Unit 20, Lesson 5

1. Unit 20, Lesson 5 March 1, 2011

2. 1. Content Mastery: Vowel Digraphs • We have now gone over more vowel digraphs: • Ey, ea, ay, ow, ie (HINT: these will be the only ones on the Content Mastery!) • When I say the word, please write down the word or just the two letters that make up the vowel digraph • If you write the entire word, please circle the vowel digraph

3. 2. Content Mastery: Spelling Posttest 1 • Write the words to the best of your ability • When done, please write the word with it’s correct spelling next to it

4. Grading Content Masteries • Please turn to Content Mastery page 7 • Please put the total number that you have RIGHT on the top of the page in the box

5. 1. Content Mastery: Vowel Digraphs (page 7) • 1. ______ • 2. ______ • 3. ______ • 4. ______ • 5. ______ ey • 6. ______ • 7. ______ • 8. ______ • 9. ______ • 10. ______ ow ea ie ay ow ow ay ie ea

6. relieve decrease course Content Mastery Page 8 chimney hollow guarantee guard feast guess shallow guest delay great meanwhile friend

7. 3. Review: Base Words and Suffixes • A base word is a word that can stand alone and does not have a prefix or a suffix • A base word can have one or more syllables • Example: slow, yel/low • Prefixes and suffixes are affixes, or meaningful word parts, that can be added to base words

8. 3. Review: Base Words and Suffixes • Suffixes are added to the ends of words and extend or modify these words’ meanings • Example: • Base Word + Suffix = New Word • play + ing = playing • spider + y = spidery • Prefixes are added to the beginningof words and extend or modify these words’ meanings • Example: • Prefix + Base Word= New Word • Re- + play = replay • Pre- + heat = preheat

9. 3. Introduction: Prefix + Root • A root is the basic meaning part of a word. It carries the most important part of the word’s meaning. • Roots of English often come from other languages, especially Latin • A root usually needs a prefix or a suffix to make it into a word, though some Latin roots can stand alone • Examples to follow

10. 3. Introduction: Prefix + Root • Tract is a root that comes from a Latin word meaning “to pull” • Prefixes are often added to the beginnings of roots to build words • Examples: • Re + tract = retract • Re = “back”, tract = “to pull”, retract = “to pull back”

11. 3. Introduction: Prefix + Root • De- = “reverse,” “reduce,” “derived from” • Ex- = “out” • Example: • Detract = “to pull away from” • Extract = “to pull out”

12. 3. Introduction: Prefix + Root • Extract Ex = “out”, tract = “pull” Extract = “to pull out” • ExportEx = “out”, port = “carry” Extract = “to carry out” • Express Ex = “out”, press = “press” Extract = “to press out” • Detract De = “away from”, tract = “pull” Extract = “to pull away from” • Deport De = “away from”, port = “carry” Extract = “to carry away from” • Depress De = “down”, press = “press” Depress = “to press down”

13. 4. Review: Adjectives • Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns • Adjectives tell which one? What kind? Or How many?

14. 4. Masterpiece Sentences : Stage 4 • Answer the questions to allow you to make a good sentence: • Who (what) did it? • What did they (he/she/it) do? • What did he/she/it do it to? • Where? • When? Lupe Medrano won the championship at the playground when she was twelve. Sentence: Lupe Medrano won the championship at the playground when she was twelve.

15. 5. Map It: Business Letter • Heading: return address • Date: date the letter is being written • Inside Address: recipient’s address • Greeting: Dear __________, or Dear Sir or Madam • Body: the message of the recipient • Complimentary Closer: Sincerely, • Signature: your first and last name

16. 6. Map It: Business Letter • Use the template and the example given to: • Write a letter to the newspaper as if you were Lupe • Copy the heading, date, inside address, and greeting from Lupe’s letter • Use the template to write your body of the letter

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