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Big Question: How do people explain nature in order to understand it?

Big Question: How do people explain nature in order to understand it?. Title: Pushing Up the Sky Author: Joseph Bruchac Illustrator: Teresa Flavin Genre: Play. Small Group Timer. Spelling Words. unhappy recall disappear unload mistake misspell dislike replace

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Big Question: How do people explain nature in order to understand it?

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  1. Big Question: How do people explain nature in order to understand it? Title: Pushing Up the Sky Author: Joseph Bruchac Illustrator: Teresa Flavin Genre: Play

  2. Small Group Timer

  3. Spelling Words • unhappy • recall • disappear • unload • mistake • misspell • dislike • replace • mislead • disagree • rewrite • unroll • unknown • dishonest • react • unfortunate • discourage • uncomfortable • recycle • mispronounce

  4. Vocabulary Words More Vocabulary Words • antlers • imagined • languages • narrator • overhead • poked • bumped • randomly • chariot • civilization • entertainment

  5. Big Question: How do people explain nature in order to understand it? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

  6. Monday

  7. Today we will learn about: Author’s Purpose Summarize Build Background Vocabulary Words Fluency: Characterization Main and Helping Verbs Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis- Explaining Nature

  8. Monday Fluency: Characterization

  9. Fluency: Characterization Listen as I read “The Class Play.” As I read, notice how I use different voices for each character. Be ready to answer questions after I finish.

  10. Fluency: Characterization Why do you think the author wrote this article? Identify one comparison and one contrast the author makes between civilization today and ancient Greek civilization.

  11. Build Conceptschariot, civilization, entertainment Explaining Nature

  12. Author’s PurposeSummarize Pages 304 - 305

  13. Build BackgroundThink about as many things as you can about Native Americans and Native American folk tales.

  14. Vocabulary Words antlers – bony, branching growths on the head of a male deer, elk or moose imagined – made a picture or idea of something in your mind languages – human speech, spoken or written

  15. Vocabulary Words narrator – the person who tells a story overhead – over the head; on high; above poked – pushed with force against someone or something

  16. More Vocabulary Words bumped – hit yourself against something hard randomly – in no particular order chariot - a carriage with two wheels pulled by horses; used in ancient times for fighting and racing

  17. More Vocabulary Words civilization – an advanced way of life that usually includes towns, written forms of language, and special kinds of work for people entertainment – something that interests, pleases, or amuses people Next slide

  18. antlers

  19. chariot

  20. Monday Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs

  21. all the village man were hunting on monday All the village men were hunting on Monday. theyd seen deers and foxs in the forest They’d seen deer and foxes in the forest.

  22. Main and Helping Verbs The stars were shining through the holes poked into the sky. The word shining is the main verb. The verb were is a helping verb. A verb phrase is a verb that has more than one word. The main verb shows action. A helping verb shows the time of the action.

  23. Main and Helping Verbs In the following sentences, telling is the main verb, and are is the helping verb. The people are telling stories.

  24. Main and Helping Verbs The helping verbs am, is, and are show present time. Was and were show past time. Will shows future time. The helping verbs has, have, and had show that an action happened in the past.

  25. Main and Helping Verbs In the following sentences, had and will are helping verbs. He had told that story before. He will tell that story again.

  26. Main and Helping VerbsFind the verb phrase in each sentence. Native Americans had told interesting legends. had told They were explaining the world around them. were explaining I have heard legends about the sun and the moon. have heard

  27. Main and Helping VerbsFind the verb phrase in each sentence. In some stories, animals are talking like people. are talking Someday I will entertain you with the stories. will entertain

  28. Main and Helping VerbsIs the underlined word a main verb or helping verb? I am writing a legend. main verb I have set the story in a forest. helping verb The flowers are talking to the trees. main verb

  29. Main and Helping VerbsIs the underlined word a main verb or helping verb? The huge trees will care for the little flowers. main verb You will hear my story soon. helping verb

  30. Monday Spelling: Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis-

  31. Spelling Words • unhappy • recall • disappear • unload • mistake • misspell • dislike • replace • mislead • disagree • rewrite • unroll • unknown • dishonest • react • unfortunate • discourage • uncomfortable • recycle • mispronounce

  32. Tuesday

  33. Today we will learn about: Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis- Glossary Author’s Purpose Summarize Develop Vocabulary Fluency: Readers’ Theater Main and Helping Verbs Moon Phases Explaining Nature

  34. Vocabulary Strategy for Unfamiliar Words: Glossary Pages 306 - 307

  35. Pushing Up the Sky Pages 308 - 313

  36. Tuesday Fluency: Characterization

  37. Fluency: Readers’ Theater Turn to page 312. As I read the different parts of the play, notice how my tone changes. In groups of five, do a Readers’ Theater reading of page 312.

  38. Tuesday Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs

  39. do you recal the golden eagles in the forest Do you recall the golden eagles in the forest? they was sitting on a pine Tree They were sitting on a pine tree.

  40. Main and Helping Verbs A main verb is the part of a verb phrase that shows action. A helping verb shows the time of the action.

  41. Tuesday Spelling: Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis-

  42. Spelling Words • unhappy • recall • disappear • unload • mistake • misspell • dislike • replace • mislead • disagree • rewrite • unroll • unknown • dishonest • react • unfortunate • discourage • uncomfortable • recycle • mispronounce

  43. Wednesday

  44. Today we will learn about: Summarize Glossary Cause and Effect Develop Vocabulary Fluency: Characterization Main and Helping Verbs Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis- Regions Explaining Nature

  45. Pushing Up the Sky Pages 314 - 321

  46. Wednesday Fluency: Characterization

  47. Fluency: Characterization Turn to page 314. Notice how my voice changes as I read the dialogue of the different characters. Practice doing Readers’ Theater readings of this page in groups of five.

  48. Wednesday Grammar: Main and Helping Verbs

  49. the hunters spoted a broun bare among the trees The hunters spotted a brown bear among the trees. they went after the animal but it dissapeared into the woods They went after the animal, but it disappeared into the woods.

  50. Main and Helping Verbs Describing the precise time of an action makes writing clearer. Helping verbs express time. The men have seen bears many times before.

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