Author: E.L. Konigsburg Genre: Humorous Fiction Big Question: How can different generations be resources? Author: E.L. Konigsburg Genre: Humorous Fiction

Review Games Vocabulary Words: Story Sort Arcade Games Study Stack Spelling City: Vocabulary Spelling City: Spelling Words

Spelling Words Suffixes –ate, -ive,-ship

activate negative friendship objective representative attractive creative membership partnership compassionate fortunate considerate secretive scholarship restrictive affectionate cooperative originate township relationship alienate affirmative dictatorship championship rehabilitate

Concept Vocabulary background – heritage judge – to form an opinion about someone or something native – belonging by birth to a specific nation or culture (Next Slide)

Build Concept Vocabulary background, judge, native History Interactions Family Relationships

Plot, Predict

W (What would you like to learn?) Prior Knowledge What happens to people in our culture when they get old? K (What do you know?) W (What would you like to learn?) L (What did you learn?)

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words Test – Thursday, Feb. 26th accustomed – usual, customary decline – process of losing power, strength, beauty, health, etc; downward movement former – earlier; past presence – attendance unaccompanied – alone

More Words to Know decode – translate defrost – remove the accumulated ice from derailed – went off the tracks deformed – crooked and misshapen deface – damage devalue – discredit demerit – a mark received for a fault of offense

More Words to Know superstitious – having belief or practice based on ignorant fear or mistaken reverence

corsages

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Grammar Contractions and Negatives

Contractions and Negatives “Mrs. Potter bought a new dress and flew down for the wedding, but we didn’t fly down together. Didn’t is a contraction. It is formed from the words did and not. The apostrophe shows where the letter o in not has been left out.

Contractions and Negatives A contraction is a shortened form of two words. An apostrophe is used to show where one or more letters have been left out. Some contractions are made by combining pronouns and verbs: we + have = we’ve.

Contractions and Negatives Other contractions are formed by joining a verb and not: should + not = shouldn’t; could + have= could’ve. Won’t and can’t are formed in special ways (can + not = can’t; will + not = won’t)

Contractions and Negatives Negatives are words that mean “no” or “not”: no, not, never, none, nothing. Contractions with n’t are negatives too. To make a negative statement, use only one negative word.

Contractions and Negatives No: Don’t never use the wrong zip code. Yes: Don’t ever use the wrong zip code. Use positive words instead of negative ones in a sentence with not.

Contractions and Negatives Positive nobody anybody, somebody no one anyone, someone none any, all, some nothing anything, something nowhere anywhere, somewhere never ever, always

Contractions and Negatives What is the contraction for each pair of words? does not doesn’t I have I’ve they are they’re has not hasn’t they are they’re I have I’ve

Contractions and Negatives What is the contraction for each pair of words? has not hasn’t does not doesn’t should have should’ve we will we’ll can not can’t

Contractions and Negatives Choose the word in ( ) that correctly completes each sentence. The invitation didn’t have (no, any) mistakes. any Nothing should (ever, never) go wrong at a wedding. ever

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Spelling Words Suffixes –ate, -ive,-ship

activate negative friendship objective representative attractive creative membership partnership compassionate fortunate considerate secretive scholarship restrictive affectionate cooperative originate township relationship alienate affirmative dictatorship championship rehabilitate

Plot A plot includes (1) a problem or goal, (2) rising action, as a character tries to solve the problem or meet the goal, (3) a climax, when the character meets the problem or goal head on, and (4) a resolution, or outcome

Plot Sometimes a writer hints at an event that will happen later in the story. Such a hint is called foreshadowing. Sometimes a writer goes back in time to tell about an earlier event. The earlier event is called a flashback.

Flashback In a story, a flashback occurs when the narrator begins describing something that happened in his or her past. A flashback can begin at any point in a story. Flashbacks are often complete stories within a larger frame story. A flashback can have its own plot, characters, settings, and themes.

Antonyms Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. If you encounter a difficult word while reading, you should look for an antonym near the word for clues to the word’s meaning.

Antonyms In the following sentences, name the antonym that helps determine the meaning of each unknown word in italics. My mother thinks that the highway exit sign was undetectable, but I noticed it right away.

Antonyms My grandfather always says that it takes a great deal of fortitude to overcome an obstacle, but that weakness will get you nowhere.

Schedule A schedule is a kind of table made of rows and columns, also called cells, that contain information. A schedule can show times, dates, and locations for traveling or transportation, or things you have to do. It can show the times and dates of events, usually in chronological order.