Loyalty and Respect Unit 1 Week 3

Big Question: What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care? Question of the Week: How do we learn to connect with others in a new place?

Skill: Compare and Contrast Looking at similarities and differences Compare (similarities) Use words like same, both, alike, compared to Contrast (differences) Use words like different, but, on the other hand, instead of, in contrast to Practice: Read “This New Town” on page 83

Marville Abbey Creek Both

Skill: Summarize Retelling to check for understanding Should be brief – no more than a few sentences Don’t tell me EVERYTHING, but tell me the main ideas Summarizing fiction Tell what happens in the story Think about the characters and their goals Tell about the setting Tell something about the plot Summarizing nonfiction Tell the main idea, leaving out supporting details Think about the text structure and how the selection is organized

Tested Vocabulary Corridors Destination Groping Menacing Mongrel Persisted Pleas

Spelling: Vowel Sounds with “R” porch ignore servant concern shore attorney disturb barge market detergent margin corridor worth ornament purchase artistic kernel particle perhaps nervous

Conventions: Independent and Dependent Clauses What is a clause? A clause is a collection of words that: Have a subject and a verb The subject is actively doing a verb Ex: after we go to lunch Ex: Bob is trying to find his book Ex: because the spider jumped

Independent Clause An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence Ex: Bob is trying to find his book. Ex: The door swung open.

Dependent Clause A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence, even though it also has a subject and a verb It depends on the independent clause to become a complete sentence Ex: after we go to lunch Ex: because the spider jumped

Independent Work Finish vocabulary assignment (due tomorrow) Complete independent/dependent clause handout (due tomorrow) Work on spelling assignment (due Friday) Write in writer’s notebook Work on some short stories – use story blurbs to give you inspiration if stuck