1. Author: Sarah Angliss Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Big Question: How do we decide the value of different resources?
Author:
Sarah Angliss
Genre:
Expository Nonfiction

2. Review Games Vocabulary Words: Story Sort Arcade Games Study Stack
Spelling City: Vocabulary
Spelling City: Spelling Words

3. Spelling Words Suffixes –ism, -age, -ure

4. mileage
moisture
heroism
storage
passage
organism
journalism
failure
mixture
postage
luggage
departure
patriotism
optimism
acreage
percentage
enclosure
voltage
temperature
mannerism
metabolism
impressionism
patronage
brokerage
architecture

5. Big Question: How do we decide the value of different resources?

6. How do we decide the value of different resources?
Question of the Day
How do we decide the value of different resources?

7. Concept Vocabulary
log cabin – a small roughly-built house made of logs
lumber – timber that has been roughly cut into boards and prepared for use
miners – people who work in a mine
prospect – to explore a region for oil, gold, or other minerals
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8. log cabin

9. lumber

10. miners

11. prospect

12. Build Concept Vocabulary log cabin, lumber, miners, prospect
Minerals
Forests
Water
Resources

13. Text Structure Turn to Page 600 - 601.
Main Idea and Details,
Text Structure Turn to Page

14. Prior Knowledge What are the properties and uses or gold and where is it found?
Where it’s found
Gold

15. Vocabulary Words

16. Vocabulary Words Test Date: Thursday, April 2nd
characteristic – distinguishing one person or thing from others; distinctive
corrode – gradually wear away
engulfed – swallowed up; overwhelmed
exploit – to make use of
extract – to take out or pull
hoard – what is saved and stored away; supply

17. convenient - handy Vocabulary Words
advancement - process of promoting a cause
probability - chances
biology - the study of living organisms
promotion - the act of raising someone to a higher position
expandable - able to become larger

18. More Words to Know
rivet – a metal bolt with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into another head after insertion
solvents – substances, usually liquids, that can dissolve other substances
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19. corrode

20. engulfed

21. hoard

22. rivet

23. solvents

24. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Grammar
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

25. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Gold is 19.3 times denser than water.
Denser is a comparative adjective. It is used to compare two things, gold and water.

26. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, places, things, or groups.
Add –er to most short adjectives to make their comparative forms.
Use more with longer adjectives.

27. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more people, places, things, or groups.
Add –est to most short adjectives to make their superlative forms.
Use most with longer adjectives.

28. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
small
smaller
smallest
precious
more precious
most precious

29. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Never use more or most with –er or –est.
No: most longer, most amazingest
Yes: longer, most amazing

30. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
When adding –er or –est to an adjective that ends in e, drop the e: large, larger, largest.
If the adjective ends in y, change the y to i: merry, merrier, merriest.

31. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
If the adjective ends in a single consonant, double the consonant: hot, hotter, hottest

32. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Some adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms: good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; much, more, most; little, less, least

33. Comparative & Superlative Adjectives Write the comparative and superlative forms of each adjective.
fancy
rare
delicate
thin
rugged
lovely
good

34. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Choose the correct form of each adjective.
My ring is (more beautiful, beautifuller) than my sister’s ring.
more beautiful
There is (more, most) brass than gold in this goblet.
more

35. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Choose the correct form of each adjective.
Terri put her charm bracelet in the (most safe, safest) place she could find.
safest

36. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Choose the correct form of each adjective.
I tightened the clasp to make the necklace (securer, more secure) than before.
more secure

37. Main Idea and Details
The supporting details in a paragraph all contribute to the main idea.
The main idea is always a complete sentence, which may or may not be directly stated.

38. Paraphrase
When you paraphrase a passage of writing, you put it in your own words.
A paraphrase should reflect the author’s ideas and opinions but be easier to read than the original.
Paraphrasing is an important skill that students use to study for tests, to gather research for reports, and to retell stories.

39. Context Clues
You can use the context, or words and phrases around an unfamiliar word, to help determine meaning.
List any unknown words you find as you read Gold. Create a chart showing the unfamiliar word, helpful context clues, and a definition based on these clues. You can use a dictionary or glossary.

40. Type Formats
Different type formats are used to make printed information more clear and easier to read.
Boldface is used to draw attention to words and phrases. Titles of selections, headings, and vocabulary words often appear in boldface.

41. Type Formats
Italics are used for titles.
Underline is sometimes used to draw attention to words.
Type size can be varied to make titles and headings stand out.
Bullets are often used to set off a series of steps or main points.

42. Type Formats

43. We are now ready to take our test.