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The California Gold Rush. By Elizabeth Van Steenwyk Open Court Reading Unit 6 Lesson 6 Word Knowledge and Vocabulary http://www.opencourtresources.com. Word Knowledge Grade 4, Unit 6 – Lesson 6. Hyperlink here to slide 7 for vocabulary words. These words have the suffix –er.
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The California Gold Rush By Elizabeth Van Steenwyk Open Court Reading Unit 6 Lesson 6 Word Knowledge and Vocabulary http://www.opencourtresources.com
Word KnowledgeGrade 4, Unit 6 – Lesson 6 Hyperlink here to slide 7 for vocabulary words These words have the suffix –er. Line 1: trapper settler owner rancher The suffix –er means “a person or thing that performs the action of” All of these words contain short vowel sounds Line 2: established citizenship product unimpressed e, a, i, o, u Root words Line 3: applied frenzied copies discoveries The root words end with y and the y was changed to i All these words contain the comparative and superlative endings –er and -est Line 4: noisier curlier speediest liveliest What adjectives were these endings added to ? Sentence 1: The owner of the Star was an enterprising man. Sentence 2: They had followed trails established by trappers. Sentence 3: Sutter applied for Mexican citizenship. Sentence 4: Even the speediest boat trip to California took months.
Story Vocabulary • Em-i-grants • Per-se-cu-tion • A-ban-don • Pros-pec-ting • Ver-i-fied Use a variety of skills in the following slides like context clues, apposition, and word structure to determine the meaning of each word.
Use context clues, apposition, or word structure em-i-grants • Meanwhile, overland emigrants from the United States were starting to arrive in the valley. • The emigrants wrote to relatives they left in their homeland. Context clues? Prediction ? emigrants- people who have left their homeland to settle in a new one emigrants Part of speech ? Definition ?
Use context clues, apposition, or word structure per-se-cu-tion • They had sailed around Cape Horn hoping to escape from the religious persecution they had experienced in the East. • The Pilgrims left England to escape persecution. Word Structure? Prediction ? persecution- the mistreatment or harassment of a person or group of people persecution Part of speech ? Definition ?
Use context clues, apposition, or word structure a-ban-don • They discovered enough to abandon their regular work and begin mining in earnest. • Settlers would often abandon their houses when they moved westward. Context Clues? synonyms? abandon- to give up something; to stop working on something abandon Definition ? Part of speech ?
Use context clues, apposition, or word structure pros-pec-ting • Those who had already been prospecting displayed their pouches of gold dust as they prepared to dig for more. • After two weeks of prospecting we still hadn’t found any gold. Context clues? Prediction ? prospecting- searching for gold or some other valuable product prospecting Part of speech ? Definition ?
Use context clues, apposition, or word structure ver-i-fied • He said that the news of California’s gold discovery had been verified. • I called Grandma and verified that she had received the package I sent. You create your own Circle Map. Use the skills that you’ve been taught this week. verified- declared real, authentic, or true verified
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