Unit 19, Lesson 4 January 31, 2011

W. A. L. T. Listen for suffixes with at least 80% accuracy Identify and use new suffixes at least 4 of 5 trials Define words according to their suffixes with at least 80% accuracy Use graphic organizers to summarize a story

1. Listening for Word Parts: Suffixes Words with suffixes that we went over The suffixes can be found in your workbook page R53 Waken Steeper Painful Shipment Painless Faintness Dentist Motorist Soapiness Boater

2. Review: Base Words and Suffixes A base word is a word that can stand alone and does not have a prefix or a suffix. A base word can be one or more syllables. Example: Art, a/gree Prefixes and suffixes are affixes, meaningful word parts that can be added to base words. Suffixes are added to the ends of words and extend or modify the words’ meanings.

2. Build It: Words with Suffixes Base words Art, Deep Suffixes Er, Ness, Ist, Ful Deep + er = Deeper Art + ist = Artist Deep + en = Deepen Art + ful = Artful Deep + ness = Deepness Art + ful + ness = Artfulness

2. Build It: Words with Suffixes Please turn to workbook page 23 Read the words in the Word Bank Combine base words and suffixes to make new words Record the words on the lines below Check a dictionary to verify that the words you write are actual words HINT: You can use more than one suffix to make a single word

Workbook Page 23 artist artful artfulness deeper deepness deepen Answers will vary! artist artful artfulness deeper deepness deepen sleeper sleepless sleeplessness helper helpful helpless helplessness pavement entertainer entertainment container containment humorless humorist painful painless painlessness painfulness

2. Build It: Words with Suffixes Please turn to workbook page R76 Label the columns -er, -ist, -ment, -ness, -ful, -less, -en Choose two words with each suffix from this activity (workbook page 23) and record them into the correct columns

-er -ist -ment Provide two examples for each Syllable Types! Some can be found on the previous page. Please ask if you REALLY REALLY need help. Workbook Page R76 -ful -less -en

3. Review: Suffixes –er, -ist, -ment, -ness Artist: “someone who creates art” Helper: “ someone who helps” Deeper: “more deep” Entertainment: “the act of entertaining” Helplessness: “the state of not being able to assist”

3. Introduction: Suffixes –en, -ful, -less -en: “to become,” “made of,” or “caused to be or have” -ful: “full of,” or “characterized by” -less: “without, lacking” Successful: full of success Thankful: full of thanks Helpless: without help Darken: to become dark Sleeplessness: the condition of being without sleep

3. Define It: Suffixes Please turn to workbook page 24 Read the five affixed words Underline the base word and circle the suffix in each Write a short definition of each word, using the meaning of the suffix to help you Use a dictionary to check your definitions

Workbook Page 24 Without sleep Full of help To become deep The condition of being without pain The condition of being full of pain

3. Rewrite It: Suffixes Please turn to workbook page 25 Read each example with the teacher Replace each underlined phrase with a base word + a suffix Reread the example sentences to check your work Do the rest independently Reread those sentences to check your work

Workbook Page 25 hopeless darken cloudless cheerful carelessness sweeten helpfulness

4. Review: Adjective Suffixes Words in English have different functions, or jobs Adjectives are words that describe nouns The suffixes –en, -ful, and –less added to base words can change words into adjectives The meaning of –ful is “full of,” “enough to fill,” or “characterized by” The meaning of –less is “without, lacking” The meaning of –en is “to become,” “made of,” or “caused to be or have”

4. Review: Adjective Suffixes It was a stressful task, and I had a helpless feeling. Directions: Read the sentence Identify the adjectives, underline Identify the base words and suffixes in each adjective Discuss the meaning of the adjectives

4. Identify It: Adjective Suffixes Please turn to workbook page 26 Read each sentence Underline all the adjectives with suffixes Copy the adjectives that have the suffix –en, -ful, or –less into the appropriate columns Check answers

Workbook Page 26 wooden colorful useless golden hopeful cordless broken blissful rainless oaken painful spotless outspoken helpful blameless

4. Review: Irregular Verbs Use your hardcover page 9 to look at verb tenses English verbs and verb phrases convey past, present, and future time (tense). The regular past tense ending is –ed. Example: rent  rented Some verbs use irregular forms to signal time (tense). These past tense verbs do not end in –ed. Irregular past tense verb forms must be memorized. They have different endings or are spelled differently. Example: go/went The helping verb will signals future time (tense)

4. Review: Tense Timeline In cold weather the ponds freeze. Verb: freeze Future Tomorrow Past Yesterday Present Today froze (past) freeze (present) will freeze (future)

4. Find It: Irregular Verb Forms Pleases turn to workbook page 27 We will do the first one together Read each sentence Underline the PAST TENSE verb Write the past, present, and future forms of the verb in the chart below the timeline Find five (5) nouns with the suffix –er, -ist, -ment, or –ness in the sentences above. Write them on the line

Workbook Page 27

wept weep will weep bled bleed will bleed kept keep will keep sought seek will seek crept creep will creep slept sleep will sleep sped speed will speed met meet will meet felt feel will feel saw see will see Workbook Page 28 Answers will vary! Disappointment, florist, freshness, researchers, quietness, racers, scientists, marathoner, tiredness, achievement

5. Take Note: “Fiber Optics: High-Speed Highways for Light” Please turn to workbook page C1 The story starts on C1 and goes through C3 Topic: “the person, place, thing, or idea that the informational text is about” The topic of this section is about fiber optics Position Statement: “a point of view or attitude about the topic” The position statement is that fiber optics is being used more and more Reasons: “causes or motives for a topic or event” The reasons support the position statement about fiber optics

5. Take Note: “Fiber Optics: High-Speed Highways for Light” Directions: Read the first paragraph on C1 Good writers try to capture readers’ attention immediately. The first paragraph begins with two questions to engage the reader. Read the second paragraph Go over the topic, position statement, and the reasons as a class

Fiber optic technology is being used more and more Workbook Page C1 Fiber optics Fiber optic technology is being used more and more The material is better uses long thin tubes made from glass carries light signals

6. Map It: Reasons A graphic organizer can help you summarize a story in a neater fashion than just sentences and paragraphs As a class, we have already found the topic, the position statement, one of the reasons, and the details for that reason Now, we have to find the other two reasons and their supporting details

Handout Fiber optic technology is being used more and more. The material is better Fiber optics has far greater speed Fiber optics uses less space

Fiber optics has far greater speed Fiber optics uses less space The material is better Fiber optics has far greater speed Fiber optics uses less space - uses long thin tubes made from glass carries light signals fibers can bend without blocking light signals glass carries the signals faster information travels at the speed of light faster than racing cars thinner than wires more fibers fit in a cable can send more signal