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Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

Explore the surprises of an expedition to Machu Picchu in this narrative nonfiction book by Ted Lewin. Discover the secrets of ancient civilizations through vivid storytelling and engaging vocabulary.

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Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

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  1. Big Question: What surprises can happen on an expedition? Title: Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu Author: TedLewin Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

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

  3. Small Group Timer

  4. Spelling Words Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

  5. basic • vacant • secret • honor • local • novel • olive • tiger • spinach • second • donate • locust • beware • emotion • cabin • tripod • dragon • habit • tribute • lizard • icicles • lemonade • momentum • economy • isosceles

  6. Vocabulary Words • curiosity • glorious • granite • ruins • terraced • thickets • torrent • remote • rugged • ventured • adobe • highland • terraces Vocabulary Words More Words to Know

  7. Big Question: What surprises can happen on an expedition? • Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday

  8. Monday

  9. Today we will learn about: • Build Concepts • Compare and Contrast • Visualize • Build Background • Vocabulary • Fluency: Model Phrasing • Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V • Ancient Civilizations

  10. Monday Fluency: Model Phrasing

  11. Fluency: Phrasing Listen as I read “The Incas.” As I read, notice how I chunk related words, such as those in prepositional phrases and clauses. Phrasing helps to reinforce meaning, and makes reading sound like talking. Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

  12. Fluency: Phrasing In what ways was farming more difficult for the Incas than for many farmers in other places and other times? How does the Inca farmers’ diet compare with how people in the United States eat today?

  13. Concept Vocabulary adobe – built with bricks made from clay baked in the sun highland – related to a region that is higher and hillier than the neighboring countryside terraces – flat, raised levels of land with straight or sloping sides Next Slide

  14. adobe

  15. highland

  16. terraces

  17. Concept Vocabulary (To add information to the graphic organizer, click on end show, type in your new information, and save your changes.)

  18. Build Concept Vocabulary: adobe, highland, terraces Ancient Civilizations

  19. Compare and ContrastVisualize Turn to pages 538 - 539

  20. Prior KnowledgeTell of everything you know about archaeologists,focusing on what they do, what tools they might use, and what personal traits would help them do their job well.

  21. Vocabulary Words

  22. Vocabulary Words • curiosity – an eager desire to know or learn • glorious – magnificent; splendid • granite – a very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava cools slowly underground • ruins – what is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces

  23. Vocabulary Words • terraced – formed into a flat, level land with steep sides; terraces are often made in hilly areas to create more space for farming • thickets – bushes or small trees growing close together • torrent – a violent, rushing stream of water

  24. More Words to Know • remote – out of the way; secluded • rugged – covered with rough edges; rough and uneven • ventured – dared to come or go (to a new or unknown place) • Next slide

  25. granite

  26. ruins

  27. terraced

  28. thickets

  29. torrent

  30. remote

  31. rugged

  32. Monday Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

  33. a locul farm boy guided hirambingham to machupicchu • A local farm boy guided Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu. • the cityies location had been a secrit to most people until then • The city’s location had been a secret to most people until then.

  34. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • The sun temple in Machu Picchu was grander than the one in Cusco. It was the grandest ruin he had ever seen. • Granderis a comparative adjective. It is used to compare two things. • Grandestis a superlative adjective. It is used to compare three or more things.

  35. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • A comparative adjective compares two people, places, things, or groups. Add –erto most short adjectives to make their comparative forms. Use more with longer adjectives. • This mountain is taller and more beautiful than that one.

  36. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • A superlative adjective compares three or more people, places, things, or groups. Add –estto most short adjectives to make their superlative forms. Use most with longer adjectives. • It was the highest and most amazing city he had ever seen.

  37. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • An adjective may change its spelling in its comparative and superlative forms. • For adjectives that end with a consonant and y, change the y to i before adding –eror –est: happy, happier, happiest.

  38. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • For adjectives that end in a single consonant after a single vowel, double the final consonant before adding –eror –est: big, bigger, biggest. • For adjectives that end in e, drop the e before adding –eror –est: tame, tamer, tamest.

  39. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • Some adjectives, such as good and bad, have irregular comparative and superlative forms: good, better best; bad, worse, worst

  40. Comparative and Superlative AdjectivesChoose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence. • This hike is (hard) than the one we took yesterday. • harder • The sun is (hot) than it was yesterday too. • hotter

  41. Comparative and Superlative AdjectivesChoose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence. • I’m feeling (bad) than I did this morning. • worse • This is the (tough) climb we’ve ever done. • toughest

  42. Comparative and Superlative AdjectivesChoose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence. • It’s (sunny) up here than it was in the forest. • sunnier • You get the (good) view of all from this cliff. • best

  43. Comparative and Superlative AdjectivesChoose the correct form of the adjective in () to complete each sentence. • That is the (remarkable) ruin I have ever seen. • most remarkable • These carvings are (amazing) than those. • more amazing

  44. Spelling Words Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

  45. basic • vacant • secret • honor • local • novel • olive • tiger • spinach • second • donate • locust • beware • emotion • cabin • tripod • dragon • habit • tribute • lizard • icicles • lemonade • momentum • economy • isosceles

  46. Tuesday

  47. Today we will learn about: • Word Structure: Greek and Latin Roots • Compare and Contrast • Visualize • Develop Vocabulary • Fluency: Echo Reading • Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • Spelling: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V • Time for Social Studies: The Inca Empire, Inca History and Legend • Ancient Civilizations

  48. Vocabulary Strategy for Greek and Latin Roots Turn to pages 540 - 541

  49. Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu Turn to pages 542 - 549

  50. Tuesday Fluency: Echo Reading

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