1. Explorers, Pioneers, and Discoverers
Unit 4 Week 5 Days 2 and 3

2. Question of the Week:
How do inventions happen?

3. Author’s Purpose Authors have a reason for what they are writing
The purpose is…
To entertain
To persuade
To express
To inform

4. Literary Term: Hyperbole
A deliberate exaggeration used as a figure of speech
It may be used to emphasize a point for serious reasons or to amuse people
Examples:
I could eat a whole elephant!
He’s like 900 years old.

5. Prefixes: re-, pro-, and trans-
Prefixes go at the beginning of the word and can change the meaning of the word
Prefix
Examples
Meaning
re-
redo
retell
again
pro-
proactive
proclaim
forth or forward
trans-
transmitted
transport
across, beyond, or through

6. Who vs. Whom
Grammar transparency

7. The Breadwinner Chapters 3-4 Character development?
How is setting influencing the plot?
Questions?

8. Independent Work: Finish spelling menu
Read Ch. 5 and answer questions in reading guide
Study spelling words
Read choice novel