Unit 3 – Imagination Roxaboxen Story 6 – Day 2

What We Will Review How the suffix “ed” changes a verb Superlatives – “est” Long vowel sound spelling patterns

Word Knowledge Identify the words with the suffix _ed. Roxaboxen had always been there and must have belonged to others, long before. When Marian dug up a tin box filled with round black pebbles everyone knew what it was: it was a buried treasure.

Word Knowledge Identify the word with the superlative ending. Charles made his of the biggest stones.

Word Knowledge Identify the words that have the /ō/ sound, the /ī/ sound, and the /ōō/ sound. A precious stone, like a diamond, is just one of many jewels.

What We Reviewed How the suffix “ed” changes a verb Superlatives – “est” Long vowel sound spelling patterns

ford – to cross by wading part of speech – verb synonym – get across, cut through

traced – formed carefully; to sketch part of speech – verb synonym – copied

mayor – the chief elected official of a city part of speech – noun

decorated – added ornamentation; adorned part of speech – noun synonym – adorned

blossomed – bloomed, produced flowers part of speech – verb synonym – bloomed, flowered

bordering – to be lying on the edge of part of speech – verb synonym – edging, framing, surrounding

Author’s Point of View The author’s point of view refers to the kind of narrator or speaker that the writer uses to tell the story. Points of View  First Person  Third Person

First Person Narrative In a first-person narrative, the writer tells the story as if the storyteller were a character in the story. Clue words used in the first-person narrative are I, me, mine, we, our, ours.

Third Person Narrative In the third-person narrative, the writer tells the story as if the storyteller were someone outside the story, not a character in the story. Clue words used in the third-person narrative are he, him, she, they, and theirs.

Point of View First-Person  I went to the store Third-Person  She went to the store.

Roxaboxen is written in the third-person narrative While we choral read, raise your hand when you see one of the third-person narrative clue words:  he, him, she, they, theirs The third-person narrator tells the story as if he had been there or knows someone who had been there.

Point of View Independent Work Find and write 3 sentences from “Through Grandpa’s Eyes” that are written in the first person narrative. Underline the clue words. I, me, mine, we, our, ours Find and write 3 sentences from “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Underline the clue words. he, him, she, they, theirs

Spelling Independent Work Spelling and Vocabulary Page 72