Explorers, Pioneers, and Discoverers Unit 4 Week 5 Days 2 and 3

Question of the Week: How do inventions happen?

Author’s Purpose Authors have a reason for what they are writing The purpose is… To entertain To persuade To express To inform

Literary Term: Hyperbole A deliberate exaggeration used as a figure of speech It may be used to emphasize a point for serious reasons or to amuse people Examples: I could eat a whole elephant! He’s like 900 years old.

Prefixes: re-, pro-, and trans- Prefixes go at the beginning of the word and can change the meaning of the word Prefix Examples Meaning re- redo retell again pro- proactive proclaim forth or forward trans- transmitted transport across, beyond, or through

Who vs. Whom Grammar transparency

The Breadwinner Chapters 3-4 Character development? How is setting influencing the plot? Questions?

Independent Work: Finish spelling menu Read Ch. 5 and answer questions in reading guide Study spelling words Read choice novel