1. Challenges and Obstacles
Unit 3 Week 3 Day2

2. Question of the Week:
Why is it important to stay calm during a crisis?

3. Suffixes: -ary and -ize
Adding a suffix to the end of a word can change the meaning of the word
Adding –ary to the end of a word makes it an adjective
Adding –ize to the end of the word makes it a verb
Original Word
Adjective
custom
customary
moment
momentary
second
caution
Original Word
Verb
custom
customize
emphasis
emphasize
final
crystal

4. Sequence Sequence is the order in which events happen
A fictional story often unfolds in sequence
Many nonfiction texts are structured according to the sequence in which real events happen

5. customary
according to custom; usual

6. emphasized
stressed; called attention to

7. frantic
very much excited; wild with rage, fear, pain, or grief

8. stunned
dazed, bewildered, shocked, overwhelmed

9. treaded
kept the body straight in the water with the head above the surface by moving the arms and legs

10. Conventions Indirect objects Direct objects Subject Complements
Grammar transparency

11. Pre-reading: What can people do to stay safe in the water?
If you find yourself in trouble in the water, what should you do?
Name some of the mistakes people make when swimming at the beach or in a pool.

12. “Learning to Swim” by Kyoko Mori
An autobiography is the story of a person’s life told by that person
It may cover a person’s whole life, a part of it, or a single incident
Autobiographies are written in the first-person point of view

13. Independent Work Time
Read “Learning to Swim” by Kyoko Mori (pg )
“Learning to Swim” graphic organizer
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