Resources Unit 5 Week 1 Day 1

Big Question: What are resources and why are they important to us?

Question of the Week: How can different generations be resources?

Plot and Theme Literary elements include character, plot structure, setting, and theme Plot: an organized pattern of events Consists of a conflict, rising action, climax, and resolution Theme: a broad statement about life that the reader determines from the events and characters in a story

Summarize A summary retells what was read A summary does not give every detail, but focuses on the main ideas of the text Summarize what has happened in The Breadwinner so far on a note card

Tested Vocabulary: former presence accustomed decline unaccompanied

Spelling: Words with the suffixes –ate, -ive, and -ship activate compassionate township negative fortunate relationship friendship considerate alienate objective secretive affirmative representative scholarship dictatorship attractive restrictive championship creative affectionate rehabilitate membership cooperative partnership originate

Contractions A contraction is a shortened form of two words do not = don’t An apostrophe is used to show one or more letters have been left out have not = haven’t the “o” has been omitted

Independent Work: 5.1 Tested Vocabulary (due Wednesday) Read Ch. 14 of The Breadwinner Answer study guide questions (due tomorrow) 5.1 Spelling Menu (due Friday) Read choice novel