Author: Ann Heinrichs Genre: Expository Nonfiction Big Question: Why is it important to understand ancient civilizations?

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Monday Question of the Day Why is it important to understand ancient civilizations?

Concept Vocabulary hieroglyphics – pictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or soundshieroglyphics palace – the official home of a king, queen, or other rulerpalace throne – power or authority of a king, queen, or other rulerthrone (Next Slide)

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Vocabulary Words Test – Nov. 7th abundant – more than enough; plentiful artifacts – things made by human skill or work; human-made objectsartifacts decrees – official decisions or orders eternity – the endless period after death; endless time immortal – everlasting; never dying receded – moved backreceded reigned - ruled

Latin Roots To Know aud – to hear; Example: audibleaud luc – light; Example: translucent capit – head; Example: capital phon – sound; Example: telephone graph - to write; Example: auto- graphed

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Past, Present, and Future Tenses The tense of a verb shows when something happens. Verbs in the present tense show action that happens now. Most present tense singular verbs end with –s. Most present tense plural verbs do not end with –s. Marge picks flowers from the garden. They pick flowers too.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses Verbs in the past tense show action that has already happened. Most verbs in the past tense end in –ed. The flowers in the vase wilted after two days.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses Verbs in the future tense show action that will happen. Add will (or shall) to most verbs to show the future tense. Flowers with no water will wilt soon.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses Some regular verbs change spelling when –ed is added. For verbs ending in e, drop the e and add –ed: liked, baked. For verbs ending in a consonant and y, change the y to i, and add -ed: hurried, carried.

Past, Present, and Future Tenses For most one-syllable verbs that end in one vowel followed by one consonant, double the consonant and add –ed: stopped, tapped. Irregular verbs change spelling to form the past tense:

Past, Present, and Future Tenses are/were break/broke bring/brought build/built buy/bought do/did find/found go/went have/had is/was keep/kept make/made sit/sat see/saw take/took teach/taught tell/told wear/wore write/wrote

Past, Present, and Future Tenses Identify the tense of each underlined verb. Most Egyptian men had one wife. past Kohl is in eyeliner. present People will study our architecture. future

Past, Present, and Future Tenses Identify the tense of each underlined verb. Many Egyptians worshipped animals. past History explains events and cultures. present Egyptians made mastabas, or mud buildings. past

Past, Present, and Future Tenses Identify the tense of each underlined verb. An archaeologist discovered a large tomb in past We will see the three pyramids of Giza. future

Past, Present, and Future Tenses What is the present, past, and future tense of each verb.

Graphic Sources Graphic sources, or graphic aids, such as maps, charts, diagrams, pictures, and schedules, are used to show information visually. While reading, think about how the information in the graphic relates to what you read in the text.

Graphic Sources Sometimes the author will mention the graphic and explain how it connects to the text. At other times, you will need to make this connection on your own. Graphic sources are often used to summarize complex information.

Steps in a Process Steps in a process is a kind of sequence that involves making something, such as a recipe, or doing something, such as recording a movie on videotape. Telling the steps in a process means providing the correct order of steps required to complete an action. Look for clue words such as first, second, next, last, later, and then.

Greek and Latin Roots You can use word structure to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. The word construction comes from the Latin root struct meaning “to build” or “to build on.” Look at the words and roots in the chart and the write other words with the same Latin root in the third column.

Context Clues WordLatin RootOther Words with the Same Root construction struct meaning “to build” scribe scribe means “to write” artisan art meaning “skill”