1. Loyalty and Respect
Unit 1 Week 3

2. Big Question: What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care?
Question of the Week: How do we learn to connect with others in a new place?

3. Skill: Compare and Contrast
Looking at similarities and differences
Compare (similarities)
Use words like same, both, alike, compared to
Contrast (differences)
Use words like different, but, on the other hand, instead of, in contrast to
Practice: Read “This New Town” on page 83

4. Marville
Abbey Creek
Both

5. Skill: Summarize Retelling to check for understanding
Should be brief – no more than a few sentences
Don’t tell me EVERYTHING, but tell me the main ideas
Summarizing fiction
Tell what happens in the story
Think about the characters and their goals
Tell about the setting
Tell something about the plot
Summarizing nonfiction
Tell the main idea, leaving out supporting details
Think about the text structure and how the selection is organized

6. Tested Vocabulary Corridors Destination Groping Menacing Mongrel
Persisted
Pleas

7. Spelling: Vowel Sounds with “R”
porch
ignore
servant
concern
shore
attorney
disturb
barge
market
detergent
margin
corridor
worth
ornament
purchase
artistic
kernel
particle
perhaps
nervous

8. Conventions: Independent and Dependent Clauses
What is a clause?
A clause is a collection of words that:
Have a subject and a verb
The subject is actively doing a verb
Ex: after we go to lunch
Ex: Bob is trying to find his book
Ex: because the spider jumped

9. Independent Clause
An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence
Ex: Bob is trying to find his book.
Ex: The door swung open.

10. Dependent Clause
A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence, even though it also has a subject and a verb
It depends on the independent clause to become a complete sentence
Ex: after we go to lunch
Ex: because the spider jumped

11. Independent Work Finish vocabulary assignment (due tomorrow)
Complete independent/dependent clause handout (due tomorrow)
Work on spelling assignment (due Friday)
Write in writer’s notebook
Work on some short stories – use story blurbs to give you inspiration if stuck