The Dinosaur of Waterhouse Hawkins Day 2

How can paleontologists help us understand the past?

How do paleontologists discover information about dinosaurs? What are fossils? How would uncanny instincts help a paleontologist?

 Model- a copy of something  Marcus made a model of the White House for history project.  Remains- what is left over  The remains of the dinosaur help us learn about the past.  Teach your partner these words

These suffixes are added to verbs to form nouns of action or condition Pollute-pollution Confuse-confusion Distribute-distribution Collide-collision

Rules: Words that end in “t”- use –tion Example: complete/completion Words that end is “s” or “d” use –sion Example: extend/extension, supress/supression

If the sound of the last syllable is the “heavy” sound of /zhun/ rather than the light sound /shun/ use “s” Confusion, vision, adhesion Exceptions: the ending –mit becomes – mission Examples: permit/permission, omit/omission, submit/submission, commit/commission

Literary Terms We are going to need our books now

Flashback Sometimes an author chooses to begin a story at an exciting moment. The author might use a flashback to give the reader the necessary background information. Let’s look at an example

Story Structure Sequence: The order of events in fiction and nonfiction Chronological order (time order) is one way

Story Structure Read page Is this story told chronologically or using flashbacks

Homonyms These are words that sound the same, spelled the same, but have different meanings You can use the context clues in the sentence to understand the meaning of the word

Homonyms He hit the ball with the bat. The bat flew out of the cave. Steven fell off the bed. He planted flowers in the flower bed.

Erected- means built The kind erected a huge wall around the city. Mold-a hollow form The artist used a mold to create her figurine. Teach your partner these words

Occasion- special event They dressed up for the occasion. Tidied-cleaned and organized Someone had tidied up the room after the party. Teach your partner these words

Workshop- room where items are made The elves worked hard on the toys in Santa’s workshop. Foundation- supporting base structures The builders worked on the foundations of the bridge first. Teach your partner these words

Proportion- correct relationship between items The amount of time put in was in proportion to the success of the project. Teach your partner this word

Principal parts of Irregular Verbs He has gone to the store. (past participle) He went to the store. (past)

/j/, /ks/, /sk/, /s/ Muscle-/s/ Excuse-/sk/ Exclaim-/ks/ Gigantic-/j/

Lets take a look at our Daily Fix it

Advertising brochure: You will prepare an advertising brochure for one of the events mentioned in The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Dinner party on New Year’s Eve or grand opening of the Crystal Palace

Chart reasons for attending: Reason for attending dinner party: Supporting detail: Educational Entertaining Social Learn more about dinosaurs See exciting exhibits Talk until the new year comes

Using precise words will make your brochure more interesting and persuasive Let’s practice Let’s find other words for special: Unusual, extraordinary, distinguished, peculiar Use a thesaurus to find other interesting words for special and peculiar

Use the word web to try to find the word that conveys your idea best. Today, I want you to begin working on the brochure. Precise wording is the most important part of this writing.