Author: Ed Young Genre: Fable It is a story that teaches a lesson. What About Me? Author: Ed Young Genre: Fable It is a story that teaches a lesson.

Sequence Sequence is the order in which things happen in a story—what happens first, next, and last. Sometimes a writer uses clue words such as first, so, then, and after.

Vocabulary Words carpenter– someone whose work is building and repairing things made of wood carpetmaker – a person who makes carpets and rugs for floors knowledge – what you know marketplace – a place where people meet to buy and sell things

Vocabulary Words plenty – a full supply straying – wandering merchant – someone who buys and sells goods for a living plenty – a full supply straying – wandering thread – a thin string made of strands of cotton, silk, wool, or nylon, spun and twisted together

Spelling Words inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils accidents libraries mysteries carpenters merchants

Vocabulary carpetmaker knowledge marketplace stunned merchant wanderer carpenter carpetmaker knowledge marketplace merchant plenty straying thread More Words to Know stunned wanderer barter exchange precious

Other Vocabulary Words stunned – thoroughly shocked or confused wanderer – someone who travels aimlessly from place to place barter – to trade by exchanging one kind of goods for other goods without using money exchange – to give something to someone in return for something else; trade precious – having great value (Next Slide)

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Grammar: Subjects and Predicates The boy was stunned. The subject of this sentence is The boy. The predicate is was stunned.

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates A sentence has a subject and a predicate. The subject is the sentence part that tells whom or what the sentence is about. All the words in the subject are called the complete subject.

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates The predicate is the sentence part that tells what the subject is or does. All words in the predicate are called the complete predicate.

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates In the following sentence, the complete subject is underlined once. Most people learn something each day. Now the complete predicate is underlined.

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete subject of each sentence. We find knowledge in many places. We The students in our class ask lots of questions. The students in our class The library has books about many subjects. The library

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete subject of each sentence. Teachers help students with their lessons. Teachers Books about animals are my favorite. Books about animals

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete predicate of each sentence. The class studied whales. studied whales The school librarian knows all about caves. knows all about caves James read about pirates. read about pirates

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Find the complete predicate of each sentence. People learn about animals at the zoo. learn about animals at the zoo The garden has many kinds of trees. has many kinds of trees

Spelling Words inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils accidents libraries mysteries carpenters merchants

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about. The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Sometimes you can give readers better pictures by adding words to subjects and predicates: The cat ran. The scared cat ran under the porch.

Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Test Tip: A test may ask you to identify the subject of a sentence. The subject may include more than one person, place or thing. Be sure to include the complete subject. Jay and I can hike. Subject: Jay and I

Word Choice Authors choose their words wisely. Their choice of words often contributes to the tone of the story. Additionally, readers benefit by learning new words.

Compound Words applesauce apple + sauce crushed, saucy apples bluebird Its Two Small Words Its Meaning applesauce apple + sauce crushed, saucy apples bluebird blue + bird a blue-feathered bird doormat door + mat a mat by a door snowball snow + ball a ball of snow

Plurals Plural words name more than one thing. flips, wishes, pennies Are these words singular or plural? How do you know? Most words can be made plural by just adding –s. To make words that end with s, ss, ch,h, x, or z plural, add –es.