1. One Fine Day
Unit 4 Lesson 1

2. Word Structure Day 1
flight path oatmeal power-driven two-and-a-half What characteristics do these words share? Open Closed Hyphenated Create more compound words using: flight meal power half

3. Word Structure Day 1
flying listening playing sleeping What kind of words are these? These words are gerunds. Words that end in the verb form –ing and act as a noun in a sentence.

4. Word Structure Day 1 Find the gerunds in these sentences.
Flying is one of my hobbies.
Listening is difficult in this noisy room.
I enjoy playing basketball.
I don’t like sleeping in a dirty tent.
Create a sentence containing a gerund.
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5. Word Structure Day 2
consolation consoled consoling inconsolable How are these words similar? They all contain the base word console which is a verb meaning “to comfort”

6. Word Structure Day 2
consolation consoled consoling inconsolable Consoled and consoling are verb forms of console. Consolation is a noun meaning “the act of consoling” Inconsolable is an adjective meaning “unable to be consoled” Add context clues to the sentence below. Kim was inconsolable.

7. Word Structure Day 2
field fine spare suit What do these words have in common? They are multiple-meaning words. Field can mean “area of study” or “area where a sport is played”. Fine can mean “superior quality” or “penalty”.

8. Word Structure Day 2
field fine spare suit Spare can mean “lean and trim” or “leave uninjured”. Suit can mean “meet the requirements of” or “any of the four sets of cards in a deck”. Create a sentence using the word fine in context of a courtroom. Create a sentence using the word fine in context of purchasing something.

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elements n.
plural form of element: the simplest principle of a subject
“Wilbur and Orville Wright began to understand the elements of flight…”
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emphasis n.
special force used when saying a particular word; stress
Please walk in the hallway.
“pause, with emphasis”
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suitable
adj.
proper or necessary
This is a suitable way
to lift a heavy object.
Raising your hand is
The suitable way to get the
teachers attention.
Crayons are a suitable
tool for coloring a picture.
“Guess we’ve got the ‘suitable wind’ that stranger spoke about yesterday.”
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data
pl.n.
items of information
“All those experimenters before us got the data wrong.”
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pesky
adj.
troublesome
“Don’t have to worry about any pesky mosquitoes and black flies.”
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exhibition n.
a display
“Wilbur and Orville Wright’s original airplane was on exhibition in Great Britain for more than twenty years.”
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sustained
past tense of sustain: to extend or prolong v.
Water will help sustain
The cut flowers.
Putting food in the refrigerator
will help sustain it.
“The world’s first power-driven heavier-than-air machine in which man made free, controlled, and sustained flight.”
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original
adj.
new or different
“By original, scientific research the Wright Brothers discovered the principles of human flight.”
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era n.
a period of time or of history
“As inventors, builders, and flyers they further developed the aeroplane, taught man to fly, and opened the era of aviation.”
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aviation
The science or techniques of flying aircraft n.
“As inventors, builders, and flyers they further developed the aeroplane, taught man to fly, and opened the era of aviation.”
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