 6 – Lesson 4 Hyperlink here to slide 9 for vocabulary words These words contain pairs of synonyms Line 1: brave valiant pursue chase A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word These words have the /er/ sound Line 2: collar haggardscholar mustard Spelled ar These words contain a consonant blend Line 3: stream twilightskillet grateful Consonant blends: str, tw, sk, and gr These words contain the Latin root port Line 4: transport report important support Sentence 1: I’d chase all the British soldiers right back to England! Sentence 2: The haggard soldier appeared at the door. Sentence 3: Bring him back by the stream. Sentence 4: Before independence, American officials were required to report to the King of England.

3. valiant

4. haggard

5. scholar

6. twilight

7. skillet

8. report

9. Hyperlink here back to Word Knowledge val-iant • The soldier sang, “Come all you brave soldiers, Both valiant and free, It’s for independence, We all now agree.” • We saw the valiant rescue of a little boy who had fallen through the ice. valiant- brave and courageous

10. in-de-pen-dence • The soldier sang, ”Come all you brave soldiers, Both valiant and free, It’s for independence, We all now agree.” • Jenny enjoys the independence of having her own apartment. Independence- freedom

11. raft-ers • I want you up on those rafters, right over the sport where the quilting rack will be. • Some birds had built a nest in the rafters of the barn. rafters- beams that support a roof

12. Con-ti-nent-al Army • My husband is a soldier with the Continental Army too. • The Continental Army fought the British Army in the Revolutionary War. Continental Army- American Army that fought the British during the Revolutionary War

13. de-fi-ant • Martha said in a defiant voice, “My name is Martha, not ‘Little Girl!’” • The defiant toddler wouldn’t do anything his parents told him to do. defiant- standing up against authority; resisting authority

14. The American Revolution Click on me for a George Washington video! • The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America gained independence from the British Empire. • In this period, the Colonies rebelled against the British Empire and entered into the American Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1783. This culminated in an American declaration of independence in 1776, and victory on the battlefield in 1781.

15. The American Revolution

16. The Revolutionary War Click on me to go to Scholastic.com for cool info on the Revlutionary War

17. The Revolutionary War Click on me for Links to the Revolutionary War