1. Unit 26
Lesson One

2. Sortegories

3. W.A.L.T. Sounds for vowel digraphs Read and spell high frequency words
Complete word study for the target word, “movement”
Identify functions or present and past participles in sentences, recognize participle phrases, and review coordinating conjunctions
Identify phrase units for fluency and comprehension
Rewrite text combining sentences

4. Why is this important?
Learning to use conjunctions properly will help you to write with more variety in your sentences.

5. Discover It: Sounds for “oo”
Book
Cook
Look
Foot
Took
/oo/
Too
Boot
Noon
Soon
Spoon
The letters oo have two sounds. /oo/ and /oo/.

6. R4

7. Spelling Pretest – Page 62
choose
lose
movement
loose
movie
rescue
move
four
fruit
soup
stood
argue
juice
prove
wool

8. Underline the words four, lose, move, movement, movie, and prove.
Essential Words
Underline the words four, lose, move, movement, movie, and prove.
These are your Unit 26 Essential Words.

9. Review: Antonyms – Page 43, HC
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
Find antonyms for the following words:
Tight
Midnight
Rough
False
Warm
Loose
Noon
Smooth
True
Cool

10. Movement Multiple meanings: group; progress, advance, change
Transfer; travel, passage
Synonyms of base word move; advance, proceed
Antonyms; remain, stop
Movement – Noun
2 Syllables; move ment
Nonphonetic + noun suffix
Stress on first syllable
Movement
Movement – “the act of moving”
Movement- The movement of waves is driven by the wind
Movement- A series of events toward a common goal
The suffrage movement led to women’s right to vote

12. IDIOM FOCUS
English learners are often confused by idioms because their meanings differ from the literal meanings of the words. Because idioms such as add fuel to the fire. Students need to know the meanings of common idioms.
Grab an idiom focus
Be on the move

13. Review: Participles
The present participle is formed by adding -ing to a form of the verb
Examples:
choose + -ing = choosing
look + -ing = looking

14. Review: Participles
The past participle of regular verbs is formed by adding –ed to a form of the verb.
Examples:
Obtain + -ed = obtained
Croon + -ed = crooned
Some past participles are irregular and their forms must be memorized.
began = (have) begun
went = (have) gone
gave = (have) given

15. In a verb phrase, the present participle is completed with a form of the helping verb be (am, is, are), and the past participle is completed with a form of the helping verb have (have, has, had). Examples: is arguing, was gluing (form of be + present participle) When used as adjectives, present and past participles usually come before a noun. Examples: a moving car, a mistaken identity

16. Identify It: Functions of Participles – Pg 63-64

18. Introduction: Participle Phrases
A phrase is a group of words that does the same job as a single word.
Examples: An enormous tsunami, with a loud crash

19. Participle Phrases
A phrase consisting of a participle followed by a word of group of words that modifies it or receives its action is called a participle phrase.
A participle phrase acts as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun. It can come before or after the noun it modifies.

20. The tsunami, crashing on the shore, caused devastation.

21. Showing its tremendous power, the wave surged across the land.

22. Identify It: Participle Phrases – pg 64

23. Struck, shaken, recognized, frightened, taken, lostV S V V S V S V S V

24. Review: Conjunctions and, or, and but
The conjunction and joins words or sentence parts that are similar
The conjunction or signals an alternative, or choice.
The conjunction but signals a contrasting idea.

25. The tsunami was enormous and devastating
The tsunami was enormous and devastating. (similar) The people could stay or run. (choice) Most people ran for higher ground, but some stayed on the shore. (contrasting idea)

26. Rewrite It: Coordinating Conjunctions – Pg 65

27. The seagull doesn’t move forward, but it moves up and down.
Tsunamis can be caused by undersea landslides or volcanic eruptions.
Special devices sense undersea earthquakes, and scientists use this information to send out tsunami warnings.
There is a tsunami warning system on some Pacific Ocean beaches, but there has not been a warning system along the shores of the Indian Ocean until recently.
The tsunami hit the coastline of South Asia, and it also struck the east coast of Africa.

28. Independent Text: “Tsunamis”
Hardcover, 54-55
What do you know about tsunamis?
The word “tsunami” comes from Japanese language. Like compound words in English, tsunami is composed of two parts; tsu, meaning “harbor,” and nami, meaning “wave.”

29. On December 26th, 2004, a massive tsunami hit the coastal areas of South Asia, India, and Africa. This tsunami killed around 230,000 people and caused billions of dollars of damage.

30. An massive underwater earthquake in the middle of the Indian Ocean (pictured below) triggered the tsunami, affecting the coasts of several countries.
* Site of Earthquake

31. Phrase It – Page 66
Answers Will Vary

32. Use the Clues – Page 67 The large pieces of Earth’s crust
The continents and the seafloor

33. Rewrite It – Page 68 Imagine a seagull sitting on a wave.
The earth’s crust is divided into pieces called plates.
Along the coast there were massive waves caused by displaced water.
Fishermen did not notice the tsunami speeding through the open sea.
A girl walking on the beach saw signs of the tsunami and warned others